Kanaan v. El-Mallah

The defendant, Nasser El-Mallah, appeals from a Superior Court judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Mahir M. Kanaan, following a jury-waived trial. He contends that the plaintiff's claim for breach of contract is barred by the statute of limitations, G. L. c. 260, § 2. Discerning no error in the trial judge's legal or factual conclusions that the suit is not foreclosed by the statute of limitations, we affirm.

1. Standard of review. "In reviewing a matter where[ ] the trial judge was the finder of fact, the findings of fact ... are accepted unless they are clearly erroneous and we review the…