Stokes & Levin, Inc.

Bermuda-based businessman Donald Lines has been awarded damages of $3 million against a Massachusetts process serving company that falsely claimed to have served him with three securities fraud-related subpoenas on behalf of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. At the Superior Court of Massachusetts on June 6, 2008, Judge Robert Cosgrove entered final judgment in favor of Lines and against Boston-based Stokes & Levin, Inc. on one count each of Unfair Or Deceptive Acts Or Practices, Negligence), Fraud, Intentional Or Negligent Infliction Of Emotional Distress, and Interference With Advantageous Business Relations.