Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 12/14/1988

Commonwealth v. Davis

Citations

531 N.E.2d 577
403 Mass. 575
1988 Mass. LEXIS 294

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holding that the successor attorney is not immunized from liability to the former attorney for contribution if the negligence of each caused the same injury to the client
allowing claim for contribution against successor attorney because alternative would leave successor counsel free from liability
allowing third-party complaint against sue-cessor attorney when successor attorney failed to oppose summary judgment motion against the client and thus may have been the legal cause of the client's injury
advising courts to rule on the im-pleader issue early to minimize conflicts “if the merits of the claim for contribution can be addressed and ruled on immediately”
allowing a defendant in a legal malpractice action to bring a third-party complaint against successor attorney when successor attorney may have caused the original injury for which predecessor counsel was allegedly responsible
number of injuries, use of two different weapons, and brutality of beating sufficient to conclude that murder was committed with deliberate premeditation

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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Abrams, Lynch, O'Connor

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