Legal Opinion
Chervin v. Travelers Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 26, 2006PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The background of this appeal, in brief outline, is as follows. The Travelers Insurance Company (defendant) paid a lump-sum settlement of $775,000 on the workers’ compensation claim of Edward Mosher, and then commenced a medical malpractice subrogation action under G. L. c. 152, § 15, against Paul N. Chervin (plaintiff), a neurologist, claiming that he failed to render appropriate medical care to Mosher, thereby making him liable for the accident in which Mosher was seriously injured. The subrogation action concluded with a judgment in the plaintiffs favor (dismissed with costs), and he then…
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