Silvia v. Arbella Mutual Insurance

This is a civil action in which plaintiff2 alleges that her insurer failed promptly to acknowledge and act upon and to settle her claim for medical expenses allegedly incurred as a result of an automobile accident which occurred on August 26, 1989. G.L.c. 93Aand G.L.c. 176D, §3(9)(b).

The defendant denied it was dilatory in processing the claim and asserted that there was a lack of causal nexus between the medical bills for which reimbursement was sought and the accident in question.

The trial judge found for the defendant and entered judgment accordingly.

There was no error.

The plaintiff was a…