MUT. FIRE, MARINE & INLAND INS. CO. v. COSTA

Nos. 85-1572, 85-1590.

789 F.2d 83 (1986)

The MUTUAL FIRE, MARINE AND INLAND INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Gerald COSTA and Ranger IV Corporation, Defendants, Appellees. Appeal of INLAND BROKERAGE CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellant. The MUTUAL FIRE, MARINE AND INLAND INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Gerald COSTA and Ranger IV Corporation, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Porter, Jr. with whom Robert P. Powers and Melick & Porter, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Inland Brokerage Corp.

Paul F. Ware, Jr. with whom Loretta M. Smith and Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Gerald Costa and Ranger IV Corp.

Erik Lund with whom John Egan and Posternak, Blankstein & Lund, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Mut. Fire, Marine and Island Ins. Co.

Before COFFIN and BOWNES, Circuit Judges, and PETTINE, Senior District Judge.


COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

These appeals require us to decide whether the district court appropriately awarded summary judgment in favor of the Mutual Fire, Marine and Inland Insurance Company (Mutual Fire), finding that the insurance policy issued by Mutual Fire did not cover liability incurred by Gerald Costa and the Ranger IV Corporation. We must also decide whether, in a third-party action between Costa and the Inland Brokerage Corporation (Inland), the district court...

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