Legal Opinion
Situation Management Systems, Inc. v. Malouf, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 8, 2000PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
Situation Management Systems, Inc. (SMS), filed suit against Malouf, Inc., doing business as LMA, Inc. (LMA), following the dissolution of a seventeen-year business relationship. In response, LMA filed several counterclaims, including a breach of contract claim based on an oral agreement between the parties. The case was tried before a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of LMA and awarded damages of $3.8 million. SMS’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or, alternatively, a new trial or remittitur, was denied and SMS appealed. We granted SMS’s application for direct…
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