Chiropractic Care Centers, Inc. v. Allstate Insurance

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered for the defendant, Allstate Insurance Company (“Allstate”), against the plaintiff, a health care provider seeking recovery of personal injury protection (“PIP”) benefits. The plaintiff’s claims were for breach of contract, violation of G.L.c. 90, §34M, and separate counts for violation of the consumer protection act, G.L.c. 93A, §11, and G.L.c. 176D. The lower court entered summary judgment for the defendant on all of these counts without stating any reason.

1. Procedural history. Before the trial court, the defendant argued that the plaintiffs…