Bird v. Capital Site Management Co.

We have before us the defendants’ appeal from a judgment entered against them in the Superior Court awarding the plaintiff more than $1,180,000, and attorneys’ fees and costs, and cross appeals arising out of a finding of contempt entered against the defendant John P. Panagako, from which he appeals. The judge did not find his wife, Janice A. Panagako, in contempt, and the defendant trustee BayBank Norfolk (BayBank) has appealed from that ruling. We transferred the appeals here on our own motion.

The appeals raise different issues, which we shall treat separately. The underlying judgment was…