Legal Opinion
Boone v. Commerce Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 17, 2008PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
This case presents the issue whether G. L. c. 90, § 34M, fourth par., prevents an automobile insurer from terminating personal injury protection (PIP) benefits based on an independent medical examination (IME) of a claimant by a practitioner licensed under a medical specialty different from the specialty of the treating or billing practitioner. A Superior Court judge granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment concluding that the statute required the determination to cease paying PIP benefits be made by a medical practitioner licensed in the same medical specialty as the treating or…
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