Legal Opinion

Rockdale Management Co. v. Shawmut Bank, N.A.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided August 12, 1994PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*597Nolan, J.

The principal issue on appeal is the correctness of the allowance of the defendant’s (Shawmut’s) motion to dismiss. There was no error.

The plaintiffs, Rockdale Management Co., Inc. (Rock-dale), Vincent Fernandes (Fernandes), and Geraldine R. Fernandes, filed a complaint against Shawmut alleging, inter alla, that Shawmut fraudulently concealed the gasoline and petroleum contamination of property purchased by Rockdale from Shawmut at public auction. The plaintiffs alleged fraud and negligence, seeking contribution and indemnification, under G. L. c. 21E (1992 ed.), and unfair and…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Salim Aoude v. Mobil Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
  3. Synanon Church v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
  4. Synanon Church v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1984
  5. Larry Von Nichols and Velma Nichols v. Klein Tools, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991

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