Insurer Not Responsible For Settlement Over Blown Deadline In Tobacco Case

Mealey's (August 6, 2018, 9:51 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — In an Aug. 2 holding, the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that a superior court judge did not err in finding that an insurer need not pay a $1.55 million legal malpractice settlement reached between an attorney and his former client whose case against the tobacco industry was not pursued within the three-year statute of limitations for a wrongful death action (Kenneth Perreault v. AIS Affinity Insurance Agency of New England Inc., et al., No. 17-P-1139, Mass. App., 2018 Mass. App. LEXIS 99)....