LEAVITT v. MIZNER


404 Mass. 81 (1989)

533 N.E.2d 1334

EDWARD E. LEAVITT & others vs. JUDITH H. MIZNER & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Goldstein for the plaintiffs.

Regina E. Roman (Edward J. Barshak with her) for Alan M. Dershowitz.

William E. Bernstein (C. Donald Briggs, III, with him) for Johanna D. Drooz Yoffie.

Andrew Good for Judith A. Mizner & another, submitted a brief.

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


O'CONNOR, J.

The plaintiffs commenced this case by filing a complaint containing fourteen counts, alleging malpractice and violation of G.L.c. 93A (1986 ed.), against five attorneys and two law firms. The defendant Yoffie filed a motion for summary judgment and the other defendants filed motions which the judge who ruled on them treated as motions for summary judgment. The plaintiffs filed several motions for summary judgment as well. The judge denied the plaintiffs...

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