SANDERS v. PHOENIX INS. CO.

No. 15-2539.

843 F.3d 37 (2016)

Harry SANDERS, Executor of the Estate of Nancy A. Andersen and Assignee of John Doe, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. The PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY and The Travelers Indemnity Company of America, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 7, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Cohan , with whom Jonathan D. Plaut and Cohan Rasnick Myerson Plaut LLP were on brief, for appellant.

Wystan M. Ackerman , with whom Jonathan E. Small and Robinson & Cole LLP were on brief, for appellees.

Before Lynch and Selya, Circuit Judges, and Burroughs, District 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...

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