Legal Opinion
Liquor Liability Joint Underwriting Ass'n v. Hermitage Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 13, 1995PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The plaintiff, the Liquor Liability Joint Underwriting Association of Massachusetts (JUA), brought an action for declaratory relief in the Superior Court pursuant to G. L. c. 231A (1992 ed.), against the defendant, Hermitage Insurance Company (Hermitage). JUA sought to recover from Hermitage defense costs and the amount of a settlement incurred by JUA in connection with a lawsuit against Lamplighter, Inc., a business licensed to serve alcoholic beverages which was a mutual insured of JUA and Hermitage. In the lawsuit, a patron of Lamplighter, who had been assaulted, claimed that the assault…
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