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· 5/28/1991

Hartford Insurance v. Hertz Corp.

Citations

  • 572 N.E.2d 1
  • 410 Mass. 279
  • 1991 Mass. LEXIS 281

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that statutes required Hertz to provide underinsurance benefits to lessee although rental agreement explicitly excluded uninsured coverage and did not mention underinsurance
  • in construing statutory term, “we may also look to relevant provisions of other parts of the statute”
  • in construing statutory term, \we may also look to relevant provisions of other parts of the statute\
  • “failure to take a cross [petition] precludes a party from obtaining a judgment more favorable to it than the judgment entered below”
  • “[Wjhen the Legislature has employed specific language in one part of a statute, but not in another part which deals with the same topic, the earlier language should not be implied where it is not present”
  • “As a general rule, when the Legislature has employed specific language in one part of a statute, but not in another part which deals with the same topic, the earlier language should not be implied where it is not present”

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Judges: Liacos, Abrams, Lynch, Greaney

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