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covered claim in Massachusetts

15 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 1994–2025 3 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (6)

CaseFollowedCited
Ferrari v. Totogreen
massappct · 1980 · cited in 4 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 1994–2009
2 sentences

2009In rationalizing the prohibition of insurers from benefiting from Fund payments, the Appeals Court has held that the “design of the Fund [is] to indemnify injured persons, but not the insurance industry.” Dufresne’s Case, 51 Mass.App.Ct. 81 , 83 n.5 (2001) (alteration in original), quoting Ferrari v. Toto, 9 Mass.App.Ct. 483, 487 (1980), S.C., 383 Mass. 36 (1981).

2002“Covered claim” shall not include any amount due any . . . insurer Both the Supreme Judicial Court’s and the Appeals Court’s decisions in Ferrari v. Toto, 383 Mass. 36 (1981), 9 Mass.App.Ct. 483 (1980), support the position that any payment by the Fund of bodily injury benefits to Nicole would, in effect, be an “amount due” Arbella.

34
Vokey v. Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fundgreen
mass · 1980 · cited in 3 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 1994–2005
2 sentences

2005See Vokey v. Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund, 381 Mass. 386, 389-90 (1980) (§9 entitles the Fund to offset for amounts received by insured under uninsured motorist policy provision).

2004Any amount payable on a covered claim under this chapter shall be reduced by the amount of such recovery under the claimant’s insurance policy.” See Vokey v. Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund, 381 Mass. 386, 389-390 (1980) (exhaustion provision of G.

33
Sarnafil, Inc. v. Peerless Insurance Co.green
mass · 1994 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2023–2023
1 sentence

2023Co., 418 Mass. 295, 305 (1994) ("An insurer which reserves its rights and takes no action in defense of its insured, when it knew, or should have known, of a covered claim, . . . despite repeated claims of coverage and requests for a defense from an insured facing demands for immediate action, could be found to have committed a breach of the duty to its insured"). b.

11
Pilon Casegreen
massappct · 2007 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2009–2009
1 sentence

2009Pilon’s Case, 69 Mass.App.Ct. 167, 171 (2007).

11
Sutherland v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.green
wash · 1918 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 1995–1995
1 sentence

1995Cir. 1987) (District of Columbia law) (where policy covered an error, a breach of contract is a covered error); Bank of Cal., N.A. v. Opie, 663 F.2d 977 , 980 & n.4 (9th Cir. 1981) (Washington law) (liability based on contract rather than on tort in certain circumstances constitutes error under professional liability insurance), citing Sutherland v. Fidelity & Casualty Co., 103 Wash. 583, 586 (1918) (policy covering “malpractice, error or mistake” covers error that was not malpractice).

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Anthony D. Duke v. Joel Hoch, Home Indemnity Company, Garnishee-Appelleegreen
ca5 · 1973 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 1995–1995
1 sentence

1995See Duke v. Hoch, 468 F.2d 973, 979-980 (5th Cir. 1972) (failure of insurer fully to advise insured of divergence of interest between it and insured with respect to verdict required the insurer to establish the allocation); A.D.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (10)

CaseCitedYears
Ferrari v. Toto green
mass · 1981
2 sentences

2002“Covered claim” shall not include any amount due any . . . insurer The Fund cites particularly to Ferrari v. Toto, 383 Mass. 36 (1981), as support for its position that any payment by it of PIP benefits to Cavalieri would, in effect, be an “amount due” Commerce.

2002“Covered claim” shall not include any amount due any . . . insurer Both the Supreme Judicial Court’s and the Appeals Court’s decisions in Ferrari v. Toto, 383 Mass. 36 (1981), 9 Mass.App.Ct. 483 (1980), support the position that any payment by the Fund of bodily injury benefits to Nicole would, in effect, be an “amount due” Arbella.

32002–2009
Deutsche Bank National Ass'n v. First American Title Insurance green
mass · 2013
2 sentences

2025Any uncertainty about whether the underlying complaint includes a covered claim, and thus triggers the insurer’s duty to defend, must be “resolved in favor -7- of the insured, and the insurer must undertake the defense until it obtains a declaratory judgment of no coverage.” Deutsche Bank, 465 Mass. at 745 .

2022Any uncertainty about whether the underlying complaint includes a covered claim, and thus triggers the insurer’s duty to defend, must be “resolved in favor of the insured, and the insurer must undertake the defense until it obtains a declaratory judgment of no coverage.” Deutsche Bank, 465 Mass. at 745 .

22022–2025
Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Morrison green
mass · 2011
1 sentence

2025Where an insurer and its insured disagree about whether there is a duty to defend, the insurer may provide a defense under a reservation of rights, file a declaratory judgment action to resolve whether it owes a duty to defend or indemnify, move to stay the underlying action in the meantime, and withdraw from the defense “if it obtains a declaration that it owes no duty to the insured.” Metropolitan, 460 Mass. at 358–359.

12025–2025
Herbert A. Sullivan, Inc. v. Utica Mutual Insurance green
mass · 2003
1 sentence

2022Id. at 395 .

12022–2022
Hartford Casualty Insurance v. New Hampshire Insurance green
mass · 1994
1 sentence

2017Id. at 120 .

12017–2017
Ulwick v. Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund green
mass · 1994
1 sentence

2010Id.

12010–2010
Dufresne's Case green
massappct · 2001
1 sentence

2009In rationalizing the prohibition of insurers from benefiting from Fund payments, the Appeals Court has held that the “design of the Fund [is] to indemnify injured persons, but not the insurance industry.” Dufresne’s Case, 51 Mass.App.Ct. 81 , 83 n.5 (2001) (alteration in original), quoting Ferrari v. Toto, 9 Mass.App.Ct. 483, 487 (1980), S.C., 383 Mass. 36 (1981).

12009–2009
Hanover New England Insurance v. Smith green
massappct · 1993
1 sentence

2007Id. at 421 , citing Petigole v. American Employer’s Ins.

12007–2007
Restighini v. Hanagan green
mass · 1939
1 sentence

1995Consistent with the rule in the Polaroid case, id. at 764 & n.22, on the burden of proof, Hermitage, in the present cir cumstances, should have the burden of allocating the judgment in the O’Brien lawsuit between the covered claim and noncovered claim.

11995–1995
Bank of California, N. A. v. W. H. Opie, California Union Insurance Company green
ca9 · 1981
1 sentence

1995Cir. 1987) (District of Columbia law) (where policy covered an error, a breach of contract is a covered error); Bank of Cal., N.A. v. Opie, 663 F.2d 977 , 980 & n.4 (9th Cir. 1981) (Washington law) (liability based on contract rather than on tort in certain circumstances constitutes error under professional liability insurance), citing Sutherland v. Fidelity & Casualty Co., 103 Wash. 583, 586 (1918) (policy covering “malpractice, error or mistake” covers error that was not malpractice).

11995–1995

Statutes the citing opinions construe

MA § Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175D, § 3 (4) MA § Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, § 1 (3) MA § Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, § 100 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

TX 94 (1991–2026) CA 67 (1991–2026) NJ 35 (1989–2026) LA 29 (1980–2023) PA 27 (1944–2019) FL 27 (1980–2026) IL 22 (1978–2020) MA 15 (1994–2025) AZ 12 (1975–2021) NY 12 (1997–2022) CT 11 (1995–2014) WI 10 (1992–2022) WV 8 (1994–2023) AL 8 (1987–2010) DE 7 (1989–2022) GA 7 (1967–2021) OR 7 (1989–2023) RI 7 (1995–2006) MO 7 (1967–2021) OH 7 (1998–2025) MD 7 (1988–2019) NH 6 (1998–2013) WA 6 (1990–2004) ME 6 (2004–2019) MS 5 (1993–2011) CO 5 (1988–2016) SC 4 (2001–2024) MN 4 (1992–2025) DC 3 (1984–2003) IN 3 (2002–2002) VA 3 (1994–2009) OK 3 (1992–2004) NM 2 (1993–2017) KY 2 (1956–2006) AR 2 (1988–2003) KS 2 (1989–1994) NC 2 (1992–1994) IA 2 (1989–1993)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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