Platten v. HG Bermuda Exempted Ltd.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that defendants not parties to an agreement cannot be held liable for breach of contract
• noting that “Massachusetts law does not allow litigants to override an express contract by arguing unjust enrichment”
• noting that “for minimum contacts analysis, even if the effects of the alleged breach were felt in Massachusetts, there [was] no evidence in the record that the alleged breach itself ‘occurred’ in this state”
• explaining that plaintiffs may not \rely on unsupported allegations in their pleadings.\
• “[h]aving concluded that no contract exists, there can be no derivative implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing applicable to these parties”
• noting “plaintiffs may not rely on unsupported allegations in their pleadings,” and are instead “obliged to adduce evidence of specific facts” supporting personal jurisdiction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).