Legal Opinion
Webster v. Kowal
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 8, 1985PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The plaintiff, Richard C. Webster, a physician, commenced this contract action to recover on an oral promise allegedly made by the defendant attorney, Mr. Sanford A. Kowal. The complaint alleged that Mr. Kowal agreed to guarantee payment of certain medical bills due Dr. Webster in exchange for Dr. Webster’s expert advice and testimony in a civil action in which Mr. Kowal was representing Dr. Webster’s former patient, one Philip Soule, a minor at the time he received his injuries. See Soule v. Massachusetts Elec. Co., 378 Mass. 177 (1979).
According to the alleged agreement, Soule’s overdue…
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