Platt v. Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp.

The issue presented by this Dist./Mun. Cts. R. A. D. A., Rule 8C appeal by Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation (“Plymouth”) is whether a settlement agreement should have been enforced upon the plaintiff’s motion when she had assigned her rights to a third party to the claim for which she brought this action.

Plaintiff Natoya Platt (“Platt”) was involved in a motor vehicle accident on May 23, 2001, and obtained chiropractic treatment for the injuries she sustained at Maplewood Chiropractic Clinic (“MCC”). On November 11,2001, Platt authorized Plymouth to make direct payments of her Personal…