James P. Kerrigan v. American Orthodontics Corporation

Both the holding and the analysis of the ultimate issues contained in the court’s opinion are literally and figuratively right on the money. Indeed, the opinion unsnarls many of the needless complexities that have been presented by the litigants, instead focusing on and resolving the core issues posed in this case rather than exploring several of the byways invited by the parties’ advocacy.

Only a few words should be said about what the opinion accurately characterizes as “an interesting detour.” Because the issue that is posed by the opinion’s dictum on that score — the potential or lack of…