Articles & Cases
Determining Recoverable Damages for Tortious Injury to Real Property
By John A. Donovan, III and Matthew D. Rush DIMINUTION IN MARKET VALUE: The General Rule In Massachusetts, the general rule for measuring damage to real property caused by tortious injury is diminution in market value or the cost of repair. See Hopkins v. American...
We Didn’t Start the Fire: Historical Analysis and Recent Developments Regarding the Innocent Co-Insured Doctrine
Introduction While matters of first-party insurance litigation typically concern the right of the named insured to payment, the existence of multiple insureds on a single policy can complicate a coverage analysis, particularly when one of the insureds commits an act...