Legal Opinion
Bertassi v. Allstate Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 13, 1988PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
The plaintiff seeks contract damages and damages under G. L. c. 93A, § 9 (1986 ed.), claiming that the defendant, Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate), unfairly and in bad faith refused to make payments to the plaintiff as required by the underinsured motorist provisions of two policies of automobile insurance issued by Allstate to the plaintiff. The case was tried before a judge without a jury on a statement of agreed facts. The judge concluded that Allstate had violated both the plaintiff’s contract rights and G. L. c. 93A (1986 ed.), by insisting that the plaintiff execute a trust…
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