Legal Opinion
Sanders v. Phoenix Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 7, 2016No. 15-2539PPublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This case begins with a tragic tale of unrequited love and morphs into a series of imaginative questions regarding the coverage available under a standard form homeowner’s insurance policy. But when imagination runs headlong into settled legal precedent, imagination loses. Recognizing as much, the court below dismissed the complaint. After careful consideration, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
This diversity suit arises from the refusal of The Phoenix Insurance Company to defend and/or indemnify its named insured, an attorney whom we (like the court below) shall call “John Doe,”…
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