· 5/14/1970
Boston Insurance Co. v. Fawcett
Citations
- 258 N.E.2d 771
- 357 Mass. 535
- 1970 Mass. LEXIS 857
How courts have described this case
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- refusing to construe the contract against the drafter when parties negotiated the contract as equals
- refusing to apply the doctrine in a dispute between insurer and reinsurer
- the liberal principles of construction against an insurer do not apply to disputes over contracts of reinsurance, where all the parties to the litigation are themselves large insurance companies
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Judges: Wilkins, Spalding, Kirk, Spiegel, Reardon
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