ANDOVER NEWTON THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL v. CONTINENTAL CAS.


409 Mass. 350 (1991)

566 N.E.2d 1117

ANDOVER NEWTON THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL, INC. vs. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard F. Clarkin (Harry C. Beach with him) for the plaintiff.

Patricia A. Gotschalk of the District of Columbia (Joan M. Griffin with her) for the defendant.

Terence P. O'Malley & William E. Searson, III, for University of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & GREANEY, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has certified a question pursuant to S.J.C. Rule 1:03, as appearing in 382 Mass. 700 (1981), concerning G.L.c. 175, § 47, Sixth (b) (1988 ed.). That statute precludes an insurance company from insuring "any person against legal liability for causing injury, other than bodily injury, by his deliberate or intentional crime or wrongdoing."

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