O'Brien v. Shadowbrook Condominium Trust

INTRODUCTION

This action arises out of plaintiff Michael O’Brien’s (“O’Brien”), failure to gain reelection to the Shadowbrook Board of Trustees (“Shadowbrook”) at the Shadowbrook Condominiums (“Condominium”). O’Brien, a unit owner at the Condominium in Milford, Massachusetts, and a former member of Shadowbrook, has sued certain other unit owners (collectively, “defendants”),2 all former trustees of Shadowbrook, for alleged harassment and disparagement including defamation, breach of contract and violation of his civil rights.

Specifically, O’Brien contends: (1) that three written…