United Truck Leasing Corp. v. Geltman

Claims were brought by the plaintiff in the Superior Court against the defendants for (a) intentional interference with a contract, (b) interference with prospective contractual relations, and (c) violations of G. L. c. 93A, §§ 2(a) and 11. The tort claims were presented to a jury at a trial presided over by a judge of the Superior Court. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence, the judge, upon the defendants’ motion, directed a verdict against the plaintiff. The judge alone, see Nei v. Burley, 388 Mass. 307, 311-315 (1983), then proceeded to hear further evidence on the G. L. c. 93A…