Legal Opinion
DeVaux v. American Home Assurance Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 5, 1983PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
Injured in a fall, the plaintiff Loretta R. De-Vaux wrote a letter to the defendant, Attorney Frank J. McGee, requesting legal assistance in regard to a possible tort claim. The defendant did not discover the plaintiff’s letter, however, before the statute of limitations had run. Thereafter, the plaintiff sued the defendant attorney for malpractice, and the defendant’s insurance company was impleaded as a third-party defendant.
Pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. 53 (a), 365 Mass. 817 (1974), a judge of the Superior Court appointed a master to hear this case. 2 The master concluded that there was no…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Attorney General v. BaileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Hudson v. Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Kurtenbach v. TeKippeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1977
- Hub Associates, Inc. v. GoodeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Union Old Lowell National Bank v. PaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
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3Cited by116 opinions
- Warren B. Sheinkopf v. John K.P. Stone Iii, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Robertson v. Gaston Snow & Ely BartlettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Miller v. MooneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Page v. FrazierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Successor in Interest to New England Merchants Leasing Corporation, Etc. v. Ogden CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
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