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MURACH v. MASSACHUSETTS BONDING & INS. CO.

339 Mass. 184 (1959)

158 N.E.2d 338

MATTHEW A. MURACH & another vs. MASSACHUSETTS BONDING AND INSURANCE COMPANY & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

May 8, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Karelitz, (Norman Brisson with him,) for the plaintiffs.

John B. Donohue, (John Z. Doherty with him,) for the defendant Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., RONAN, SPALDING, WILLIAMS, & CUTTER, JJ.

RONAN, J.

The plaintiffs seek to hold their motor vehicle liability insurer for its failure to settle a tort claim which resulted in a verdict against them in an amount substantially in excess of their policy coverage. From a final decree dismissing the bill the plaintiffs appealed.

The claim was by a pedestrian (hereinafter called the claimant) who was struck by a motor vehicle forced into her path when the plaintiffs...

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