Ken's Foods, Inc. v. Steadfast Insurance Company

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Case Number:

21-1649

Court:

Appellate - 1st Circuit

Nature of Suit:

4110 Insurance

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  1. September 01, 2023

    1st Circ. Sides With Insurer In Ken's Foods Coverage Row

    A salad dressing manufacturer can't recover more than $2 million it spent after a wastewater spill to avoid an imminent and even costlier covered loss, the First Circuit said Friday following the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's ruling earlier this year.

  2. June 08, 2022

    1st Circ. Sends Ken's Foods Coverage Row To Mass. Justices

    The First Circuit said it needed guidance in a coverage dispute over a Zurich unit's refusal to reimburse a salad-dressing manufacturer for expenses incurred to avoid an imminent and even costlier covered loss, and asked the Massachusetts high court to weigh in.

  3. April 05, 2022

    1st Circ. Sees Slippery Slope In Ken's Foods' Coverage Loss

    An insurer's refusal to reimburseĀ a salad-dressing business for steps it took to avoid an even costlier shutdown could create a perverse incentive for policyholders, a First Circuit judge mused as the appeals court weighed the case Tuesday.