Legal Opinion
Bartle v. Berry
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 14, 2011No. 10-P-1235PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The plaintiffs, two attorneys (and one of their law firms) and a former class representative, filed multiple complaints in the Superior Court following the withdrawal of a potential class action settlement with Nestle Waters North America, Inc. (Nestle). The defendants are several attorneys *374(and their respective law firms; collectively, defendant attorneys) who filed a separate class action against Nestle, thereby eliminating the plaintiffs’ opportunity to settle with Nestle, and thus depriving the plaintiffs of fees and other benefits they would have received. On the defendant attorneys’…
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