Legal Opinion
Stamatakis v. Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided July 18, 2011PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCoven, J.
Nearly three years after the filing of a small claims action, the transfer of the action to the regular civil docket, two days of trial, and 445 hours of logged attorney tíme, John Stamatakis’ (“Stamatakis”) claim that Metropolitan Property & Casualty Ins. Co. (“Metropolitan”) breached its contract by tendering only $50.00 for each day of vehicle storage instead of the $70.00 (later increased to $75.00) charged by New England Body Works, Inc. (“NEBW’) and undervaluing the total-loss value of his vehicle was adjudicated. The jury awarded $3,726.00 in damages to Stamatakis. A total of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation, Inc. v. Blue Cross of Massachusetts, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Hartford Casualty Insurance v. New Hampshire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Standard Register Co. v. Bolton-Emerson, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1995
- Columbia Chiropractic Group, Inc. v. Trust InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Giuffrida v. High Country Investor, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2008
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- Essex Chiropractic Office v. Amica Mutual InsuranceMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 2012
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