Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance v. Perez

McDonough, Edward J., J.

This declaratory judgment action came on for hearing on June 18, 2013 on plaintiff Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company’s motion for summary judgment regarding the claim for underinsured motorist benefits coverage by defendant Norberto Perez, Jr. under Metropolitan’s auto policy issued to Perez’s mother, defendant Vivian Santiago.

Introduction

A motion for summary judgment is proper where no material facts are in dispute. Miles v. Aetna Casualty & Sun Co., 412 Mass. 424, 426 (1992). A declaratory judgment in an action provides an appropriate means of…