2012 Mass. App. Div. 17 - Vaks v. Ryan’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 2014
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Zapatha v. Dairy Mart, Inc. · National Ass'n of Government Employees, Inc. v. Central Broadcasting Corp. · Mezullo v. Maletz · Waters v. Min Ltd. · Knowles v. Gilchrist Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“Paragraph 9 of the agreement provides: ‘Should any action be brought arising out of this agreement ... [Ryan] shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees costs and expenses....’ We note that this provision does not condition recovery of such fees, costs, and expenses on who initiates the action or on its outcome. The enforceability of paragraph 9 has not been raised on appeal, and we leave that issue to the sound discretion of the trial court should it arise in subsequent proceedings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Vaks v. Ryan
How this case has been treated — in progress
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