Legal Opinion
Powell v. Stevens
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 17, 2007No. 05-P-1280PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLaurence, J.
This case presents an issue of first impression: does the filing of a lis pendens memorandum in connection with litigation affecting the title to real estate lie within the *88absolute privilege afforded judicial proceedings in Massachusetts? We hold that it does and affirm a Superior Court judge’s dismissal of a counterclaim for slander of title founded on such a filing.
Brief background. The plaintiff-administratrix, Joanne Powell, generally alleged in her March 2, 2000, complaint that her decedent had sold a certain property in 1986 to the defendant Esther K. Stevens (Stevens) for…
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