Shepard's Pharmacy, Inc. v. Stop & Shop Companies, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• affirming trial judge’s finding that the defendant’s misappropriation of the plaintiff’s name and image in advertising violated § 1B, but reversing separate damages award for lack of supporting evidence
• “In the absence of a causal relationship between the alleged unfair acts and the claimed loss, there can be no recovery.”
• while defendant engaged in pressured negotiations, its conduct did not have “an extortionate quality that gives ... the rancid flavor of unfairness”
• whether particular set of acts is unfair or deceptive is generally a question of fact
• “In the absence of a causal relationship between the alleged unfair acts and the claimed loss, there can be no recovery”
• to prevail on Chapter 93A claim, plaintiff must show causal connection between defendant’s unfair and deceptive act and damage suffered and that such damage was reasonably foreseeable

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