Legal Opinion
Blanchette v. Cataldo
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 16, 1984No. Nos. 83-1528 to 83-1530PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
This case arises out of some 13,000 law suits that defendant Cataldo filed between 1970 and 1978 against the Penn Central and other railroads. Cataldo is a freight claims agent, not a lawyer. He filed claims on behalf of freight receivers. The claims almost uniformly alleged that fresh vegetables, particularly lettuce, arrived late in Boston, their condition was poor, and the market price had dropped. For many years the railroads simply settled many of these claims for a few hundred dollars (or less) each. Then, in 1978, Penn Central brought this suit against Cataldo and…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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3Cited by49 opinions
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