Named for many consecutive years, the firm is featured across multiple tiers:

• National Tier 1: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions- Defense

• Regional Tier 1 in Boston:
  • Insurance Law
  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation- Defendants

• Regional Tier 2 in Boston: Litigation- Insurance

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After the appeal, the tenant and its insurer continued to maintain that the provision was unenforceable based upon the facts of the case. The owner prevailed on a Motion for Summary Judgment in the Superior Court and the firm continued its representation when this decision was appealed to the Massachusetts Appeals Court. This time, the ruling of the Superior Court was affirmed.

As a result of the work done by the lawyers of Hermes, Netburn, O’Connor & Spearing, P.C., commercial leases in Massachusetts may continue to contain a customary provision requiring tenants to provide liability insurance for the benefit of the owners for claims arising out of the tenant’s use of the lease premises.

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The post Pacific Employers Ins. Co. v. Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co., 888 F. Supp. 2d 271 (D. Conn. 2012); 2012 WL 3202934 (D. Conn. Aug. 3, 2012); 136 F. Supp. 3d 211 (D. Conn. 2015); 2016 WL 3753049 (D. Conn. July 11, 2016); 729 F. App’x 129 (2nd Cir. 2018) appeared first on Hermes, Netburn, O’Connor & Spearing.

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Hermes, Netburn, O’Connor & Spearing, P.C. represented a major international corporation which self-insured its workers’ compensation coverage with a fronting insurer. The fronting insurer attempted to obtain substantially increased letters of credit and to draw down on existing letters of credit. The insurer was suspected using the letters of credit as general corporate assets rather than as restricted funds available solely for the payment of claims under the client’s self-funded policies of insurance.

Within two days, our lawyers commenced an action in a Federal District Court and obtained a temporary restraining order barring the insurer from drawing on the letters of credit. This temporary restraining order became a preliminary injunction. The preliminary injunction remained in effect while we successfully assisted our corporate client in placing the fronting insurance with another carrier, and in obtaining a return of both the existing letters of credit and a refund of premium previously paid to the insurer by the client. This swift action prevented potentially significant business complications which could have been caused by the posting of additional letters of credit.

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