DORCHESTER MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. FIRST KOSTAS CORPORATION, INC

No. 98-P-1250.

49 Mass. App. Ct. 651 (2000)

DORCHESTER MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. FIRST KOSTAS CORPORATION, INC., & others.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

July 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dimitrios Ioannidis for First Kostas Corporation, Inc.

Robert J. Doyle for Carol Goss & another.

Anna K. C. Bennett for the plaintiff.

Laura A. Foggan, Daniel E. Troy, & Alex M. Azar, II, of the District of Columbia, & Rosanna Sattler, for Insurance Environmental Litigation Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: BROWN, GREENBERG, & GELINAS, JJ.


GREENBERG, J.

Underlying this action is a paint job done on the outside of Carol Goss's and Donald Straus's (owners) house, during which lead paint chips and dust allegedly were propelled inside by employees of First Kostas Corporation, Inc. (contractor). The contractor previously had purchased a comprehensive general liability policy from Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Company (Dorchester), but Dorchester denied...

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