Batishchev v. Cote

Fremont-Smith, Thayer, J.

In my “Memorandum and Order on Pending Motions and Order for Judgment” docketed on February 25, 2008 (the “Order for Judgment”) [23 Mass. L. Rptr. 541] I ruled that the defendants Brenda Cote and NRT New England Incorporated d/b/a Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage (the “Cote defendants") were responsible for $488,829 in attorneys fees pursuant to G.L.c. 93A, and explained:

The following orders on the pending post-trial motions and the order for judgment are the end result of a preposterous fraud committed on the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs, who are Russian-born…