NORTHERN SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. v. R.H. REALTY TRUST

No. 09-P-1757.

78 Mass. App. Ct. 691 (2011)

NORTHERN SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. v. R.H. REALTY TRUST & another.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 8, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Eurich for the plaintiff.

John P. Ryan ( Harry A. Pierce with him) for the defendants.

Present: KANTROWITZ, KAFKER, & WOLOHOJIAN, JJ.


KANTROWITZ, J.

Today we assess an insurer's obligation to pay reasonable legal fees to a private attorney hired by an insured who refused the insurer's legal representation conditioned upon a reservation of rights.2

Facts. In September, 2001, the Niininen family commenced a law suit against Peter Kelly and Richard Perry, individually and as trustees of the R.H. Realty Trust...

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