This case has brought a larger legal question in Massachusetts of whether an insurance company, and under what circumstances, has a right to recoup defense costs provided to an insured.
The causes behind the social inflation theory are numerous, but one of them is that attorney advertising affects the public in unexpected ways, according to some defense lawyers.
Former MLB pitcher Clay Buchholz's purchase of a rider to cover the all-risk policy's mold exclusion doesn't cover the infestation that destroyed his mansion.