Yazbek v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies & Bonds

These cases arise from motor vehicle collisions that occurred in 1992 and resulted in the imposition of merit rating surcharges on two of the insured owners of the vehicles by their insurers under G. L. c. 175, § 113B. The insureds appealed, pursuant to G. L. c. 175, § 113P, to the Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds (“board”) which upheld the surcharges after hearings. See 211 Code Mass. Regs. § 88.03 (1986).2 Both insureds filed complaints for judicial review under G. L. c. 30A, § 14. In two substantially identical rulings, the cases were remanded to the board by a…