Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Prairie Eye Center
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 12, 2008No. 07-2469PublishedCited by 256 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This dispute arises from an employment negotiation gone awry. Christopher Phillips, an ophthalmologist who lived at the time in Massachusetts, interviewed in Illinois for a job with Prairie Eye Center, a full service ophthalmology practice. After both parties signed an employment contract for Phillips to go work for Prairie Eye in Illinois, the relationship between the two deteriorated. Phillips never went to work for Prairie Eye.
He filed suit against Prairie Eye in Massachusetts state court asserting personal jurisdiction over the defendant pursuant to the Massachusetts…
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