Spenlinhauer v. Kane

The plaintiff, Margaret B. Spenlinhauer, appeals from the entry of summary judgment in favor of the defendants, her former attorneys in a divorce action. The divorce action was initiated in 1988 by one of the plaintiff’s prior attorneys. In the instant action, brought pursuant to M.G.L.c. 93A, §9, Spenlinhauer, acting pro se, filed suit against this law firm and its partners, alleging that the defendants failed “to provide the legal services they had both stated and implied they would provide.”

According to the Complaint, defendant Kane, principal of the defendant law firm, in order to induce…