Pappas Industrial Parks, Inc. v. Psarros

How courts have described this case

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• observing that it is not unfair or deceptive “to break off incomplete and imperfect negotiations of a commercial agreement”
• oral promise to sell land was not enforceable by estoppel where negotiations were incohoate, significant details remained unresolved, and draft agreement was unsigned
• “It is not ... immoral, unethical, oppressive, or unscrupulous — and therefore not unfair or deceptive — to break off incomplete and imperfect negotiations of a commercial agreement”
• “Every deal that goes sour does not give rise to a c. 93A claim”
• . . . the circumstances [are] such that a reasonable businessman would be aware that the negotiations were inchoate and that no presumed agreement could be relied upon
• “Every deal that goes sour does not give rise to a c. 93A claim.”

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