Legal Opinion
Eck v. Godbout
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 21, 2005PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSosman, J.
As a defense to a claim alleging legal malpractice, the defendant Lawrence A. Kellem contended that the claim *725was barred by a release that the plaintiff David W. Eck had executed in his favor in settlement of an earlier malpractice case. A judge in the Superior Court agreed, and entered summary judgment in favor of Kellem. In an unpublished memorandum and order pursuant to its rule 1:28, the Appeals Court reversed, concluding that, in light of Leblanc v. Friedman, 438 Mass. 592 (2003), the reference in the release to the litigation being settled operated to limit the scope of the release to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Tupper v. HancockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Bradford v. Baystate Medical CenterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Bowser v. ChalifourMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- Schuster v. BaskinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Leblanc v. FriedmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Pilalas v. The Cadle CoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
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