Coyle v. Battles

The plaintiffs, James and Joan Coyle, appeal from orders of the Superior Court (O’Neill, J.): (1) dismissing their declaratory judgment action and negligence claims; and (2) granting summary judgment to the defendants, William Battles and H. Edward McBurney, upon the plaintiffs’ breach of contract and unjust enrichment claims. We affirm.

The following undisputed facts either appear in the record or were found by the trial court. The defendants represented the plaintiffs in a *991994 foreclosure action and later in a bankruptcy proceeding. The bankruptcy proceeding settled in April 1995.

The…