Batishchev v. Cote

Fremont-Smith, Thayer, J.

Before trial, the Cote defendants made an offer of judgment for $3,000 and then for $5,000 which plaintiff declined. As the juiy found them to have made intentional misrepresentations to the plaintiffs, but found that the plaintiffs did not reasonably rely thereon, no tort liability was established. The Court, however, found that the Cote defendants had violated c. 93A and awarded nominal damages of $25 and ruled that they should be jointly liable with Sabrina Lanz and her law firm, Fee, Rosse & Lanz, P.C. (“the Lanz defendants”) for double the amount of plaintiffs’…