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Fishman v. Brooks

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 30, 1986PublishedCited by 169 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.

This appeal principally concerns the propriety of certain evidentiary rulings in the trial of a counterclaim for malpractice filed by Larimore S. Brooks against Irving Fishman, a member of the bar of theXommon wealth. Brooks persuaded the jury that (a) Fishman was negligent in representing Brooks in an action for personal injuries Brooks sustained when a negligently operated motor vehicle collided with the bicycle he was riding; (b) as a result of Fishman’s negligence, Brooks was obliged to settle the personal injury action; and (c) the damages which Brooks should have recovered in that…

2Cases cited23 opinions

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