· 9/14/1990
International Mobiles Corp. v. Corroon & Black/Fairfield & Ellis, Inc.
Citations
- 560 N.E.2d 122
- 29 Mass. App. Ct. 215
- 1990 Mass. App. LEXIS 508
How courts have described this case
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- holding that until a plaintiff suffers damages, any negligent procurement claim is merely negligence in the abstract
- holding that discovery rule applies in Mass. Gen. L. eh. 93A actions
- holding that statute of limitations did not begin to run until judgment was entered against insured because until then insured had not suffered a loss, but noting fact insurer paid for insured’s defense “bears decisively on the outcome”
- explaining that courts are “chary of treating the threat of future harm without realization of some tangible harm . . . . as the basis for concluding that damage has occurred”
- applying the discovery rule when the breach \is not capable of being discovered because it is based on an 'inherently unknowable' wrong\
- involving a negligence claim against an insurance broker who failed to procure the insurance policy
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Judges: Kass, Smith, Gillerman
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