Calimlim v. Foreign Car Center, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the trial judge erred in awarding damages for breach of the implied warranty of fitness, breach of the implied warranty of merchantability, and for a violation of c. 93A where these claims were all based on the dealer’s same act of knowingly selling a defective car
• allowing plaintiff to recover multiple damages and attorneys fees for defendant’s willful or knowing conduct and bad faith refusal to settle
• prohibiting recovery of cumulative damages under multiple counts of a complaint
• permitting awards under several counts where the claims and injuries were factually distinguishable, but emphasizing that “where the same acts cause the same injury under more than one theory,” duplicative damages will not be awarded
• permitting awards under several counts where the claims and injuries were factually distinguishable, but emphasizing that “where the same acts cause the same injury under more than one theory,” duplicative damages will not be awarded
• “where the same acts cause the same injury under more than one theory ... duplicative damage recoveries will not be permitted”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Fontaine v. Ebtec Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-05-21· cited 237×
• Ronald Borden v. The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, Ronald Borden v. The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company
  First Circuit· 1991-05-30· cited 166×
• Clegg v. Butler
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-03-12· cited 146×
• VMark Software, Inc. v. EMC Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-11-18· cited 113×
• Maillet v. ATF-Davidson Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-04-09· cited 103×
• Szalla v. Locke
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-12-08· cited 97×
• Sindi v. El-Moslimany
  First Circuit· 2018-07-11· cited 96×
• Vassallo v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-16· cited 90×
• Klairmont v. Gainsboro Restaurant, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-05-16· cited 72×
• Greenfield Country Estates Tenants Ass'n v. Deep
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-06-26· cited 65×
• Bobick v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-06-27· cited 62×
• Bertassi v. Allstate Insurance
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-05-13· cited 45×
• Wyler v. Bonnell Motors, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-12-01· cited 41×
• Parker v. D'Avolio
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-05-06· cited 38×
• Borne v. Haverhill Golf & Country Club, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-06-13· cited 37×
• Mailman's Steam Carpet Cleaning Corp. v. Lizotte
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-07-19· cited 33×
• Graff v. Motta
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1997-06-10· cited 30×
• Shaw v. Rodman Ford Truck Center, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-04-25· cited 29×
• Charles River Construction Co. v. Kirksey
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-07-10· cited 28×
• Renovator's Supply, Inc. v. Sovereign Bank
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-08-26· cited 28×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Linthicum v. Archambault
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-12-19· cited 349×
• DiMarzo v. American Mutual Insurance
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-05-04· cited 170×
• Kohl v. Silver Lake Motors, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-03-02· cited 86×
• McGrath v. Mishara
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-05-03· cited 85×
• Burnham v. Mark IV Homes, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-11-05· cited 81×