Legal Opinion
Darcy v. Hankle
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 24, 2002No. 00-P-509PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
Who would pick up a $20 bank charge was the modest controversy that set in motion events that culminated with the filing of a complaint for abuse of process and malicious prosecution. That action generated the two questions now before us: (1) Did the defendants cause the plaintiff a tortious injury in Massachusetts, as opposed to causing the plaintiff to suffer the effects of a tortious injury that the defendants inflicted in the State of New York? (2) Were the business contacts of the defendants in Massachusetts sufficient to establish personal *847jurisdiction? A judge of the Superior Court,…
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