Central National-Gottesman, Inc. v. Rodman & Rodman, P.C.

The question is whether a statute partly abrogating the common-law rule against survival of actions, G.L.c. 228, §1, bars claims for negligence, fraud, indemnification triggered by wrongful conduct, and unfair and deceptive acts, G.L.c. 93A.

Plaintiffs here sold material on credit to Foremost Printing Office Service, Inc. (“Foremost”), whose accountant, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff, Rodman & Rodman, P.C. (“Rodman”), prepared financial statements which Plaintiffs allege contained misrepresentations on which they relied to their loss.

Jack L. Badler (“Badler”), Foremost’s CEO and CFO, resigned…