Martinson v. Massachusetts Bay Insurance

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• entering summary judgment in favor of the non-moving defendant and against the plaintiffs, who had moved for summary judgment
• even though lawsuit did not mention years for which damages were sought, insured's knowledge of its dumping practices made it unreasonable for insured to conclude that only current carrier needed notification
• “Although a principal is generally bound by notice given to his agent, this is not true when the person giving notice had no expectation that it would be transmitted to the principal …”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).