Legal Opinion

Calandro v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided September 6, 2017No. Civil Action No. 15-10533PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Patti B. Saris, Chief United States. District Judge

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

Plaintiff alleges that Sedgwick Claims Management Systems, Inc. (“Sedgwick”) violated Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176D and Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93A (“Chapter 93A”) by failing to make any kind of reasonable attempt, both pre-judgment and post-judgment, to settle the wrongful death case involving his mother who died at a nursing home. The underlying wrongful death case went to trial in state court and the jury returned a verdict of $1,425,000 in compensatory damages and $12,514,605 in punitive damages.

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3Cited by2 opinions

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