Pimental v. Wachovia Mortgage Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• a fiduciary relationship arises “if a lender both knows that a borrower is placing her trust in it and accepts that trust”
• “[Plaintiff’s] Chapter 93A claim might be sustainable if [defendant’s] actions in entering into the contract were found to be unfair or deceptive.”
• a negligence claim fails where there is no fiduciary duty between lender and borrower

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).