Basbanes v. Boncore

Plaintiff George Basbanes filed two actions to recover an attorney’s fee which were consolidated for trial in the Lowell Division. The action against defendant Josephine Umbro (“Umbro”) is based on a written fee agreement signed by all parties. The second action alleges that defendants Philip R Boncore, P.C. (“Boncore,”) and Dante DeMichaelis (“DeMichaelis”), Umbra’s attorneys in a separate tort action, guaranteed payment to the plaintiff of his attorney’s fee out of the proceeds of the tort action settlement.

In February, 1986, Kenneth and Josephine Umbro, residents of New Hampshire, sought…