Eight Bulls v. Miller

Twenty years ago on November 7,1991, a 1980 Rolls Royce Corniche, owned by plaintiff Timothy J. Sheehan (“Sheehan”),2 was damaged in a collision, allegedly caused by the operator of a vehicle owned by defendant Helen Miller (“Miller”) and insured by defendant Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (“Liberty Mutual”). The case seems to give the lie to the concept of “the relatively expeditious and inexpensive method of adjudication which arbitration affords.” Floors, Inc. v. B. G. Danis of New England, Inc., 7 Mass. App. Ct. 356, 358 (1979).

On November 7, 1994, the day the statute of limitations…