Baldassari v. Public Finance Trust

How courts have described this case

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• when plaintiffs suffered only emotional distress, no loss of money or property, but a different question would have been presented had plaintiffs suffered expenses
• new statute “does not serve to revive actions barred before its effective date”
• predominance and superiority requirements of rule 23 “introduce a highly discretionary element”
• even where there is a separate statutory provision for bringing an action on behalf of others similarly situated, the propriety of a class action is subject to Mass.R.Civ.P. 23
• “[i]f a proper demand is made by one plaintiff, ... we think he and others similarly situated may join in a class action to redress that injury and similar injuries caused by the same act or practice.”
• “severe emotional distress” does not constitute “loss of money or property”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).