Coughlin v. Gascombe

This is a Dist./Mun. Cts. R. A. D. A., Rule 8C, appeal by the plaintiff of the entry of summary judgment against her on claims against the sellers, brokers and a well testing company arising out of her purchase of a home with inadequate well water.

On March 23, 1994, plaintiff Karen Coughlin purchased a house located on a nine acre tract of land within the Nashoba Water District in Townsend, Massachusetts. Within only seven days of the purchase, the well which supplied the home’s water ran dry. The plaintiff filed this action on March 21, 1997. Her complaint alleged misrepresentations by the…