ATTORNEY GENERAL v. TRAVELERS INS. CO.


391 Mass. 730 (1984)

463 N.E.2d 548

ATTORNEY GENERAL vs. THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Greenfield of New York (Peter Buscemi of New York with him) for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

Lane McGovern (Martha Geer with him) for The Travelers Insurance Company.

Sally A. Kelly, Assistant Attorney General (Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General, with her) for the Attorney General.

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


HENNESSEY, C.J.

General Laws c. 175, § 47B, specifies mandatory minimum mental health care coverage under certain insurance policies.2 The defendants declined to include such coverage in policies issued to welfare benefit plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. (1976 & Supp. V 1981). The Attorney General brought this action...

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