Bellomo v. Lincoln Savings Bank

Some 21 years ago, when he was two and a half years old, plaintiff sustained a skull fracture on descending a stairway in his house, due to an alleged defective mat maintained by the defendant bank. Plaintiff’s father negotiated settlement of the claim directly with one Devon, a representative of the defendant’s insurance carrier, and accepted $900 for the infant’s claim and $100 for his loss of services.

While inexpertly drawn, the complaint against the bank and its insurance carrier’s attorney, the individual defendant, alleges fraud and mutual mistake, seeking to rescind the settlement and…