Oxford Business Brokers, Inc. v. Moriarty

Oxford Business Brokers, Inc. (“Oxford”) commenced this action to recover for the defendant’s alleged breach of a listing agreement and violation of G.L.c. 93A in failing to proceed with the sale of her liquor store to a buyer allegedly *225ready and able to complete the transaction. The trial court first allowed Oxford’s Mass. R. Civ. E, Rule 56, motion for partial summary judgment on its breach of contract claims, then held an evidentiary hearing on a salient issue of fact necessary for proof of the defendant’s liability, and then found in favor of Oxford on Counts I and II of its complaint for…