STEARNS v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

SJC-12544.

481 Mass. 529 (2019)

JUNE STEARNS, coexecutrix, & another v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 1, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Heller , of Illinois ( Catherine A. Mohan & Benjamin M. Greene also present) for General Electric Company.

Michael J. McCann ( Michael C. Shepard , Lisa M. Conserve , & Erika A. O'Donnell also present) for the plaintiffs.

John R. Felice & Brad W. Graham for Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association, amicus curiae, were present but did not argue.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Lawrence G. Cetrulo , Stephen T. Armato , Whitney K. Barrows , Elizabeth S. Dillon , Lauren K. Camire , & Brian D. Fishman , for Massachusetts Asbestos Litigation Defendants' Liaison Counsel.

Thomas R. Murphy , Kevin J. Powers , & John G. Mateus for Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.

Present: GANTS, C.J., GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


In this case we are called on to answer a certified question from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts concerning whether the six-year statute of repose set forth in G. L. c. 260, § 2B (§ 2B), operates to bar tort claims arising from diseases with extended latency periods, such as those associated...

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