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• Practice Area(s):
• Commercial Litigation, 
• Insurance Law, 
• Professional Liability

The current real estate market has caused an increase in activity for real estate professionals.  With this increase in activity, there has also been an increase in litigation against real estate agents, brokers, appraisers, home inspectors, mortgage specialists and other real estate professionals across the country. The trends in lawsuits against real estate professionals and the ways in which real estate professionals can guard against such claims are covered herein.

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• Practice Area(s):
• Appellate Law, 
• Insurance Law, 
• Professional Liability

A recent decision by the Appeals Court of Massachusetts held that an insurer did not have a duty to defend its insured despite that claims of negligence were asserted in the underlying complaint.