Massachusetts Court Delays Issuance of Allocation Opinion
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued a brief order yesterday in Boston Gas v. Century Indemnity announcing that it is waiving an internal court guideline that requires issuance of rulings within 130 days of oral argument. At issue in Boston Gas is whether the cost of cleaning up pollution from a former manufactured gas plant can be allocated to an excess insurer on an "all sums" basis or must be allocated to multiple years on some basis. As the case was argued on January 8, the 130 day period was due to expire this week.
