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· 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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