Pike v. Empire Insurance Group

This is a G.L.c. 90, §34M action against defendant Empire Insurance Group to recover Personal Injury Protection (“PIP”) benefits for plaintiff George Pike’s (Tike”) medical expenses and lost wages. Medical benefits were paid. As to lost wages, Pike is a self-employed operator of a limousine service. While PIP benefits are available for lost earnings from self-employment the parties could not agree on the amount of any lost earnings.

Empire filed a Mass. R. Civ. E, Rule 34, request for production of documents, which included a demand for three years of Pike’s Schedule C forms from his United…