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OneBeacon America Insurance Co. v. Celanese Corp., 92 Mass. App. Ct. 382 (2017)
Insurance coverage litigation involving insurer’s right to control the defense and hire defense counsel of its choice when it offered to defend the insured without reservation of rights. Legal issues included duty…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
