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MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION OF QUINCY, INC. v. PATEL

SJC-13109.

489 Mass. 549 (2022)

MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION OF QUINCY, INC. v. JAY PATEL & another; LEO MARTIN & others, third-party defendants (and two companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

April 27, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nina L. Pickering-Cook ( Steven L. Schreckinger , also present) for Masonic Temple Association of Quincy, Inc.

David V. Lawler , for Jay Patel & another.

Robert J. Maselek, Jr. , for Union Insurance Company & another. William D. Chapman for Roblin Insurance Agency, Inc.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Harry P. Cohen , of New York, & Laura A. Foggan , of the District of Columbia, for Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association.

Peter A. Halprin , of New York, & Jacquelyn M. Mohr , of California, for United Policyholders.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.

While renovating a historic Masonic Temple in Quincy, workers sparked a fire that nearly burned the structure to the ground. At the time of the fire, Jay Patel, the president and sole owner of Dipika, Inc. (Dipika), was holder of a purchase and sale agreement to buy the Temple. We are called upon to decide, among other things, whether Dipika...

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