Brito v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

This appeal by the plaintiff concerns the interpretation of G. L. c. 90, § 34M. The plaintiff, a pedestrian hit by an automobile, argues that that statute unconditionally requires the insurer of the automobile’s driver to pay all medical benefits within thirty days of the submission of the bills to the insurer. *35The defendant, whose contentions were upheld by a District Court judge and on appeal by the Appellate Division, argues that benefits are due and payable only upon reasonable and prompt substantiation of the claims. We agree that the statute entitled the insurer in this case to…