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FISHMAN v. BROOKS

396 Mass. 643 (1986)

487 N.E.2d 1377

IRVING FISHMAN vs. LARIMORE S. BROOKS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

January 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Connarton, Jr. (John Egan with him) for the plaintiff.

Thomas Hoffman for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

WILKINS, J.

This appeal principally concerns the propriety of certain evidentiary rulings in the trial of a counterclaim for malpractice filed by Larimore S. Brooks against Irving Fishman, a member of the bar of the Commonwealth. Brooks persuaded the jury that (a) Fishman was negligent in representing Brooks in an action for personal injuries Brooks sustained when a negligently operated motor vehicle collided with the bicycle he was riding; (b) as a result of Fishman...

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