Legal Opinion
Burke v. Lappin
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 1, 1973PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHale, C.J.
This is an action of contract and tort which was tried to a judge and jury of the Superior Court. Counts I and II of the plaintiffs declaration were respectively against Langis, Inc., formerly Signal Manufacturing Co. (Signal) and Nippal, Inc., formerly The Shetland Co. Inc. (Shetland) for breach of an employment contract. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $17,500 on each count. The contract counts are before us on Signal’s and Shetland’s narrative bill of exceptions. Counts HI, IV, and V are in tort for deceit against Robert I. Lappin, Signal, and Shetland respectively. The…
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