Legal Opinion
Geller v. Allied-Lyons PLC
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 29, 1997No. 94-P-1290PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFlannery, J.
Leonard Geller, a former senior vice president of Dunkin Donuts Incorporated (Dunkin), appeals from summary judgment entered in the defendants’ favor in his action to recover a finder’s fee which Allied-Lyons PLC (Allied), through a subsidiary, allegedly promised the plaintiff in the event that Allied acquired Dunkin. The Superior Court judge determined that the oral finder’s fee agreement was unenforceable for reasons of public policy and the Statute of Frauds, G. L. c. 259, § 7. We affirm on the ground of public policy.
*121The summary judgment record reveals the following facts, which we view…
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