Fact Inquiry Necessary to Determinate Which Sales of Securities Were "By Means Of" Misstatements

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The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts recently denied a motion for summary judgment on the issue of damages by investors in Access Cardiosystems, Inc. against one of the defendants, Randall Fincke. The investors had asserted claims against Mr. Fincke under the Massachusetts version of the Uniform Securities Act, Section 410(a)(2) of the Massachusetts General Laws, which creates “civil liability for sales [of securities] by means of fraud or misrepresentation.” Section 410(a)(2) is almost identical to Section 12(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and, in reaching its decision, the court relied upon both federal case law as well as case law from other states interpreting the Uniform Securities Act.

In 2009, the court ruled that Mr. Fincke made a material misstatement in a business plan when he stated that Access had been advised by its patent counsel that its product did not infringe on any patents known to counsel without having sought or received any such advice. Following this decision on liability, four of Access’s individual investors moved for summary judgment on the issue of damages, seeking to rescind all of their investment transactions and recover their total investment in the company.

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