Atlas Tack Corp. v. DiMasi

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reservation of rights in release was effective because it was expressed in \very specific language\
• a release will not discharge a vicariously liable party if the release contains an express reservation of rights against that party
• where no opportunity to present question of law in trial court, interests of judicial economy warranted consideration of the issue
• shared office space, public designation of “professional association,” use of firm letterhead

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Tetrault v. Mahoney
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-16· cited 156×
• PCO, Inc. v. Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro
  California Court of Appeal· 2007-04-30· cited 79×
• Fidelity Management & Research Co. v. Ostrander
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-03-21· cited 67×
• Atlas Tack Corp. v. Donabed
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-07-02· cited 48×
• Woodrum v. Johnson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2001-12-12· cited 46×
• Leblanc v. Friedman
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-01-29· cited 30×
• Professional Services Group, Inc. v. Town of Rockland
  D. Massachusetts· 2007-09-26· cited 22×
• Care & Protection of Georgette
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-05-22· cited 17×
• White v. White
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-03-12· cited 16×
• Gaw v. Sappett
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-11-03· cited 14×
• Gosselin v. O'Dea
  First Circuit· 2001-03-16· cited 13×
• Medeiros v. Middlesex Insurance
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-10-05· cited 13×
• Bruno v. Board of Appeals
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-11-29· cited 9×
• Dow v. Jones
  D. Maryland· 2004-03-31· cited 7×
• Gosselin v. O'DEA
  D. Massachusetts· 1999-03-05· cited 4×
• MacDonald v. Jenzabar, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-01-11· cited 3×
• Cormier v. Deren
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1997-11-05· cited 2×
• Andrews v. Elwell
  D. Massachusetts· 2005-03-24
• Robbins v. Physicians for Women's Health, LLC
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2014-05-27
• Skawski v. Greenfield Investors Property Development, LLC
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-02-27

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Fishman v. Brooks
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-01-30· cited 178×
• Elias v. Unisys Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-06-25· cited 93×
• Knutson v. Morton Foods, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1980-07-23· cited 77×
• Brown v. Gerstein
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-03-05· cited 77×
• First National Bank v. Slade
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-11-19· cited 57×
• Karcher v. Burbank
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-06-03· cited 50×
• Swanigan v. State Farm Insurance
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1980-11-25· cited 43×
• Cruz v. Commissioner of Public Welfare
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-06-10· cited 33×
• Geehan v. Trawler Arlington, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-02-03· cited 19×
• Richmond v. Schuster Express, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-09-21· cited 10×
• Johnson v. Shaines & McEachern, P.A.
  D. New Hampshire· 1993-06-28· cited 7×
• Mersick v. Bilafsky
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1910-05-17· cited 6×