Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Paragraph (3) of section 9 of chapter 93A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1988 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the third sentence the following sentence:- For the purposes of this chapter, the amount of actual damages to be multiplied by the court shall be the amount of the judgment on all claims arising out of the same and underlying transaction or occurrence, regardless of the existence or nonexistence of insurance coverage available in payment of the claim.

SECTION 2. The fifth paragraph of section 11 of said chapter 93A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence:- For the purposes of this chapter, the amount of actual damages to be multiplied by the court shall be the amount of the judgment on all claims arising out of the same and underlying transaction or occurrence regardless of the existence or nonexistence of insurance coverage available in payment of the claim.