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10/09/17  |  News & Events

Hermes Netburn Attorney, Anthony J. Sbarra, Jr., Presents At Defense Counsel of Delaware (DCD)

(Newark, DE. – October 2, 2017) Anthony J. Sbarra, Jr., a products liability and civil litigation shareholder at Boston’s Hermes, Netburn, O’Connor & Spearing, was invited by the Defense Counsel of Delaware

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08/30/17  |  Publications

“DRI Membership: It’s Personal” (DRI News) For The Defense | August 2017

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08/27/17  |  Publications

“Send, Serve or Both” – Article (10(A) of the Hague Service Convention | Best Lawyers – Legal Insights | August 2017

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08/13/17  |  News & Events

Hermes Netburn Attorney, Anthony J. Sbarra, Jr., Completes Term as ABA-TIPS Products Liability Committee Chair and Committee Receives 2016-2017 Most Innovative Award

(New York, NY – August 13, 2017) Hermes Netburn Shareholder Tony Sbarra completed his two-year term as Chair of the American Bar Association Tort Trial and & Insurance Practice Section’s Products Liability

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06/30/17  |  Reported Decisions

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

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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