Shepperson v. Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS SUSAN SHEPPERSON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) CIVIL ACTION NO. ) 16-12116-DPW v. ) ) METROPOLITAN PROPERTY AND ) CASUALTY INSURANCE CO., ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER May 22, 2018 The question presented is whether

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, § 99

assures property damage coverage for an innocent named insured when an unnamed co-insured resident of the premises they share intentionally sets those insured premises afire. Plaintiff Susan Shepperson, the named insured of the insurance policy before me, seeks to establish that she is entitled to…