Legal Opinion
Atlas Tack Corp. v. DiMasi
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 25, 1994No. 93-P-370PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPorada, J.
The plaintiff sought to recover damages against the defendants, both lawyers, on the ground that they were vicariously liable for the alleged malpractice of another attorney, Ralph Donabed, with whom they shared office space. Both defendants filed motions to dismiss supported by affidavits in which they averred that they were not partners of Donabed and had never held themselves out to be partners. The plaintiff filed an opposition to the defendants’ motions to dismiss supported by an affidavit. 2 Treating the motions to dismiss as motions for summary judgment, the judge allowed the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Fishman v. BrooksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Elias v. Unisys Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Brown v. GersteinMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
- Knutson v. Morton Foods, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1980
- First National Bank v. SladeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Tetrault v. MahoneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Fidelity Management & Research Co. v. OstranderMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
- PCO, Inc. v. Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & ShapiroCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2007
- Atlas Tack Corp. v. DonabedMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
- Woodrum v. JohnsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2001
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