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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Brown v. LeClair, 20 Mass. App. Ct. 976 (1985)

Citation
Brown v. LeClair, 20 Mass. App. Ct. 976 (1985)
Parent Document
Brown v. LeClair, 20 Mass. App. Ct. 976 (1985)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
1985-09-11

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Brown challenges the award of multiple damages on the ground thát the findings do not sufficiently explain why treble rather than double damages were awarded. Although “neither c. 93A nor our cases construing that statute provide a trial judge with clear guidance in deciding how damages should be multiplied,” Rita v. Carella, 394 Mass. 822, 829 (1985), the decision is to be “[bjased on the egregiousness of [the] defendant’s conduct.” International Fid. Ins. Co. v. Wilson, 387 Mass. 841, 853 (1983). On the evidence before us, we cannot say that the determination to award treble damages was error. Judgment affirmed.