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05/30/17  |  Reported Decisions

OneBeacon Am. Ins. Co. v. Narragansett Elec. Co., 87 Mass. App. Ct. 417 (2015); 473 Mass. 1108 (2015); 90 Mass. App. Ct. 123 (2016); 476 Mass. 111 (2017)

Insurance coverage litigation involving manufactured gas plant contamination of Massachusetts and Rhode Island sites by public utility.  Legal issues included choice of law, duty to defend, statute of limitations and pollution exclusion.

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05/22/17  |  News & Events

Hermes Netburn Attorney, Holly M. Polglase, Speaks at ABA Career Choice Series for Product Liability Defense

(Boston, MA – May 19, 2017) Holly Polglase, a products liability attorney and shareholder at Hermes Netburn, recently spoke at a Career Choice seminar for the American Bar Association. The Career Choice

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04/30/17  |  Reported Decisions

Morgan v. Massachusetts Homeland Insurance Company, 91 Mass. App. Ct. 1 (2017)

Insured car owner, on behalf of himself and a purported class, brought action against insurer client alleging unfair and deceptive settlement practices in violation of Chapters 93A and 176D. The Superior Court

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01/20/17  |  Publications

Peter Hermes, Michael Batson and Michael Kinton Obtain Appeals Court’s (1) Affirmation of Class Certification Denial/Judgment on 93A Claim and (2) Decision that Finding of 93A Violation was in Error

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11/14/16  |  News & Events

Hermes Netburn Attorney, Anthony J. Sbarra, Jr., Begins Second Term as ABA-TIPS Products Liability Committee Chair and Appointed to ABA-TIPS Continuing Legal Education Board

(Boston, MA – November 14, 2016) Hermes Netburn Shareholder Tony Sbarra was elected to a second term as the Chair of the Products Liability Committee of the ABA’s Tort, Trial and Insurance

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07/11/16  |  News & Events

Hermes Netburn Attorney, Anthony J. Sbarra, Jr., Presents At American Conference Institute Asbestos Seminar

(Chicago, IL – June 27, 2016) Anthony Sbarra gave a presentation at the American Conference Institute’s Asbestos Claims & Litigation Seminar on June 27, 2016 in Chicago, IL. Tony’s presentation was entitled

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07/02/16  |  News & Events

Hermes Netburn Attorney, Holly M. Polglase, Co-Authors Chapter in Thomson Reuters Book on Handling Business Tort Cases

(Boston, MA – July 2, 2016) Holly Polglase of Hermes, Netburn, O’Connor & Spearing, P.C. co-authored Chapter 30 on “Nuisance”, which is included in the recent Thomson Reuter’s publication entitled, “Handling Business

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06/30/16  |  Case Studies

The Lawyers of Hermes, Netburn, O’Connor & Spearing, P.C. Get Cost Effective Results in Construction Defect Case

Hermes, Netburn, O’Connor & Spearing, P.C. represented a major general contractor/construction manager in an action brought by a condominium association alleging defects and leaks in a completed luxury condominium. After joining the