Legal Opinion
Saia v. Bay State Gas Co.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 15, 2015No. AC 14-P-1010PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtMaldonado, J.
The plaintiff appeals from a judgment of dismissal contending, as she did below, that a transaction involving the lease of a water heater was actually a credit sale in disguise, and, consequently, that the defendant’s failure to make certain required disclosures amounted to common-law misrepresentation and a violation of G. L. c. 93A. Guided by Silva v. Rent-A-Center, Inc., 454 Mass. 667 (2009) (Silva), a Superior Court judge concluded that the transaction at issue did not meet the definition of either a “credit sale” under the Consumer Credit Cost Disclosure Act (CCCDA), G. L. c. 140D, § 1,…
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- Marcil v. John Deere Industrial Equipment Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
- Fidler v. Central Cooperative Bank (In Re Fidler)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1998
- Philibotte v. Nisource Corporate Services Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
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