State Supreme Court / Mass.

Worcester Insurance v. Fells Acres Day School, Inc.

Decided August 22, 1990. Ruth Abrams wrote the opinion for the court.

558 N.E.2d 958 · Cited 161 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance v. Abernathy · 469 N.E.2d 797
Stropes Ex Rel. Taylor v. Heritage House Childrens Center of Shelbyville, Inc. · 547 N.E.2d 244
Bilodeau v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. · 467 N.E.2d 137
City of Newton v. Krasnigor · 536 N.E.2d 1078
Miller v. Federated Department Stores, Inc. · 304 N.E.2d 573
Baker v. Commercial Union Insurance · 416 N.E.2d 187
CNA Insurance v. McGinnis · 666 S.W.2d 689
Allstate Insurance Co. v. Troelstrup · 789 P.2d 415
Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Tabor · 553 N.E.2d 909
Pinheiro v. Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Ass'n · 406 Mass. 288
Commonwealth v. LAL CORPORATION · 511 N.E.2d 599
Gilmore v. Acme Taxi Co. · 212 N.E.2d 235
Clemmer v. Hartford Insurance Co. · 587 P.2d 1098
Mullins v. Pine Manor College · 449 N.E.2d 331
My Bread Baking Co. v. Cumberland Farms, Inc. · 233 N.E.2d 748
Irwin v. Town of Ware · 467 N.E.2d 1292
Commonwealth v. Beneficial Finance Company · 275 N.E.2d 33
Wang Laboratories, Inc. v. Business Incentives, Inc. · 501 N.E.2d 1163
Public Service Mutual Insurance v. Goldfarb · 53 N.Y.2d 392
Continental Casualty Co. v. Gilbane Building Co. · 461 N.E.2d 209
Horace Mann Insurance v. Leeber · 376 S.E.2d 581
Commonwealth v. Amirault · 535 N.E.2d 193
Feltch v. General Rental Co. · 421 N.E.2d 67
Worcester Mutual Insurance v. Marnell · 496 N.E.2d 158
Vermont Mutual Insurance v. Malcolm · 128 N.H. 521

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Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance v. Distaffen · 51 F. Supp. 2d 271
Gearing v. Nationwide Insurance · 76 Ohio St. 3d 34
Deloney v. Board of Education of Thornton Township, School District No. 205 · 666 N.E.2d 792
CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Continental Insurance · 680 A.2d 1082
Allstate Insurance v. Campbell · 2010 Ohio 6312
Hanover Insurance Co. v. Crocker · 1997 ME 19
Niece v. Elmview Group Home · 929 P.2d 420
Niece v. Elmview Group Home · 131 Wash. 2d 39
Davis v. Devereux Foundation · 209 N.J. 269
Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bloomington Steel & Supply Co. · 718 N.W.2d 888
Doe v. Purity Supreme, Inc. · 422 Mass. 563
Connecticut Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. Fontaine · 278 Conn. 779
Maguire v. State · 835 P.2d 755
State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Davis · 612 So. 2d 458
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Watters · 644 N.E.2d 492
Valliere v. Allstate Insurance · 596 A.2d 636
American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Purdy · 483 N.W.2d 197
Nationwide Mutual Ins. Co. v. Pasiak · 173 A.3d 888
Commonwealth v. Cintron · 438 Mass. 779
Niece v. Elmview Group Home · 904 P.2d 784
Canty v. Old Rochester Regional School District · 54 F. Supp. 2d 66

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