Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from August 2004

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from August 2004

This Old Workers' Comp Claim: Bob Vila Does PSA's For Mass. DIA.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Not only does Bob Vila want you to build and rehab amazing real estate using Craftsman tools purchased from Sears, but he also wants to remind you that your employer is required to carry workers'...

Bright Lights, Big City: NBC Broadcasts From Charlestown Firm.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff With members of the media outnumbering the delegates in town for the Democratic National Convention by a ratio of three to one, tripping over the occasional broadcaster could be seen as an...

Acid Accident In Factory Not Barred By Pollution Exclusion, Rules Mass. Superior Court.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Ariana L. Johnson A metal manufacturer was covered by insurance after an accident where acid overflowed and damaged his factory -- even though his insurance policy had a pollution exclusion clause, a Superior Court judge has ruled....

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Implied Consent Where (1) this court entered judgment for the defendants on a complaint filed by the Chapter 7 Trustee and (2) the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel has remanded the...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Arrest Of Teacher - Probable Cause Where a plaintiff teacher filed a civil rights suit after being arrested on suspicion of molesting a student, judgment was properly entered...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Sentencing Guidelines - Constitutionality Where this court finds the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines to be unconstitutional, the Guidelines shall not be treated as mandatory in this...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Motion To Transfer - 'Slip And Fall' Case Where a Massachusetts plaintiff (1) alleges that he slipped and fell on ice while he was a guest at a defendant New Mexico hotel...

Mass. Governor Signs Bills: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The following bills have been signed into law by Gov. Mitt Romney. The anticipated effective dates are listed but are subject to change. The full text of statutes may be ordered from Lawyers...

Little League Of His Own: Mass. Attorney's New Book.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Think the Red Sox have a chance to catch the Yankees in this year's pennant race? Crazier things have happened -- especially in Worcester lawyer Gary H. Goldberg's new book, "Home Field...

Mass. Superior Judicial Court: No Bar Advocate Raise, But Crisis Warned.
August 2, 2004... Byline: John O. Cunningham Judges will not be ordered to pay bar advocates higher rates in order to remedy the crisis surrounding court-appointed lawyers refusing to work for low wages, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. But the SJC...

More Judges Say Sentencing Guidelines Are Invalid.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Tony Wright Criminal defendants could challenge their sentences on the ground that the federal sentencing guidelines are unconstitutional, a U.S. District Court judge has held. The defendants argued that any sentencing...

Other Mass. Agencies Case Summaries: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Environmental Wetland Variance - Drinking Water Storage Facility Where (1) the Department of Environmental Protection has issued a wetlands variance allowing the Massachusetts Water...

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Removal - Contempt Where (1) a judgment was entered holding the defendant liable for $500,000, (2) when the judgment went unpaid, the plaintiff filed a civil contempt...

Verdicts & Settlements August 2, 2004: Woman Dies Of Colon Cancer; Screening Never Performed.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $300,000 Settlement The plaintiff's decedent was a 56-year-old woman who was seen by no fewer than seven physicians for various medical problems over an 18-month period, during which time no...

Verdicts & Settlements August 2, 2004: Boy Suffers Brain Injuries In Jet Ski Accident.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $515,000 Settlement The 15-year-old plaintiff traveled to the Bahamas with a friend and the friend's parents. On the second day of the vacation, the plaintiff and his friend, who was also 15,...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Supreme Judicial Court No. 2004-046BD IN RE: KATHLEEN J. WOOD Supreme Judicial Court No. 2004-046BD IN RE: KATHLEEN J. WOOD Last known address: 8 Bourne Street Plymouth, MA 02360 ...

A Staffing Model For The Massachusetts Courts.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Trial Court Department has lost more that 1,500 employees in just the past two years due to a tight budget. With this bleak trend as a backdrop, court officials are trying to demonstrate to...

Q&A with Phoebe Morse, U.S. trustee for Region 1.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Lisa Bruno The bankruptcy courts have the largest caseload of any federal docket, and it is Phoebe Morse's job, as the newly minted U.S. trustee for Region 1, to direct the handling of all bankruptcy claims filed in Massachusetts,...

A Whole New Game At The Massachusetts Land Court.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Ariana L. Johnson The Land Court has historically been known for its responsiveness to practitioners and for being user-friendly. But now the court is aiming to make things even easier for the attorneys who practice there. As...

Mass. Appellate Division Case Summaries: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Insurance Personal Injury Protection Benefits - Summary Judgment Where a judge awarded a defendant insurance company summary judgment in a suit filed by a plaintiff individual seeking to...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... 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...

U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Case Summaries: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Discharge - Student Loan Obligations Where a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge ordered discharged all but $3,120 of a debtor-appellee's student loan obligations to an appellant, the...

Mass. Land Courts Case Summaries: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Mortgages Foreclosure - Separate Actions Where plaintiffs have filed a complaint seeking to prevent the defendants from carrying out a mortgage foreclosure, the complaint should be...

Verdicts & Settlements August 2, 2004: Fractured Wrist Heals Improperly.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $100,000 Settlement The plaintiff was a 71-year-old woman who had fractured her wrist in a fall. The plaintiff's wrist was casted in the emergency room and remained in good position when...

Verdicts & Settlements August 2, 2004: Brother Fails To Repay $400K Loan To Sibling.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $400,000 Settlement The defendant was employed as a sales account manager at Hambrecht & Quist, Inc. (H&Q). His brother, the plaintiff, had a trading account at H&Q. The defendant was the...

Verdicts & Settlements August 2, 2004: Doctor Accused Of Inappropriate Conduct During Exam.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $100,000 Settlement For many years, the plaintiff was a patient of the defendant doctor. Never before was there an incidence of impropriety. In June 2003, the plaintiff developed a lesion...

Commentary: Considerations For Joint Or Common Defense Agreements.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Arnold R. Rosenfeld In previous columns I have discussed "Confidentiality And Attorney-Client Privilege" (Feb. 19, 2001) and "Inadvertent Disclosure Of Confidential Or Privileged Data" (Nov. 10, 2003). In essence, as most attorneys...

Puppy Love: Boston Attorney Teaches Workshop For Dog Owners.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Boston dog owners may have more to worry about with the city's new regulations, but thankfully they can turn to Richard E. Parker for help. For the past two years the Boston attorney has...

Online Bids To Open For State of Massachusetts' Legal Work.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Jason M. Scally Law firms of all sizes may see an expanded opportunity to win state legal contracts under the new, web-based bidding system being rolled out by Gov. Mitt Romney's office next month. After the "E-bay-style"...

Massachusetts Lawyers in the News: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff NewsMakers New Associations Gustavo Resendiz has joined Goulston & Storrs in Boston in the private equity and venture capital group. He previously practiced at Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Sexual Harassment - Retaliation Where a complainant alleges that he was sexually harassed and later retaliated against, the complaint must be dismissed on the ground that the...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Denial Of Petition Under G.L.c. 211, Sect. 3 Where an individual filed a petition under G.L.c. 211, Sect. 3 claiming that the record had wrongfully not been assembled with respect...

Verdicts & Settlements August 2, 2004: Woman Attacked In Park By Leashed Dog; Facial Scars Result.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $87,000 Arbitration Award On May 16, 2002, the plaintiff was out walking in a conservation area of Lexington with her toddler son and her dog. At some point while on the walking path, the...

Verdicts & Settlements August 2, 2004: Breast Cancer Goes Undiagnosed For One Year.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $300,000 Settlement In February 1998, the plaintiff's decedent -- an unmarried, 28-year-old, otherwise healthy female -- underwent a routine annual physical examination with her primary care...

Document Management Key To Eye-Opening Defense Verdict.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Tony Wright How does a relatively small firm obtain an eye-opening defense verdict in a $100 million lawsuit brought by a legal behemoth? A willingness to use the advances in document management software and a simple "ability...

Anniversary Fee Defeated By Mass. Legislature, But What Of Invoices?
August 9, 2004... Byline: Jason M. Scally Lawyers are heralding the Legislature's recent repeal of the state's civil "anniversary" filing fee, but questions on how the repeal will affect uncollected invoices have many practitioners looking for answers. ...

'Issue' Of Woman May Collect Under Her Will, Rules Mass. Probate & Family Court judge.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno A descendant of a woman whose will promised gifts to her "issue" could collect under the will -- even though he had been born out of wedlock, a Probate & Family Court judge has ruled. The defendant trustee...

Mass. Lawyers in the News: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff NewsMakers New Associations Michael T. Siekman of Lexington has joined Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks in Boston as counsel and is a member of the biotechnology practice group focusing on...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Prison Inmates - 'Halal' Meat Where (1) plaintiff prison inmates, who are Muslim, contend that defendant present and former prison officials have violated the plaintiffs'...

Verdicts & Settlements August 9, 2004: Driver 'Waved' On At Traffic Light, Is Hit By Another Car.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $28,700 Verdict The plaintiff was operating the first car in line at a red light signaling to make a left turn. The plaintiff claimed the car opposite her waved her on to turn when the light...

Mass. Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Supreme Judicial Court No. 2004-057BD IN RE: JOHN MICHAEL RICCI Supreme Judicial Court No. 2004-057BD IN RE: JOHN MICHAEL RICCI Last known address: 5 Van Winkle Street Dorchester, MA 02124...

Commentary: Quiz Yourself On The Local Legal Scene.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Last year I hit readers with 50 questions to test their aptitude on the local legal scene. Well, here are 50 more for good measure. Forget the bar exam. Here are the things you need to know to be a...

Will Bar Dues Be Waived For Massachusetts State Attorneys?
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Lawyers working in the public sector might not have to pay state bar dues if a proposal contained in an outside section of the budget for fiscal year 2005 becomes reality. Outside Section 366...

Charlestown attorney Willard J. Stievater dies at 73.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Willard J. Stievater, co-founder of the Charlestown law firm of McCullough, Stievater & Polvere, died July 22 of a heart attack while he was rowing with crewmates on the Charles River. He was 73....

Verdicts & Settlements August 9, 2004: Both Parties Found Negligent In Two-Car Collision.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $10,000 Verdict This was a motor vehicle negligence action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant after an accident on Dec. 29, 1998. The plaintiff's husband brought a claim for loss...

Verdicts & Settlements August 9, 2004: Doctors Remove Wrong Rib In 17-Year-Old Boy.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $112,500 Settlement The plaintiff was a 17-year-old high school baseball player who planned on a career as a firefighter. After experiencing discoloration and swelling in his right arm, he was...

Mass. Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Motor Vehicle Excises Where appellants contend that the appellee board of assessors erred in using a uniform rate of $25 per thousand dollars of vehicle value in assessing the...

Mass. Probate & Family Court Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Wills And Trusts Illegitimate Child - 'Issue' Where a plaintiff born out of wedlock claims to be entitled to a distribution under a trust created under a 1955 will, judgment should be...

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Abuse Of Process Counterclaim - Special Motion To Dismiss Where plaintiffs have filed a special motion under G.L.c. 31, Sect. 59H, seeking dismissal of an abuse of process...

Verdicts & Settlements August 9, 2004: Auto Mechanic Test-Driving Car Involved In Collision.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $236,666 Settlement The plaintiff was a 54-year-old man who had been an auto technician since his early teens. He had a history of two previous significant injuries, including a 1976 work...

Verdicts & Settlements August 9, 2004: Woman Struck By Motor Vehicle Severely Injured.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.6 Million Settlement At 11:14 a.m. on Jan. 3, 2002, the defendant drove his employer's vehicle out of the parking lot of the Pinefield Shopping Center, looked to his left, but allegedly did...

Commentary: 'Stonehill College': The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Nina J. Kimball and Justine H. Brousseau Despite what some may say, Stonehill College v. MCAD, 441 Mass. 549 (2004), does not change the law on emotional distress damages in Massachusetts. In Stonehill College, the Supreme...

Mass. Governor Signs Bills: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The following bills have been signed into law by Gov. Mitt Romney. The anticipated effective dates are listed but are subject to change. The full text of statutes may be ordered from Lawyers...

Hail To The Chef In Boston.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff As a busy criminal defense lawyer, Jean M. Terranova used to fantasize about finding a good meal on her table when she got home from a long workday. Now she finds herself fulfilling that...

Singing For Supper In Boston.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff While Boston has a reputation for supporting the arts, it is not so good to those who often have to sing for their supper or display some other talent to amuse a crowd. A group of street...

Mass. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... 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. Department of Industrial Accidents Court Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' Compensation Emotional Injury - Extent Of Incapacity Where an employee, who was subjected to workplace harassment was awarded benefits for an emotional injury, the case must be...

Mass. Land Court Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property Adverse Possession - Ouster - Guest House - Catwalk Where a plaintiff has filed an adverse possession complaint against the defendants (his co-tenants), judgment should enter...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Petition For Review Where, following a decision in favor of the respondent, a complainant filed a notice of appeal but no timely petition for review, the complainant failed to...

Other Mass. Agencies Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Elections Computer Use - Union Officials Where union officials desire to use computers and e-mail provided by a public entity to disseminate or forward membership communications regarding...

Commentary: Bar Advocates: What Now?
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Nothing has worked. The bar-advocate crisis slogs along, and thanks to the state Legislature, there is no end in sight. Dozens of defendants are languishing in jail without legal...

The State Of Plea Bargaining In Federal Court.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Boston criminal defense attorney Stephen Hrones' client is doing a long stint in federal prison on a marijuana conspiracy conviction -- one where the federal sentencing guidelines mandated a...

David M. Amidon joins Boston law firm.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff David M. Amidon has joined the Boston office of Burns & Levinson as a partner in the firm's corporate and securities groups. He focuses his practice in the general representation of business...

Mass. Appellate Division Court Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals District Court - Transfer Of Small Claims Action Where a plaintiff, having brought a small claims action against a defendant insurance company which denied the plaintiff's request...

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Constitutional Sex Offenders - Internet Where a Superior Court judge dissolved a preliminary injunction barring the posting of level-three sex offender registration information on the...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights ADA - 'Rooker- Feldman' Doctrine Where (1) a plaintiff suffering from a partial hearing impairment filed suit in U.S. District Court against Puerto Rico court defendants...

Verdicts & Settlements August 9, 2004: Colon Cancer Goes Unchecked In Man, 69, Who Ultimately Dies.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $400,000 Settlement From April 1996 through September 1998, the defendant was the plaintiff's primary care physician. On April 10,1996, after the defendant detected a prostate nodule, he...

Verdicts & Settlements August 9, 2004: Wheelchair-Bound Man Hurt When Elevator Malfunctions.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $145,000 Settlement The plaintiff was a 31-year-old man who suffered from Osteogenesis Imperfecta (O.I.), a genetic disorder usually resulting from abnormalities of the genes that control the...

Mass.Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions Case Summaries: August 16, 2004.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff ADMONITION NO. 04-30 In the fall of 1986, the court appointed the respondent successor administrator to an estate. The heirs were four siblings. One of the siblings had litigated issues...

Help Needed At The Mass. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner's Office.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner needs help, or its dearth of resources will continue to frustrate lawyers. Countless attorneys rely on the work of the CME. The office...

Suggestions for the District Court In Mass.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Jason M. Scally No one is calling the District Court "broken." In fact, the court has received nothing but praise on the heels of former Chief Justice Samuel E. Zoll's recent retirement. Zoll was credited with eliminating the...

Mass. Appeals Court Rules Cop Who Saw Man Drunk May Later Give Sobriety Test.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Tony Wright A police officer could administer field sobriety tests to a defendant he observed to be drunk -- even though he made the observation more than an hour before the defendant drove a car, the Appeals Court has found. ...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Rules Would-Be Buyer To Get Refusal Option In Property Purchase.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Ariana L. Johnson A prospective real-estate buyer could exercise her right-of-first-refusal on a given property -- even though the contract that gave her that option may have had a lack of consideration, the Supreme Judicial Court...

Mass. District Court One-Trial System Now Statewide.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Jason M. Scally A new law effective Aug. 31 will mandate that all state District Court cases follow the "one-trial" system -- meaning that such cases can no longer be removed from the court by a party who loses at trial. The...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Denies 93A Claim For Doctor's Mistake.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno A patient who claimed she was the victim of an unauthorized medical procedure could not bring an action against her physician for deceptive practices under Chapter 93A, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The...

Verdicts & Settlements August 16, 2004: Van Hits Elderly Woman In Marked Crosswalk.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $195,000 Settlement The plaintiff was a 75-year-old woman who was struck by a van owned by a corporate telecommunication services provider on June 9, 2002. At the time of the accident, the...

Verdicts & Settlements August 16, 2004: Paralyzed Man Blames Pharmacist For Further Injuries.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.4 Million Settlement The plaintiff in this matter was partially paralyzed as a result of a 1991 diving accident. The plaintiff regained motor function over time, and in 1999 began treating...

Verdicts & Settlements August 16, 2004: Legionnaire's Disease Strikes Nursing Home Employee.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $200,000 Settlement The plaintiff was a CNA for a nursing home in Swansea when she contracted Legionnaire's disease. She was initially seen at a walk-in center and then referred to a...

Verdicts & Settlements August 16, 2004: Mirror Falls On Client In Salon; Surgery Required.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $840,000 Settlement On May 1, 2001, the 26-year-old female plaintiff was at an athletic club having her hair styled at a salon inside the club. A 65-pound mirror detached from the wall and...

Commenary: Restrictive Covenants: Trends In Recent Decisions.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Kathleen C. Stone Restrictive covenants in employment agreements are frequently examined by the courts and sometimes redefined. This article offers a roadmap through the terrain of restrictive covenants, intended to be helpful to...

Commentary: Traumatic Brain Injury: Proof Of The Invisible.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Douglas K. Sheff One out of every 500 Americans suffers from Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) every year. Any attorney evaluating these types of cases is regularly faced with a major problem of proof. Unlike a broken bone or a...

Changes Made To Rule On Pro Bono Status In Mass.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS At the Supreme Judicial Court holden at Boston within and for said Commonwealth on the twenty-first day of July, in the year two thousand and four: present,...

Mass. Housing Court Case Summaries: August 16, 2004.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Landlord And Tenant Section 8 - Civil Rights Where (1) this court ordered a plaintiff tenant's Section 8 rental assistance reinstated because the defendant housing authority had erred in...

Mass. Probate Court Case Summaries: August 16, 2004.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property Sale By Commissioner - Fee Where a commissioner has sold certain real property, I hold that he is entitled to a fee of $16,572.50. Discussion "Noel Green filed a...