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Commercial appeal over $9.2M equity component tests voluntary‑payment and fraud claims
Summary
Boston Laser argued the trial court erred by granting summary judgment to Provident, saying an invoice and valuation were fraudulent or the result of a mutual mistake; Provident said the parties knew the $9.2 million EEA component and voluntarily paid. The court took the case under advisement.
In Provident Healthcare Partners LLC v. Boston Laser Eye Institute, the panel considered competing arguments about whether a trial court properly applied the voluntary‑payment doctrine after closing in a private sale transaction.
Counsel for Boston Laser argued that the invoice at issue sought payment of amounts not due and that either mutual mistake or fraud excused a voluntary‑payment defense. Attorney…
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