City of Boston v. Aetna Life Insurance

A judge of the Superior Court has reported the propriety of his orders denying a motion of the plaintiffs for partial summary judgment and allowing motions for partial summary judgment of the defendant insurers. The City seeks to recover from the insurers amounts which the City says the insurers were obliged to pay as benefits under health insurance policies covering patients of the Boston City Hospital (BCH).

We outline the issues in general terms. The insurers’ first series of motions for partial summary judgment concerns the question whether the City has standing to maintain an action…