Mass. Senate seeks end to no-fault. (automobile insurance)

National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, February, 1994 by McGhee, Neil

A bill ending Massachusetts' no-fault auto system has been passed by the state's Senate and may be on a fast track in the House. Republican Gov. William Weld, who has long favored a no-fault choice approach, is certian to veto the bill if it reaches his desk. However, the Senate vote of 24 to 11 in favor of the bill suggests that his veto could be overridden.

As passed, the bill ends the state's 20 year old no-fault law with its $2,000 tort threshold and replaces it with a "modified tort system" which requires "mediation" before a case can go to court. The bill also calls for a 10 percent reduction in bodily injury rates and tougher penalties for auto claim fraud. The bill was lobbied for by the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers which spent...

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