Legal Opinion
Masiello v. Perini Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 20, 1985PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The defendant, Perini Corporation (company), appeals from a denial of its motion to disqualify plaintiffs’ counsel. The company maintains that the attorney, without the company’s consent, served as counsel for the Masiellos in this action at the same time that he was defending the company in other actions, thus violating the principle of McCourt Co. v. FPC Properties, Inc., 386 Mass. 145 (1982). The company also argues that plaintiffs’ counsel obtained certain confidences relevant to the instant litigation in the course of his prior representation of the company and must therefore be…
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