ONE NATIONAL BANK v. ANTONELLIS

No. 95-1559.

80 F.3d 606 (1996)

ONE NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph M. ANTONELLIS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale R. Harger, with whom Mountain, Dearborn & Whiting and Howard J. Potash, Worcester, MA, were on brief for appellant.

George A. Berman, with whom Cynthia C. Smith, Susan S. Riedel and Posternak, Blankstein & Lund, Boston, were on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, CYR, Circuit Judge, and SKINNER, Senior District Judge.


TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

In this legal malpractice action, appellant-plaintiff One National Bank ("ONB" or "One National") appeals the district court's entry of summary judgment for appellee-defendant Joseph M. Antonellis ("Antonellis"). Two principal issues are raised on appeal: first, whether a nonclient can maintain an action against an attorney when that attorney negligently certifies to a mortgagee that the title is good, and the mortgagee then assigns...

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