Neuhoff v. Marvin Lumber & Cedar Co.

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• finding that a retail promise was not given to induce the abandonment of a lawsuit
• explaining that, under Massachusetts law, “promissory es‐ toppel is nothing but a contract absent consideration”
• explaining that, under Massachusetts law, “promissory es‐ toppel is nothing but a contract absent consideration”
• explaining that, under Massachusetts law, “promissory estoppel is nothing but a contract absent consideration”
• failure to assert a claim concerning deceptive or false promises in the demand letter that raised the defendant’s sale of defective windows waived the claim
• where plaintiffs asserted consideration in form of time and labor expended assisting defendant in repairs, court found no consideration where “record contains scant evidence indicating any time or labor expended”

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