Pagliarulo v. Arbella Mutual Insurance

This “remand” action was transferred from the Superior Court to the Plymouth District Court in May of 2001, over six years ago.2 The complaint sought recovery under G.L.c. 93Afor alleged unfair and deceptive practices in the handling of an uninsured motorist benefits claim for an accident that occurred on October 22, 1998, nearly a decade ago. The facts that explain how this case came to be of such antiquity are the same as those that determined its outcome.

The plaintiff, Nicholas Pagliarulo (“Pagliarulo”), has appealed a finding for the defendant, Arbella Mutual Insurance Company…