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· 12/30/1986

Wang Laboratories, Inc. v. Business Incentives, Inc.

Citations

  • 501 N.E.2d 1163
  • 398 Mass. 854
  • 1986 Mass. LEXIS 1585

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that employer is liable under Chapter 93A for employee’s conduct that falls within the scope of the employment
  • concluding that a firm’s effort to obtain the benefits of a contract in “disregard of known contractual arrangements mandates multiple damages as a matter of law”
  • finding violation of Chapter 93A where independent tax advisor was denied commissions due under contract after decision to handle tax matters in-house
  • stating that the alleged tortious conduct of an employee or agent, including his or her intentional torts, falls within the scope of employment if: (1) the conduct is of the kind the employee is employed to perform; (2
  • finding liability under Chapter 93A where interference with contract “constituted a willful act calculated to obtain the benefits of [the] contract ... without cost and in disregard of known contractual arrangements”
  • breach of contract committed in order \to obtain the benefits of [the] contract without cost ...\ violates 93A.'

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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor

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