Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Auto Body Ass'n v. Commissioner of Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 17, 1991PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
This appeal concerns the validity of regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Insurance to implement the direct payment and repair shop referral components of St. 1988, c. 273, the Automobile Insurance Reform Act of 1988, and of insurers’ plans submitted and approved pursuant to those regulations.
The plaintiff, the Massachusetts Auto Body Association, Inc.1 (association), sought a declaration in the Superior Court that emergency and final regulations, 211 Code Mass. Regs. § 123.00 (1989), issued by the commissioner exceeded the scope of his statutory authority; that there was…
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