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Massachusetts Appeals Court· 8/28/1990

Winthrop Corp. v. Lowenthal

Citations

  • 558 N.E.2d 1138
  • 29 Mass. App. Ct. 180
  • 1990 Mass. App. LEXIS 478

How courts have described this case

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  • contingent fee controlled where one party prevailed and contingent fee agreement not disclosed to arbitrator or court
  • granting relief from arbitrator’s award under 60(b)(6) where attorney’s failure to disclose contingency fee agreement to arbitrator and court confirming award was not fraud on court, but agreement was material to arbitrator’s rendering proper decision
  • interpreting a contract that shifted “costs and reasonable attorney’s fees” to the prevailing party on a breach of contract claim to require payment of reasonable fees incurred by the prevailing party under a contingency fee arrangement
  • interpreting a contract that shifted \costs and reasonable attorney's fees\ to the prevailing party on a breach of contract claim to require payment of reasonable fees incurred by the prevailing party under a contingency fee arrangement
  • nondisclosure of contingent fee agreement did not amount to fraud on the court where disclosure required by contract
  • nondisclosure of contingent fee agreement did not amount to fraud on court where disclosure required by contract

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Judges: Warner, Smith, Fine

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