Legal Opinion
Billings v. COMMERCE INSURANCE COMPANY
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 4, 2010No. SJC-10656PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
For the period from March 15, 2000, through March 15, 2001, the defendant, Commerce Insurance Company (Commerce), insured the plaintiff, George H. Billings (Billings), under a personal umbrella liability policy (policy). The policy provided that, if a suit was brought against Billings for damages because of “personal injury” caused by “an ‘occurrence’ to which this policy applies,” Commerce would provide a defense of the suit at its expense. The policy defines “[pjersonal injury” to include “malicious prosecution!,] [ljibel, slander or defamation of character.” See note 3, infra.
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