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BLS ruling sends loud warning to mortgage lenders
A Massachusetts judge denied summary judgment to North Easton Savings Bank in a lawsuit alleging fraud and Chapter 93A violations over a faulty mortgage preapproval letter.
Boston-based web advertising platform sued for fraud
A Boston software company’s third-party Amazon seller platform does not deliver on its promise to increase sales by driving web traffic to product listings offered by merchants paying for the […]
Contract – Negligent misrepresentation – RFP
Where a plaintiff alleges that the defendant negligently supplied false information in a Request for Proposal (RFP), which the plaintiff justifiably relied on in constructing a heating plant, the complaint is sufficient to state a claim for negligent misrepresentation.
Tort – Negligent misrepresentation
Where a plaintiff has filed suit, alleging negligent misrepresentation arising from an Oct. 15, 2008 Form 8-K and press release from defendant State Street Corporation, I hold that the defendant should be granted summary judgment because the fact that the plaintiff did not read the Oct. 15 communications rebuts any presumption of his reliance on alleged misrepresentations in them.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Injury during baby’s adenoidectomy leads to stroke
- Construction worker’s hand caught in cement mixer
- Worker trapped in freezer, dies during steam cleaning
- Pedestrian, 69, hit by motor vehicle while in crosswalk
- Four-vehicle pileup leaves driver with spinal cord injury
- Nursing home staff blamed for kidney-failure death
- Pharmacy’s late delivery blamed for patient’s death
- Man, 25, drowns after swimming lesson at fitness club
Opinion Digests
- Jurisdiction – Forum selection clause – Non-signatory
- Criminal – Responsibility
- Attorneys – Lien
- Landlord and tenant – Default judgment
- Zoning – Constructive grant – Comprehensive permit
- Fraud – False Claims Act – Settlement share
- Civil practice – Discovery – Cybersecurity
