1st Circuit Affirms Judgment For Guaranty Insurer In Shellfish Poisoning Suit

Mealey's (September 8, 2022, 10:48 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 2 affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendants, including seafood distributors and their guaranty insurer, in a negligence suit filed by a man alleging that the defendants’ negligence resulted in his paralytic shellfish poisoning, finding that the lower court correctly granted summary judgment because the man failed to link his injury to the defendants’ actions....