Legal Opinion
McCord v. Jet Spray International Corp.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 28, 1994No. Civ. A. 93-11375-JLTPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TAURO, Chief Judge.
I
BACKGROUND
George McCord, a resident of Antwerp, Belgium, sued Jet Spray International, a Massachusetts corporation, in the Labour Court of Turnhout, Belgium. That suit, based on Jet Spray’s breach of an employment contract, resulted in a judgment of 2,629,414 Belgian Francs. Unable to satisfy the judgment in Belgium, McCord has now filed suit in this court, seeking to enforce the Belgian judgment pursuant to M.G.L. ch. 235 § 23A, Massachusetts’ version of the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act. The case is now before the court on the plaintiffs…
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