· 5/3/1982
McGrath v. Mishara
Citations
- 434 N.E.2d 1215
- 386 Mass. 74
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “We see no reason to believe that the Legislature intended in c. 93A to authorize cumulative damages ... for the same wrong”
- “mere fact that these statutes contain some overlapping prohibitions and remedies does not establish a legislative intent to preclude their concurrent application”
- multiple damages provisions of G. L. c. 93A, § 11, “reflect ‘the Legislature’s displeasure with the proscribed conduct and its desire to deter such conduct and encourage vindicative lawsuits’ ”
- landlord’s illegal deducting of rent from tenants’ security deposit
- same under G. L. c. 93A
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Lynch, O'Connor
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