Northshore Chiropractic v. Commerce Insurance

Commerce Insurance Company (“Commerce”) has appealed a judgment entered by the Lowell District Court awarding damages to Northshore Chiropractic1 ("Northshore”) for violations of G.L.c. 90, §34M and G.L.c. 93A, §11. ‘We draw our factual summary from the findings of the judge, sitting without a jury, and the uncontested facts of record, all of which are supported by the trial record.... We reserve some details for later discussion where pertinent to our analysis.” Millennium Equity Holdings, LLC v. Mahlowitz, 456 Mass. 627, 630 (2010).

After a jury-waived trial in this case, the trial court…