1st Circ. Says Insurer Must Defend Heating Oil Class Action

By Ganesh Setty ( September 9, 2025, 4:56 PM EDT) -- An insurer for a heating oil company must defend the company in a Massachusetts class action accusing it of damaging customers' heating equipment by adding too much biodiesel to its heating oil, the First Circuit ruled, finding the company's provision of the oil to customers constituted separate occurrences....

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