Ladd v. Polidoro

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that plaintiff could not establish an abuse of process claim based on an attachment of property, even if the action was groundless, absent allegations of an ulterior motive
• using process for collateral advantage, to accomplish something for which the process is not designed is an improper purpose
• groundless claim and harm to defendant insufficient to show abuse of process, absent showing of ulterior motive
• groundless claim and harm to defendant insufficient to show abuse of process, absent showing of ulterior motive
• groundless claim and harm to defendant insufficient to show abuse of process, absent showing of ulteri- or motive
• issue not specified in written motion for directed verdict preserved so long as it had been raised at other points during trial and therefore was adequately brought to the judge’s attention

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Psy-Ed Corporation v. KLEIN HIRSCH
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-05-12· cited 152×
• Vittands v. Sudduth
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-06-15· cited 89×
• Cady v. Marcella
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-06-07· cited 53×
• McLaughlin v. City of Lowell
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-07-25· cited 23×
• Keystone Freight Corp. v. Bartlett Consolidated, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-08-02· cited 17×
• Knapp v. Neptune Towers Associates
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-09-02· cited 12×
• Fafard Real Estate & Development Corp. v. Metro-Boston Broadcasting, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2004-11-24· cited 11×
• SMS Financial V, LLC v. Conti
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-04-26· cited 11×
• Lund v. Henderson
  D. Massachusetts· 2014-05-27· cited 11×
• Thompson v. Myers (In Re Myers)
  D. South Carolina· 1998-08-27· cited 8×
• Millennium Equity Holdings, LLC v. Mahlowitz
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-10-28· cited 8×
• Medford Co-operative Bank v. Skerry
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 2004-08-12· cited 4×
• Duval v. Hallisey
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2004-03-16· cited 1×
• Fiske v. Town of North Attleboro
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2007-02-14· cited 1×
• 477 Harrison Ave, LLC v. JACE Boston, LLC
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-11-08
• Ronan v. Kuvin
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1997-03-14
• Astro Realty Trust v. Reveo D.S., Inc.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1998-01-16
• Bala v. AOtec, Inc.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1998-06-02
• Charles v. Roads Corp.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1998-08-10
• Fink v. LaSelvia
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1999-01-15

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Fishman v. Brooks
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-01-30· cited 178×
• Datacomm Interface, Inc. v. Computerworld, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-02-18· cited 150×
• Beecy v. Pucciarelli
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-11-09· cited 118×
• D'Annolfo v. Stoneham Housing Authority
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-07-06· cited 95×
• Jones v. Brockton Public Markets, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-12-31· cited 92×
• Gabriel v. Borowy
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1949-04-12· cited 63×
• Wood v. Graves
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1887-05-06· cited 60×
• Acosta v. Honda Motor Co.
  Third Circuit· 1983-09-21· cited 54×
• Powers v. Leno
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-06-24· cited 41×
• Stewart v. Thigpen
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-04-30· cited 41×
• Reardon v. Sadd
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-01-25· cited 15×