Legal Opinion
Harhen v. Brown
Massachusetts Superior Court
Decided August 18, 1997No. 971522HPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
van Gestel, J.
This matter comes before the Court on motions to dismiss filed by all of the defendants. The case is a member’s derivative action brought pursuant to Mass.R.Civ.P. Rule 23.1 by a policyholder, Loretta M. Harhen (“Harhen”), of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company (“Hancock”).
BACKGROUND
Hancock is a Massachusetts mutual insurance company and Harhen, at all times material, has been a policyholder. In April of 1996 the plaintiff made a member’s demand on the board of directors of Hancock, seeking certain action relating to the activities of the company’s in-house lobbyist.…
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