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Attorney Mike Bottaros Rhode Island Bad Faith Lawsuit Spurs Insurance Company Change

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Cranston, RI (PRWEB) October 17, 2013

Metropolitan Casualty Company (MetLife) has agreed to settle a Rhode Island bad faith complaint filed by Rhode Island personal injury lawyer Mike Bottaro. The settlement will benefit all of MetLifes Rhode Island consumers injured in an auto accident involving another at fault party.

According to Sullivan v. Corio and Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Co., Kent County Superior Court C.A. No. 2013-1092, Attorney Bottaros client was a Rhode Island resident injured in an auto accident caused by Corio. MetLife issued a RI auto policy to Sullivan whereby, in exchange for Sullivans premium payment, MetLife provided $ 2,500.00 in medical payment benefits (medpay). These medpay benefits were used by Sullivan to help pay for expenses incurred after the collision, such as hospital and physical therapy bills.

For many years, MetLife had complied with two longstanding Rhode Island Supreme Court decisions, Jennings v. Nationwide Insurance Co., 669 A.2d 534 (R.I. 1996); Costa v. Pawtucket Mut. Ins. Co., 688 A.2d 1286 (R.I. 1997). These decisions hold that an auto medpay insurer shall contribute to expenses for counsel fees and reduce their demand for reimbursement accordingly. In recent years, MetLife began to refuse to acknowledge these decisions in an attempt to squeeze extra profit at its insureds expense. The cases are consistent with Rhode Islands auto accident statutory scheme, a scheme that does not provide insurers with required personal injury protection (PIP) benefits or direct action rights against third parties.

According to court documents, in Sullivans case, MetLife refused to a medpay reduction, even after Attorney Bottaro cited to the above decisions and to Rhode Islands bad faith statue, R.I. Gen.Laws


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