SJC holds that separate limits apply to family members seeking coverage under Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund

SJC holds that separate limits apply to family members seeking coverage under Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund

I wrote here about the Superior Court decision in Mass. Insurers Insolvency Fund v. Smith, which held that the statutory claim limit of $299,999 applies separately to individual family members seeking primary and loss of consortium damages from the Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund.

In 458 Mass. 561 (2010) the Supreme Judicial Court affirmed that decision. The court held that allowing only one limit would substitute the word "occurrence" for the word "claim" in the statute.

SJC holds that separate limits apply to family members seeking coverage under Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund