LIBERTY MUT. INS. v. METRO. LIFE INS.

No. 00-2072.

260 F.3d 54 (2001)

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan L. Briggs with whom James P. Wehner, Amy L. Easton, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., George W. Walker, III, Lee H. Copeland and Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, P.A. were on brief for appellant.

Mariann Zampano Malay, Dwight D. Valentine, Niarchos, Sullivan, Valentine & Malay, Walter Andrews, Lon Berk, Paul Janaskie, Lara Ramsey and Shaw Pittman on brief for St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Amicus Curiae.

Erik Lund, Vincent M. Amoroso and Posternak, Blankstein & Lund, LLP on brief for First State Insurance Company, Amicus Curiae.

James E. Harvey, Jr. with whom Kevin D. McElaney, John F. Brosnan and O'Malley and Harvey, LLP were on brief for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

This appeal grows out of a lengthy and complex dispute over commercial liability insurance coverage. At odds are the insured, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. ("MetLife")1 and one of its insurers, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. ("Liberty"). MetLife claims that Liberty had a duty to defend and indemnify MetLife in numerous lawsuits relating to the marketing of life insurance policies and real estate investments. Liberty...

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