Seymour v. New Hampshire Savings Bank

After a bench trial in the Superior Court {Mangones, J.), the plaintiffs appeal from an unfavorable verdict rejecting claims that the defendant violated contractual and fiduciary duties in failing to guard against unworkmanlike performance of a construction contract financed by the defendant’s mortgage loan to the plaintiffs. We affirm.

In 1983, the plaintiffs, Ross and Virginia Seymour, decided to divide their house into three apartments, and on the advice of an independent appraiser they considered hiring one Warren Dobbins to do the work. When Mrs. Seymour first spoke to an officer of the…