Legal Opinion
Go-Best Assets Ltd. v. Citizens Bank
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 30, 2012PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
In July, 2000, the plaintiff, Go-Best Assets Limited (Go-Best), wired $5 million to an account entitled “Morris M. Goldings client account” (client account) at Citizens Bank of Massachusetts (Citizens Bank or bank) based on representations made by Morris M. Goldings, who was then a Massachusetts attorney. Goldings later admitted that the representations were false and that he had used the money to pay other debts. Go-Best filed suit against Citizens Bank, bringing claims of misrepresentation, conversion, aiding and abetting a fraud, aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty, aiding and…
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