· 6/5/1992
Barrett v. Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund
Citations
- 592 N.E.2d 1317
- 412 Mass. 774
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- insurers’ association not engaged in trade or commerce where it covers claims of parties whose insurance companies have become insolvent
- ‘The nature of the transaction and the activity engaged in is the payment of the ‘covered claims,’ and transactions are motivated by legislative mandate, not business or personal reasons”
- fund’s transactions “motivated by legislative mandate, not business or personal reasons”
- insured cannot recover Chapter 93A damages against the Fund
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Judges: Liacos, Wilkins, Abrams, Lynch, Greaney
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