Legal Opinion
Levings v. Forbes & Wallace, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 24, 1979PublishedCited by 316 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
Although the underlying cause is a contract action for material sold and services delivered, the insertion in the complaint of a claim under G. L. c. 93A, § 11, requires consideration once again of the reach of that statutory provision to commercial disputes between business organizations.
First, however, we must meet a procedural issue. The complaint was filed on July 8, 1974. It alleged that the plaintiff (Trane), at the request of the defendant (Forbes), repaired a central air conditioning unit located in a department store in Springfield; that Forbes had refused to pay Trane’s bill for…
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