Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Black & Decker Corp.

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• predicting that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court “would find that pre-notice defense costs are recoverable absent prejudice”
• concluding “that the question of when the duty arises is distinct from when the duty is breached, and in a state [that] ... requires prejudice for the late notice defense[,] notice is deemed an independent obligation of the insured, not a condition precedent to coverage”

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