I have been thinking more and more about the tactical questions raised by the recent $90 million bad faith judgment under Massachusetts Chapter 93A against Liberty Mutual, which I discussed here. By sheer good timing, it was issued just as I was leaving to attend a major insurance coverage conference and also just before
This is a very interesting tale about an unusual outcome that shouldn’t actually be all that unusual. I know – with that lead in, now you may be expecting some sort of Edgar Allan Poe tale, like “The Tell-Tale Blog,” or something similar.
But that’s not the type of tale I have for
There is an interesting new decision by the Massachusetts Appeals Court concerning the liability of insurers under Massachusetts law for wrongful failure to settle a claim. Under the Massachusetts rubric, an insurer has an obligation to make at least reasonable efforts to settle a claim against its insured once the insured’s liability has become reasonably