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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Haddad v. Gonzalez, 576 N.E.2d 658 (1991)

Citation
Haddad v. Gonzalez, 576 N.E.2d 658 (1991)
Parent Document
Haddad v. Gonzalez, 576 N.E.2d 658 (1991)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
1991-08-12

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*866Moreover, assuming that (as Haddad asserts) the Legislature intended by the 1979 amendment to discourage vicarious suits by self-constituted attorneys general (consistent with the desire of the principal drafter of the original version of § 9), that intent is in no way frustrated by permitting recovery for the intentional infliction of emotional distress under c. 93A. Such an injury is clearly not vicarious. See Baldassari v. Public Fin. Trust, 369 Mass, at 46. The potential for frivolous c. 93A suits based on this theory is therefore, no greater than in the context of a common law action for intentional infliction of emotional distress.