Legal Opinion
Adams v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided November 20, 2003No. 02-P-31PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLaurence, J.
After providing chiropractic treatment in Febru*56ary, 1992, to James Pittsley, an employee of Brake & Truck Supply, Inc., who had injured his right foot by dropping a brake shoe on it at work, Dr. William Adams sent the bill for his professional services1 to Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Liberty), the employer’s workers’ compensation insurer, in April, 1992. Liberty refused to pay on the basis of claimed billing irregularities.2 Adams’s subsequent effort, in December, 1992, to collect his relatively modest fee by filing a third-party claim against Liberty with the office of claims…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Nader v. CitronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Nader v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- International Fidelity Insurance v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Linkage Corp. v. Trustees of Boston UniversityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Ferriter v. Daniel O'Connell's Sons, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Rodi v. Southern New England School of LawCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
- Maxwell v. AIG Domestic Claims, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Silva v. Steadfast Insurance Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2015
- Maxwell v. AIG Domestic Claims, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2008
- Boehm v. Premier InsuranceMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 2006
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