Heritage Healthcare Services, Inc. v. The Beacon Mutual Insurance Co.

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY, for the Court.

We are called upon to determine whether a dismissal pursuant to Rule 12(c) of the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure in favor of the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurance provider, The Beacon Mutual Insurance Company (Beacon), and against the plaintiffs, a certified class of approximately 14,000 Beacon policyholders, was properly granted. 1 In the proceedings below, a justice of the Superior Court found that the plaintiffs’ claims were derivative in nature and, as a consequence, were subject to the procedural requirements set forth in…