Legal Opinion
O'DONNELL v. Bane
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 18, 1982PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The plaintiff recovered a jury verdict of $50,000 in a suit to collect attorney’s fees allegedly due for representing the defendant in a criminal matter.
The defendant had been charged with a larcenous plan to steal money from the Department of Public Welfare. The charge related to the illegal collection of funds from family members of publicly assisted patients in nursing homes owned by the defendant. The defendant retained the plaintiff to represent him in the criminal matter. That proceeding was concluded in the District Court of Southern Essex, when the defendant admitted to sufficient…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Three Sons, Inc. v. Phoenix InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- O'Brien v. SheaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Dalton v. Post Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Gleason v. MannMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Barsky v. HansenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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3Cited by23 opinions
- National Medical Care, Inc. v. ZigelbaumMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
- Srebnick v. Lo-Law Transit Management, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1990
- Lawton v. DracousisMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
- Margolies v. HopkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Brossi v. FisherMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1999
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