LOGOTHETI v. GORDON


414 Mass. 308 (1993)

607 N.E.2d 1015

DIAMANTO LOGOTHETI & others vs. HARLEY GORDON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliott J. Mahler for the plaintiffs.

Erik Lund (Thomas P. Fredell with him) for the defendant.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


O'CONNOR, J.

In this appeal, we consider the sufficiency of a complaint filed in the Superior Court alleging that the defendant attorney, who drafted a will for a client, violated duties he owed to a potential heir at law to exercise reasonable care to assure that the client had testamentary capacity and was free from undue influence.2 The complaint asserts the following material facts. On or about July 8, 1983, Mary Papouleas's friend...

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