Mealey's (March 30, 2023, 12:41 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A cost-sharing agreement between a commercial general liability insurer and an insured named as a defendant in numerous underlying asbestos bodily injury lawsuits was a binding and final settlement and requires the insurer to continue participating in the defense of the insured, a Massachusetts federal judge said in granting the insured’s motion for partial judgment on the pleadings....