Schwartz v. Rose

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that appropriate damages under G.L.c. 93A for underlying claims for rescission of sale of land is the interest on the purchase price
• concluding that where rescission is ordered for a willful and knowing violation of the Massachusetts consumer protection statute, “the amount of purchase money refunded to the buyer [is not] included in the ‘damages’ subject to multiple assessment under the statute”
• affirming judgment that included rescission as a remedy for a violation of Massachusetts consumer protection statute
• “This is precisely the type of damage we have described as appropriate[] ... in an action . . . under [G. L.] c. 93A”
• actual damages awarded under c. 93A in addition to rescission of transaction involving the sale of land
• money refunded to purchaser was not subject to multiple assessment under 93A, however, amount of interest that purchaser lost between closing and date of recission trebled

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).