Todino v. Arbella Mutual Insurance

On August 27, 1990, the plaintiff, Robert Todino, pro se, filed a complaint in the small claims session of the Woburn Division of the District Court against the defendant, Arbella Mutual Insurance Company (Arbella). Judgment was entered for Todino on September 24, 1990. Asserting its rights under G. L. c. 218, § 23 (1990 ed.) (most recently amended by St. 1992, c. 379, § 137), Arbella *299filed a claim for trial de nova before a jury of six. The matter was then transferred to the small claims jury session in the Lowell Division of the District Court. On April 16, 1991, Arbella moved for summary…