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RATNER v. CANADIAN UNIVERSAL INS. CO. LTD.

359 Mass. 375 (1971)

269 N.E.2d 227

GEORGE A. RATNER & others vs. CANADIAN UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 22, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis K. Nathanson for Canadian Universal Insurance Company, Ltd.

Joseph T. Fahy (Francis J. Lawler & Richard L. Morningstar with him) for the plaintiffs.

Lionel H. Perlo (Jacob J. Locke with him) for Harold H. Sisson & Co., Inc.

Present: TAURO, C.J., SPALDING, CUTTER, REARDON, & BRAUCHER, JJ.

BRAUCHER, J.

The plaintiffs (Weg) brought an action on a comprehensive liability insurance policy issued by the defendant3 (Canadian) for damages, including counsel fees and expenses, resulting from Canadian's failure to defend a tort action against Weg. In the companion case, an action of contract and tort, the defendant (Sisson) is an insurance agency, and the claim is for breach of contract and negligence in failing to forward to Canadian...

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