Brandt v. Olympic Construction, Inc.

This is an action brought under G. L. c. 93A, § 9, for unfair and deceptive acts by the defendant (Olympic), a real estate developer, on a sale of a single-family house to the plaintiffs. A judge of the Superior Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and entered an injunction permanently enjoining the defendant from developing a certain abutting parcel and awarded treble damages and attorney’s fees. On reasoning essentially similar to that of the trial judge, we reach the same result and affirm.

A summary of the relevant facts found by the judge follows. The plaintiffs began negotiations with…