DiMARZO v. AMERICAN MUTUAL INS. CO.


389 Mass. 85 (1983)

449 N.E.2d 1189

LOUIS DiMARZO vs. AMERICAN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

May 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip M. Davis (Stephen J. Andrick & D. Alice Olsen with him) for the defendant.

Michael E. Mone (Patricia L. Kelly with him) for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

The defendant, American Mutual Insurance Company (American Mutual), appeals from a judgment for damages, attorneys' fees, and costs. Following a jury trial, a judge of the Superior Court found that American Mutual had committed unfair or deceptive acts or practices by refusing to settle the tort claim of the plaintiff Louis DiMarzo for the limits of its motor vehicle liability insurance policy. DiMarzo had claimed that American Mutual's insured, William...

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