Legal Opinion
Kansallis Finance Ltd. v. Fern
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 2, 1994No. 93-2381, 94-1010PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Kansallis Finance Ltd. (“Kansal-lis”) brought this diversity suit against four lawyers, asserting that they were vicariously liable for fraud committed by their purported law partner. A jury trial resulted in judgment for the defendants, Daniel Fern, Richard Anderson, Robert Donahue and Charles Sabatt. Both plaintiff and defendants now appeal, raising challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence to support various fact-findings, as well as two questions of Massachusetts law on which there is either conflicting or no clearly established precedent. We…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Warren B. Sheinkopf v. John K.P. Stone Iii, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Wang Laboratories, Inc. v. Business Incentives, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- DeVaux v. American Home Assurance Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Nieves v. University of Puerto RicoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Fernandes v. HavkinDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2010
- Nett ex rel. Nett v. BellucciCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
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