Legal Opinion
Wyler v. Bonnell Motors, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 1, 1993No. 92-P-932PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
There must be a cautionary tale to spin when, as here, a difference of opinion about an automobile repair bill of $502.33 results in an aggregate judgment for the customer of $120,418.
What we are to decide is whether, if G. L. c. 93A damages are to be assessed after the underlying common law claim has gone to judgment, 2 a different judge who hears the related 93A claim is bound by principles of issue preclusion to accept the previously assessed common law damages for purposes of assessing the 93A damages? To illustrate with actual numbers, if a jury returns a verdict of $45,000 for abuse of…
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- Calimlim v. Foreign Car Center, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Chamberlayne School & Chamberlayne Junior College v. BankerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1991
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