United States Ex Rel. Metric Electric, Inc. v. EnviroServe, Inc.

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• holding that conduct violating a state statute prohibiting unfair acts by insurers is not a per se violation of Chapter 93A as an unfair or deceptive act
• holding that inaccuracies did not give rise to a violation of Chapter 93A where there was no “deliberate misrepresentation of underlying facts” and “no indication that the [insurance company] did not believe [its conclusions] to be true at the time”
• concluding insurance company’s statements were not misrepresentations actionable under Chapter 176D because there was “no indication that the [insurance company] did not believe them to be true at the time” and were not a “deliberate misrepresentation of underlying facts”
• state-law claims against a Miller Act surety are preempted by the Miller Act

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