Lawrence v. Jack Conway Co.

In a separate action, the plaintiff-lessors were ordered to pay punitive damages and attorney’s fees for violating the provisions of the security deposit law, G.L. c. 186, § 15B. The plaintiffs now seek to recover from the defendant real estate broker the amount of the judgment they were required to pay to the lessee. The plaintiffs base their claim on the allegation that defendant breached his duty to disclose material facts by failing to inform the plaintiffs of the relevant provisions of G.L. c. 186, § 15B, and that thereby the defendant was negligent, thus causing the plaintiffs to…