Massachusetts Top Court Considers Advertising Injury, Insurance Recoupment Case

Mealey's (January 23, 2018, 2:24 PM EST) -- BOSTON — The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear oral argument Feb. 6 over whether a lawsuit challenging the propriety of a shoe company’s use of a runner’s name falls within an insurance policy’s provision for advertising injury and whether the insurer is entitled to recoup funds spent defending the suit if it is not (Holyoke Mutual Insurance Co. in Salem, et al. v. Vibram USA Inc., et al., No. SJC-12401, Mass. Sup.)....