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Case Summary
United States v. OneBeacon Insurance Group
United States v. OneBeacon Insurance Group, et al. (Complaint in Interpleader), 1:08-cv-00058, (D.R.I. Feb. 19, 2008); consent judgment, (D.R.I. July 18, 2008).
Précis
In 2008, three valuable paintings stolen more than thirty years earlier were recovered when a search to verify their
authenticity
The genuineness or truth of something; in art, the determination or judgment that a work is by the artist to whom it has been attributed.
authenticity determined that they had been stolen. A battle then ensued in federal court among the current owner, the heirs of the theft victim and the successor-in-interest to the insurance company that had paid the claim at the time of the theft.
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