Clegg v. Butler

Decided March 12, 1997. Charles Fried wrote the opinion for the court.

424 Mass. 413 · Cited 146 times

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• Van Dyke v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. · 448 N.E.2d 704
• Calimlim v. Foreign Car Center, Inc. · 467 N.E.2d 443
• Kohl v. Silver Lake Motors, Inc. · 343 N.E.2d 375
• Bonofiglio v. Commercial Union Insurance · 576 N.E.2d 680
• Bertassi v. Allstate Insurance · 522 N.E.2d 949
• Schwartz v. Rose · 634 N.E.2d 105
• Polaroid Corp. v. the Travelers Indemnity Co. · 610 N.E.2d 912
• DiMarzo v. American Mutual Insurance · 449 N.E.2d 1189
• Spring v. Geriatric Authority of Holyoke · 475 N.E.2d 727
• Leardi v. Brown · 474 N.E.2d 1094
• Flattery v. Gregory · 489 N.E.2d 1257
• Service Publications, Inc. v. Goverman · 487 N.E.2d 520
• Bonofiglio v. Commercial Union Insurance · 591 N.E.2d 197
• Jacobs v. Town Clerk of Arlington · 525 N.E.2d 658

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