WELLMAN v. WILLIS


400 Mass. 494 (1987)

509 N.E.2d 1185

ARTHUR O. WELLMAN, JR. vs. DANA J. WILLIS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Owen Todd (Kenneth R. Berman with him) for the plaintiff.

Alan M. Spiro (Penny Kozol with him) for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

At issue is the correctness of an order disqualifying the plaintiff's attorneys, the law firm of Hale and Dorr, from representing the plaintiff in a civil matter arising out of the sale of rare coins to the plaintiff by the defendant. The plaintiff seeks actual and punitive damages from the defendant claiming fraud, breach of warranty, unfair and deceptive pricing of coins, false grading of coins, and the sale of altered and adulterated coins. The plaintiff...

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