LAZARIS v. METROPOLITAN PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY


428 Mass. 502 (1998)

ARISTIDES A. LAZARIS v. METROPOLITAN PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

December 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Lalikos for the plaintiff.

Alice Olsen Mann (Karyn T. Hicks with her) for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, FRIED, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.


WILKINS, C.J.

It is an unfair settlement practice, and also an unfair or deceptive act or practice under G. L. c. 93A, § 9 (1), if an insurance company fails "to effectuate prompt, fair and equitable settlements of claims in which liability has become reasonably clear." G. L. c. 176D, § 3 (9) (f). We are presented, for the first time, with the question whether an insurance company violates § 3 (9) (f) if it insists that a claimant against...

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