Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from August 2003

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from August 2003

Mass. Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: August 4, 2003.(Brief article)
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Personal Income Tax - Wages Where an appellant claimed that he owed no personal income taxes for tax years 1998 and 1999 because the remuneration paid to him during those years...

Verdicts & Settlements August 4, 2003: Doctor Fails To Diagnose, Treat Coronary Artery Disease.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $600,000 Settlement This was a medical-malpractice and wrongful death action that arose out of medical treatment rendered to the plaintiff's decedent by the defendant, his primary care...

Where Divorce And Trust Law Meet.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Law Professor Lewis M. Simes wrote in 1951 that "[i]n drafting a will or trust involving future interests, no amount of clear thinking or appreciation of practical aspects of the problem will...

Massachusetts Lawyers in the News: August 4, 2003.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff NewsMakers Honors The St. Thomas More Society of Catholic Lawyers and Judges of Springfield is recognizing eight lawyers and judges whose lives have been examples to both those in the...

Mass. Legal Obituary: James A. Lidgate.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff James A. Lidgate Worcester attorney James A. Lidgate died after a short illness at U-Mass Memorial Medical Center. He was 95. Lidgate was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and live in Worcester most...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: August 4, 2003.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Judgments Affirmed The Appeals Court has affirmed, pursuant to Rule 1:28, judgments in the following cases. Although the decisions do not appear to address any substantive issues...

Verdicts & Settlements August 4, 2003: Surgery After Fall Causes Permanent Arm Injury.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $400,000 Settlement On March 9, 1999, the plaintiff fell as a result of slippery snow conditions and landed on her left elbow. She was brought to the hospital where she was examined by the...

Verdicts & Settlements August 4, 2003: Truck Causes Five-Car Accident In Heavy Traffic.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $4 Million Award This civil action arose out of a motor vehicle accident that occurred on Route 128 in Burlington two days before Christmas. The plaintiff was injured when his pick-up truck...

Verdicts & Settlements August 4, 2003: Plane Crashes In Ocean, Killing Two Passengers.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $4.425 Million Settlement On Aug. 18, 2000, a Piper, single-engine aircraft with a pilot and four passengers aboard crashed into the ocean off the coast of Kennebunkport, Maine. Two of the...

Government Legal Work Now Up For Bid.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Jeanne Greeley Law firms and private attorneys earn millions of dollars of state money each year by snagging coveted government agency contracts. It is a selection process that has historically been presided over by whomever...

Outfoxed: Needham real estate attorney's terrifying experience.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff By now you've probably heard the harrowing tale of the Needham real estate attorney who pulled over to help a woman in need, only to be muscled out of his car. But what went unreported was that the...

SLAPP Law Bars Theft Suspect's Suit Against Store, Rules Mass. Superior Court.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff A plaintiff's claim of malicious prosecution against a retail store that accused him of stealing was barred by the state's anti-SLAPP statute, even though the plaintiff had been acquitted of...

Legal-Mal Policy Does Not Cover Overbilling, Rules Mass. Appeals Court.
August 4, 2003... Byline: David L. Yas An insurance company did not have a duty under a legal-malpractice policy to defend an attorney engaged in fraud in his billing of clients, the Appeals Court has found. The insurance company argued that such...

Mass. Dept. of Environmental Protection Case Summaries: August 4, 2003.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Environmental Water Withdrawal Permit Where petitioners have appealed a water withdrawal permit issued on Jan. 17, 2003, the appeal must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, as the...

Mass. Housing Courts Case Summaries: August 4, 2003.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Hearing - Housing Benefits Where defendants, which administer a Section 8 housing assistance program, denied a plaintiff's application for Family Unification Program...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: August 4, 2003.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Antitrust Puerto Rico - Chemical Protective Clothing Where a plaintiff filed suit alleging that the defendants violated a Puerto Rican antitrust statute by conspiring to destroy...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: August 4, 2003.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Social Services Contempt - Active Treatment Where plaintiffs seek to have defendants held in contempt for not implementing a 2002 court order to provide active treatment to...

Verdicts & Settlements August 4, 2003: Man Slips On Icy Walkway Upon Exiting Store.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $96,000 Award On Jan. 3, 1999, plaintiff #1 was exiting the defendants' store when he slipped on ice on a walkway outside the entrance, causing him to fall and sustain injuries including a...

Notice Of Hearing At Massachusetts Division Of Insurance.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation DIVISION OF INSURANCE One South Station * Boston, MA 02110-2208 (617) 521-7794 * FAX (617)...

New Massachusetts Appeals Court Fees.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Editor's Note: When the following announcement ran in the July 14 issue, it was misreported that the fee for entering a criminal single justice case was $315; the fee is $300. The following is the...

Mass. Land Courts Case Summaries: August 4, 2003.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property Prescriptive Easement Where a dispute has arisen regarding a certain Cohasset right of way, I find: that the plaintiffs hold a prescriptive easement allowing them to use the...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: August 4, 2003.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Notice Of Removal Where (1) on May 9, 2003, a hearing officer entered a finding of default against a complainant for his failure to appear at a public hearing scheduled for that...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: August 4, 2003.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Interlocutory Appeal - Jurisdiction Where (1) a petitioner moved to dismiss a criminal complaint against him for lack of jurisdiction and (2) when that motion was denied by a...

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: August 4, 2003.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Contract Surety - Indemnity Where a plaintiff, which issued a surety bond in connection with a construction project, seeks indemnification from the defendants, the plaintiff should be...

Verdicts & Settlements August 4, 2003: Home Companion Has Lawyer Rewrite Invalid's Will.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $75,000 Award The defendant was a home companion hired to stay evenings with an 82-year-old invalid who had no children. His estate plan left a six-unit apartment building in Boston's North...

Striking Out: Court-appointed attorneys in Mass. refuse to take any new court-appointed clients.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Indigent criminal defendants in southern and western parts of the state might have to twiddle their thumbs for a bit while they wait out a battle between court-appointed attorneys and the state....

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Committee:Office Is Proposed To Oversee Transcripts, Tackle Delay Issue.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Jason M. Scally A court committee is calling for a centralized office to manage court reporters in an effort to attack the arduous delays in obtaining trial transcripts -- a problem that has long haunted lawyers trying to pursue an...

Records Destroyed, Co. Can't Contest Wage Suit, Rules Mass. Superior Court.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno An employer could not challenge a former employee's Wage Act claim for earned commissions pursuant to an oral contract where the employer had destroyed documentation of the employee's compensation, a Superior Court...

Massachusetts District Courts Case Summaries: August 4, 2003.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Larceny Of Trade Secret Where a defendant, who allegedly misappropriated her employer's customer and supplier lists, has been charged with larceny of a trade secret, a motion by...

Mass. Dept. of Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: August 4, 2003.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' Compensation Psychological Injury - Average Weekly Wages Where an administrative judge awarded an employee workers' compensation benefits, we hold that the award should be upheld...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: August 4, 2003.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Contract Distributorship - Exclusivity Where plaintiffs have filed suit against defendant manufacturers which ceased using the plaintiffs as their exclusive American distributor, the...

Commentary: Lateral Hiring: Making The Most Of Your Investment.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Stephen E. Seckler and Peter A. Johnson Lateral hiring continues to play an important role in law firm growth. While layoffs quietly continue at some firms, other firms are taking advantage of the improved marketplace for talent....

Verdicts & Settlements August 4, 2003: Baby Is Brain Damaged Despite Emergency C-Section.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $990,000 Settlement The plaintiff's mother was 37-and-a-half weeks pregnant with a history of decreased fetal movement for 24 hours when she was seen by her obstetrician. A biophysical profile...

Verdicts & Settlements August 4, 2003: Shopping Center Employee Struck And Killed By Car.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $470,000 Settlement On April 19, 1999, the 49-year-old plaintiff's decedent was struck and killed by an automobile while working at his job at a shopping center. He was survived by a spouse...

Notice Of A Hearing At Massachusetts Division Of Insurance.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation DIVISION OF INSURANCE One South Station Boston, MA 02110-2208 (617) 521-7794 * FAX (617)...

Plaintiff Entitled To Trial After Work Quarrel, Rules Mass. Appeals Court.
August 11, 2003... Byline: John O. Cunningham A plaintiff who filed a race-bias complaint was entitled to a trial where her co-worker supplied an affidavit indicating that the plaintiff's manager instigated a confrontation that led to her dismissal for...

Accident Victims Must Give Testimony Separately, rules Mass. Appeals Court.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno Two plaintiffs involved in a car accident could not collect uninsured motorist benefits after refusing to give testimony separately, the Appeals Court has ruled. The plaintiffs argued that the motor vehicle...

Verdicts & Settlements August 11, 2003: Vehicle Collides With Bicyclist At Intersection.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $245,000 Settlement On April 28, 2001, the plaintiff was a bicyclist traveling southbound on Route 28A and approaching the intersection at County Road in Bourne when the defendant's vehicle...

Verdicts & Settlements August 11, 2003: Boy Develops Avascular Necrosis After X-Rays Misread.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $4.6 Million Settlement This action involved the alleged failure of a radiologist to detect a mild slipped capital femoral epiphysis in a 13-year-old boy who presented to a local hospital...

Verdicts & Settlements August 11, 2003: Infant's Brain Damage Blamed On 'Late' C-Section.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $2 Million Settlement The plaintiff mother, who was 35 years old at the time of the pregnancy, alleged that, in March 1998, the defendant was negligent in monitoring her during labor and...

Verdicts & Settlements August 11, 2003: Question Of Who Ran Red Light In Two-Car Accident.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $350,000 Settlement On Dec. 14, 1998, the defendant driver was operating a loaded rig under a contract with the defendant trucking company. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant driver...

Worcester criminal-defense attorney's kayak adventure.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff It started as a Cape Cod boating trip on a beautiful, sunny day. It ended as an ordeal of "Deliverance"-type proportions. OK, so maybe it wasn't that bad. But when Worcester...

Homeowners' Policy Did Not Cover Molestation, rules Mass. Appeals Court.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Lisa Bruno An insurance company was not bound under a homeowner policy's "intended injury" exclusion to provide coverage for claims arising from acts of molestation by the policyholders' 14-year-old son, the Appeals Court has held....

Massachusetts Lawyers in the News: August 11, 2003.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff New Associations Audrey M. Roth has joined Sullivan & Worcester as a partner in the corporate law department. Roth will lead the firm's private equity and emerging companies group based in...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: August 11, 2003.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Strip Searches - Qualified Immunity Where (1) plaintiffs, after being arrested for non-violent, non-drug-related misdemeanors, were subjected to strip searches and visual...

Verdicts & Settlements August 11, 2003: Pedestrian Suffers Soft Tissue Injuries After Hit By Car.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $76,932 Award This action involved a motor vehicle accident that occurred in Hull. The 10-year-old plaintiff alleged that the defendant's vehicle struck her while she was crossing the street....

Verdicts & Settlements August 11, 2003: Van Rolls Into Lake After Child Shifts Gear Out Of Park.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense Verdict The plaintiffs claimed their 1989 Chevrolet Astro van was defectively designed because it lacked a Brake Transmission System Interlock (BTSI); General Motors failed to give...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: August 11, 2003.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff BBO Public Reprimand No. 2003-12 IN RE: LEWDORSEY WILLIAMS BBO Public Reprimand No. 2003-12 IN RE: LEWDORSEY WILLIAMS Last known office address: 366 Broadway Suite 200 ...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court authorizes courts to publish calendar/docket info on Internet.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff For the first time, the Supreme Judicial Court has authorized the courts in Massachusetts to publish calendar and docket information on the Internet. This represents a significant move by the...

The New Face Of OUI In Massachusetts.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Jason Scally A driver has had a couple of drinks and is pulled over by the cops. The officers suspect the driver is drunk. What should the motorist do? Take the breath test? Will his driver's license be revoked, and, if...

Face To Face: Shari A. Levitan, Vice Chair Of Bioethics Committee For ABA.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Shari A. Levitan, who describes herself as "a trusts and estates lawyer at heart," is national vice chair of the bioethics committee for the American Bar Association Property, Probate and Trust...

U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Case Summaries: August 11, 2003.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy In Forma Pauperis Where a tenant has moved for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in his landlord's bankruptcy proceeding, the motion should be denied on the ground that the...

Mass. District Court Case Summaries: August 11, 2003.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Labor Sanctions - Threats Where a plaintiff union has sanctioned a defendant union member for violating the union's rules by threatening one or more members of the union, a summary...

Mass. Land Courts Case Summaries: August 11, 2003.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property Condition - Planning Board Decision Where a condition involving the creation of a conservation or agricultural preservation restriction exists in a Sudbury planning board...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: August 11, 2003.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Interlocutory Appeal - DNA Analysis Where a petitioner sought relief under G.L.c. 211, Sect. 3 from a Superior Court order in a criminal case allowing the commonwealth to take a...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court rules on student searches by school officials.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff School officials recently got the nod from the Supreme Judicial Court to conduct student searches without the fear of being labeled as law enforcement agents and subsequently held to higher...

Expansion Of The Boston Municipal Court May Help Move Dockets Quicker.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Jason Cunningham With the Boston Municipal Court recently expanding to include seven additional Boston-based District courts, lawyers can expect greater use of drug court sessions, an emphasis on civil mediation and flexible...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: August 11, 2003.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Judgments Affirmed The Appeals Court has affirmed, pursuant to Rule 1:28, judgments in the following cases. Although the decisions do not appear to address any substantive issues...

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: August 11, 2003.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Correctional Officer - False Testimony Where an arbitration award in favor of a correctional officer has been confirmed by this court, that decision should now be vacated on...

Commentary: Oh, Rikki, You're So Fine.
August 11, 2003... Byline: David L. Yas Quick: Who is the most famous female Boston lawyer? Well, there are plenty to choose from. Nancy Gertner was a renowned civil-rights crusader before being elevated to the federal bench. Alice Richmond. Joan Lukey....

Verdicts & Settlements August 11, 2003: Doctor Fails To Diagnose Coronary Artery Disease.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $500,000 Settlement The surviving spouse brought this medical-malpractice claim after her 60-year-old husband died from a myocardial infarction. The plaintiff's decedent presented to his...

Verdicts & Settlements August 11, 2003: Life Insurance Denied After Marijuana Found In Blood.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $193,000 Settlement The claimant surviving spouse and named beneficiary of a life insurance contract brought this claim. The claimant's husband died in a motorcycle accident and the life...

Massachusetts Bar Foundation announces IOLTA grant awards.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Massachusetts Bar Foundation recently announced its 2003-2004 Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) grant awards. The foundation awarded 126 grants to 89 organizations across the...

Spellbinding Book: Mass. attorney publishes book about paganism.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorney Dana D. Eilers of Hyannis can be found among the stars at night, singing, beating a drum and paying reverence to the elements of earth, air, water and fire. But by day, the Pagan...

Mattress kings Barry, Eliot endorse law firm of Goulston & Storrs.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Companies with high-profile brand names have long been linked with famous people who endorse their products, and now a Boston law firm has two big-time names on its side. Mattress kings Barry...

Out For Blood: Boston law firm sponsors blood drive for American Red Cross.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Those stepping off onto the 16th floor of 100 Summer St. in Boston last Monday would have witnessed a scene that belies attorneys' reputations as bloodsuckers. In a blood drive sponsored by...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: August 18, 2003.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Arson - Newly- Discovered Evidence Where defendants (1) were convicted of arson and related crimes after a fire burned down their Boston business and (2) later moved for a new...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: August 18, 2003.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Community Confinement Where the Bureau of Prisons has altered its policy of permitting nonviolent offenders to be placed in community confinement, the policy change is legally...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: August 18, 2003.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Medical Records - Prosecution Witness Where limited disclosure of a prosecution witness's medical records has been ordered, the defendant should be granted access to exculpatory...

Verdicts & Settlements August 18, 2003: Employee Gets Ulcer After Harassment By Supervisor.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $150,000 Settlement The plaintiff was the customer relations director of a software company who claimed that his female supervisor was abusive to everyone below her in the company, and that...

Verdicts & Settlements August 18, 2003: 64-Pound Roll Of Polar Fleece Falls On Worker.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $2 Million Verdict This matter involved claims brought by the plaintiff and his wife for injuries sustained by the plaintiff while he was working on a contract labor assignment at the...

Commentary: Premiums, Checks, And Balances.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Recent reports indicate that premiums for health insurance will increase more than 10 percent for the sixth year in a row in Massachusetts. The fear in the legal community is that this news...

Surety Can Arbitrate Dispute Over Construction, Rules Mass. Appeals Court.
August 18, 2003... Byline: John O. Cunningham A surety who guaranteed a construction contract for a project owner was entitled to join an arbitration proceeding involving claims between the owner and the general contractor, the Appeals Court has ruled. ...

Despite Client Theft, Legal-Mal Policy Is OK, Rules Mass. Appeals Court.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Jason M. Scally An insurance company could not rescind a legal-malpractice policy held by attorneys who did not know that their co-workers were embezzling funds from clients, the Appeals Court has decided. On an insurance...

Massachusetts Land Courts Case Summaries: August 18, 2003.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property Tax Taking Where evidence indicates that the plaintiff town of Orange has made a valid tax taking of the defendant trust's property, I hold that the town is entitled to a...

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: August 18, 2003.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Legal Malpractice Claim Where a plaintiff has moved for summary judgment on a malpractice claim which he has filed against the defendant, his former attorney in a criminal...

Verdicts & Settlements August 18, 2003: Town Worker Is Scalped While Oiling Power Broom.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $900,000 Settlement On April 1, 1999, the 24-year-old plaintiff, an employee of the Town of Williamstown, was performing maintenance, in the manner in which he was trained, on a mechanical...

Verdicts & Settlements August 18, 2003: Temporal Arteritis Goes Undiagnosed, Woman Loses Vision.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $125,000 Settlement The plaintiff, an 83-year-old woman, was a passenger on a European cruise when she first began to complain of headaches and neck pain. The plaintiff was examined by the...

Mass. Lawyers in the News: August 18, 2003.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff On the Move James P. O'Hare has joined Kirkpatrick & Lockhart in Boston as of counsel. He has 20 years of experience representing technology-based companies, their boards of directors and...

Massachusetts Legal Obituary: William C. Madden.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff William C. Madden, a retired Boston attorney, died following a lengthy illness. He was 88. Madden served as a state senator from Lexington from 1958 to 1960, and as an assistant U.S. attorney...

Mass. Legal Obituary: John S. Macdougall Jr.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff John S. Macdougall Jr. John S. Macdougall Jr. of Haverhill, a retired Probate & Family Court judge, died. He was 81. Macdougall was first employed at the former Holland, Johnson & Hays...

Massachusetts Appeals Court Case Summaries: August 18, 2003.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Judgments Affirmed The Appeals Court has affirmed, pursuant to Rule 1:28, judgments in the following cases. Although the decisions do not appear to address any substantive issues...

Proof Of Slipshod Training Is Key In Record $20M Case In Massachusetts.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Jason M. Scally Last week's $20 million settlement in the case of two municipal workers who perished in a gas explosion may represent the largest personal-injury settlement in Massachusetts history -- and may also reflect the...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: August 18, 2003.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff ADMONITION NO. 03-39 In May of 2001, the client hired the respondent in connection with an appeal of a domestic relations order entered against the client in the Probate Court. The respondent...