Legal Opinion
Calandro v. Sedgwick Claims Mgmt. Servs., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 18, 2019No. 18-1637PPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
A Massachusetts statute, familiarly known as Chapter 176D, requires firms that are "in the business of insurance" to handle claims in good faith and to respond reasonably to the exigencies of the settlement process. Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176D, § 3. But every case has twists and turns, and an insurance carrier is not to be held to a duty of prescience.
This case illustrates the point. In it, plaintiff-appellant Garrick Calandro, suing in his capacity as administrator of the estate of Genevieve Calandro (his late mother), won a multi-million dollar jury verdict for wrongful…
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