Swanson v. Bankers Life Co.

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• finding that the court must consider the equities between the parties in determining unfairness
• “What a defendant knew or should have known may be relevant in determining unfairness.”
• “In determining whether an act or practice is unfair, as opposed to deceptive, we must evaluate the equities between the parties”
• “not every negligent act is unfair or deceptive and thus unlawful under G. L. c. 93A, § 2”
• “[N]ot every negligent act is unfair or deceptive and thus unlawful under [Chapter 93A].”
• “recovery may be had for a deceptive act that is the result of a defendant’s negligence. . . . But not every negligent act is unfair or deceptive and thus unlawful under G. L. c. 93A, § 2”

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