Environmental Contamination Coverage Suit To Remain In Massachusetts, Judge Says

Mealey's (April 19, 2022, 9:31 AM EDT) -- LOWELL, Mass. — In a March 29 docket endorsement, a Massachusetts judge denied an insured’s motion to dismiss an environmental contamination coverage dispute after determining that Massachusetts, rather than West Virginia where a similar suit was filed, is the proper forum to litigate the coverage dispute because the public and private factors weigh in favor of litigating the suit in Massachusetts....