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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Leardi v. Brown, 474 N.E.2d 1094 (1985)

Citation
Leardi v. Brown, 474 N.E.2d 1094 (1985)
Parent Document
Leardi v. Brown, 474 N.E.2d 1094 (1985)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
1985-02-28

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369 Mass. 33, 44-46 (1975), we held that a plaintiff’s claims under c. 93A should be dismissed where the plaintiff alleged “severe emotional distress,” and not the loss of “money or property” required by the version of c. 93A then in effect. The Legislature then amended the statute, providing a right of action to “[a]ny person . . . who has been injured by another person’s use or employment of any method, act or practice declared to be unlawful by section two or any rule or regulation issued thereunder.” The 1979 amendment appears to have been, in part, a reaction to the restrictiveness of our holding in Baldassari v. Public Fin. Trust, supra.