Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from December 2003

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from December 2003

Commentary: Massachusetts plaintiff's attorneys questioning the fairness of anniversary fee.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Plaintiffs' lawyers are starting to receive bills for the new state fee for cases that have been pending for a year. And they're not happy about it. The "anniversary fee," implemented last...

Mass. U.S. Atty. Michael J. Sullivan pursuing fines and settlements for corporate wrongdoing.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Jeanne Greeley Why does Fortune Magazine say certain companies should "fear" Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan? Because Sullivan is aggressively pursuing fines and settlements for corporate wrongdoing. That means...

Massachusetts Lawyers in the News: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Joshua A. Berlinsky has joined the Providence law firm of Tillinghast, Licht, Perkins, Smith & Cohen as an associate. Richard J. Petrucci has joined the firm as a senior associate. Both attorneys...

Verdicts & Settlements December 1, 2003: Mid-level skier hurt on 'Black Diamond' trail.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense Verdict The 11-year-old minor plaintiff, a self-described low intermediate-intermediate skier, went off a "jump" in the defendant's terrain park, became airborne and was injured when...

Verdicts & Settlements December 1, 2003: Patron injured during nightclub altercation.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $75,000 Settlement This case arose from an incident that occurred at the defendant nightclub in the early morning hours of Jan. 7, 2001. On the night of the incident, the plaintiff and several...

Verdicts & Settlements December 1, 2003: Patient claims stroke could have been prevented.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $2 Million Settlement As early as 1986, the defendant cardiologist noted the plaintiff's history of atrial fibrillation and mitral valve prolapse. The defendant planned Digoxin (a medication...

Verdicts & Settlements December 1, 2003: Worker hurt while operating milling machine.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $200,000 Settlement On Nov. 30, 2000, the 61-year-old plaintiff, a machinist, was operating a commercial milling machine at his place of employment. At approximately 7 a.m. that day, he was...

Verdicts & Settlements December 1, 2003: Midwife delivers baby with developmental delays.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $925,000 Settlement This case involved a 6-year-old male plaintiff with developmental delays at the time of settlement. The defendant was a certified nurse midwife who assumed care for the...

Appeals Court Judge Duffly says women have come along way but have more work to do.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Women in the judiciary have come a long way over the past three decades, but Appeals Court Judge Fernande R.V. Duffly doesn't want them to sit on their accomplishments. There's more work to be...

Massachusetts judge appointed to sit on UN war crimes tribunal in East Timor.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Court Judge Phillip Rapoza is no stranger to airplanes, but the much-traveled judge may need a chiropractor after the 32-plus hour flight he's taking from Boston to the other side of the...

Mass. Superior Court judge: 'Old' permit applies; panel needn't approve development.
December 1, 2003... Byline: John Cunningham A developer did not need approval for a Cape Cod development where it had received a special permit in 1964 that had been properly updated, a Superior Court judge has ruled. The Cape Cod Commission, a defendant...

Defense win in Boston Housing Court reveals ways to beat lead paint cases.
December 1, 2003... Byline: John O. Cunningham Lead-paint cases often settle due to defense fears of giant damage awards, but one local lawyer says that a recent jury verdict in Boston Housing Court shows that these cases can be won by the defense through...

Efficient summary trials are gaining popularity in Massachusetts.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Jason M. Scally Resolving cases through informal court-assisted "summary trials" may be a fast and cost-effective alternative to litigation or other methods of dispute resolution, attorneys tell Lawyers Weekly. Summary trials...

Taking cases vs. former clients is a murky area.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno An attorney could not offer advice to a homeowner in a dispute with a builder and later represent a landscape architect in a separate dispute with the homeowner where the two matters are "substantially related,"...

Appellate Division Massachusetts Case Summaries: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Limitations - Mailing Of Complaint Where a plaintiff filed suit alleging that the defendant, for whom the plaintiff formerly worked as a banquet server, owed the plaintiff a...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 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. District Courts Case Summaries: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Search And Seizure Private School - Ski Trip Where defendants, students at a private high school, have moved to suppress evidence found in a room they occupied during a school ski trip,...

Mass. Land Courts Case Summaries: December 1, 2003.(Brief article)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property Title Dispute - Portion Of Roadway Where a plaintiff and two defendants claim fee title to a portion of a road in Washington, Mass., I find that title resides in the...

Mass. Bar Assn. Ethics Comm. Case Summaries: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Conflict Of Interest - 'Substantially Related' Cases Where a landscape architect involved in a dispute with a homeowner wishes to be represented by an attorney who previously...

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Circulatory Problems - Disability Discrimination Where, following a complainant's return to work following heart surgery and ensuing complications, he was demoted and ultimately...

Other Massachusetts Agencies Case Summaries: December 1, 2003.(Brief article)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Elections Office Holder's Resignation - Gifts Where an individual intends to resign her senate seat in order to assume a position in the private sector, it is my opinion that her...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals G.L.c. 211, Sect. 3 Petition - New Trial Where a petitioner sought relief under G.L.c. 211, Sect. 3 from a Superior Court order denying his motion for a new trial, the petition...

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Stay - Grievance Where a plaintiff sheriff's office has moved to stay arbitration of a grievance which charges that the plaintiff's appointment of deputy sheriffs has violated...

1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Puerto Rico Case - Sanctions Where a defendant has appealed a district court's denial of the defendant's request for sanctions against the plaintiffs whose complaint had...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Discovery - Belgium Where a Belgian defendant has opposed the plaintiffs' motion to compel production of documents, the plaintiffs' motion should be allowed with respect to...

Verdicts & Settlements December 1, 2003: Defense Win Reveals Ways To Beat Lead Paint Cases.
December 1, 2003... Byline: John O. Cunningham Lead-paint cases often settle due to defense fears of giant damage awards, but one local lawyer says that a recent jury verdict in Boston Housing Court shows that these cases can be won by the defense through...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions (December 1, 2003).
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SJC No. BD-2003-021 IN RE: STEVEN E. FELD SJC No. BD-2003-02 IN RE: STEVEN E. FELD Last known address: P.O. Box 4471 Portsmouth, NH 03802 Memorandum of Decision entered by Spina,...

Chicopee resident sues Springfield Sheraton Hotel after security officers opened room door.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff While most people experience some heartache or maybe a little regret in a relationship on the rebound, some don't fare so well. Larry E. Smith found this out the hard way when two men burst...

Superior Court judge says hurt pedestrian may sue driver who 'waved him through'.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Lisa Bruno A 22-year-old pedestrian who was struck by a tow truck while crossing a road could assert a claim against a motorist who had stopped and waved to him to cross, a Superior Court judge has ruled. The defendant motorist...

Commentary: Revision to U.S. Dept. of Justice policy is threat to attorney-client privilege.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff In 1999 the Supreme Judicial Court issued a ruling, General Electric v. Department of Environmental Protection, prohibiting state agencies from withholding documents based on work-product...

Hampden Probate & Family Court shows how a settlement 'blitz' can tackle a docket.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno Lawyers who requested pretrial conferences in Hampden Probate & Family Court on Friday, Oct. 17, knew that they could wait up to eight months before having to return to court. But by the following Friday, that wait...

Cambridge lawyer celebrates 100th birthday.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff If you felt a large gust sweep through the streets of Boston recently, don't assume it was just another strange weather pattern taking hold of this windy city. More likely, it was Cambridge...

Massachusetts Superior Court Cover Sheet, schedules are amended.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff (Editor's Note: The Superior Court Department has issued a new Civil Action Cover Sheet that went into effect on Dec. 1, 2003. The cover sheet, along with a list of updated schedules for Standing...

Probate and Family Court considering repeal of Standing Order 1-94.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Probate and Family Court Department is considering the repeal of Standing Order 1-94 Assignment of Cases to the Middlesex Satellite Sessions at Concord and Marlborough in preparation for the...

'Handicapped by stress' bias claim is rejected by Mass. Supreme Judicial Court.
December 8, 2003... Byline: John O. Cunningham An arbitrator was improper in ruling that a city discriminated against a police officer by removing him from certain dangerous duties based on a perception that he was handicapped by stress, the Supreme Judicial...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: December 8, 2003.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Supreme Judicial Court No. 2003-067BD IN RE: JOHN MOLLOY Supreme Judicial Court No. 2003-067BD IN RE: JOHN MOLLOY Last known address: 385 Broadway - Suite 402 Revere, MA 02151 S.J.C....

Governor Romney signs bills: December 8, 2003.(Brief article)
December 8, 2003... 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...

Massachusetts family-law attorney writes book on navigating legal decisions of divorce.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff It was supposed to be an informational pamphlet. Possibly a newsletter. But when Michael D. Anderson sat down to create written materials to offer prospective clients of his newly minted...

Attorney serves on jury in Wrentham District Court.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff It isn't often that a trial lawyer is called upon to be a juror, but when it does happen the experience can provide a valuable look into the jury process. That experience came as a bit of a...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court issues Alternative Dispute Resolution Qualification Rule.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS At the Supreme Judicial Court holden at Boston within and for said Commonwealth on the 20th day of November, in the year 2003: present, HON. MARGARET H....

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: December 8, 2003.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Regulations - Motorcycle Helmets - Federal Preemption Where a plaintiff sought a judgment declaring invalid a portion of the Massachusetts regulation governing mandatory...

Mass. Department of Ind. Accidents Case Summaries: December 8, 2003.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' Compensation Penalty - Termination Of Benefits Where a judge imposed a penalty on a workers' compensation insurance carrier for unilaterally terminating a claimant's incapacity...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: December 8, 2003.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Perceived Handicap - Substantial Limitation Of Major Life Activity Where the MCAD affirmed an arbitrator's award in favor of a police officer who claimed that he was...

Mass. Superior Court Case Summaries: December 8, 2003.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Medical Examination - Protective Order Where the defendants in a dogbite case have moved for a protective order barring the plaintiff's attorney from attending her medical...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: December 8, 2003.(Brief article)
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Preferential Transfer - Limitations Where a Chapter 11 debtor has filed an amended complaint seeking to avoid as preferential eight transfers made to the defendant, judgment...

U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit Case Summaries: December 8, 2003.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Admiralty Coast Guard - Sinking Vessel - Rescue Where negligence claims were filed against the United States in connection with the Coast Guard's efforts to rescue the crew of a sinking...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: December 8, 2003.(Brief article)
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Consumer Protection Pharmaceutical Pricing - RICO Where a consolidated class action has been filed alleging that the defendant drug manufacturers violated G.L.c. 93A by conspiring to...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: December 8, 2003.(Brief article)
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Fees - 'Monitoring' Implementation Of Settlement Agreement Where plaintiffs have filed an application for attorneys' fee, I find that they are entitled to such fees for the...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: December 8, 2003.(Brief article)
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment ADA - Former Addict An employer that refused to rehire a former employee who was a rehabilitated drug addict may not be liable under the ADA. Raytheon Co. v. Hernandez...

Verdicts & Settlements December 8, 2003: Circumcision is botched, repair never recommended.(Brief article)
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.26 Million Settlement On Sept. 3, 1994, two days after the birth of a healthy, African-American baby boy, the defendant pediatrician visited the child's parents and offered to perform an...

Verdicts & Settlements December 8, 2003: Dump truck hits car, elderly woman injured.(Brief article)
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $74,000 Settlement On June 16, 2000, the 72-year-old female plaintiff was alighting from a car that was legally parked in a Norwood bank parking lot. The defendant, who was driving a mid-sized...

Verdicts & Settlements December 8, 2003: Brain aneurysm misdiagnosed, treated as infection.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $2 Million Settlement The plaintiffs brought this medical-malpractice action against two radiologists and their professional corporation. The plaintiffs contended that the defendant...

Verdicts & Settlements December 8, 2003: Newborn's hip dysplasia not diagnosed for two years.(Brief article)
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $750,000 Settlement The plaintiff contended that the minor plaintiff was born with congenital, bilateral, symmetrical hip dysplasia, which, if diagnosed and treated in a timely manner, could...

Verdicts & Settlements December 8, 2003: 14-year-old mom suffers brain damage during C-section.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.35 Million Settlement The plaintiff was 14 years old and expecting her first child. Her pregnancy had been unremarkable, and she was admitted to Memorial Hospital in Worcester on July 9,...

Verdicts & Settlements December 8, 2003: Man is struck by car while paramedics attend to son.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defendant Was Arrested For Driving Under The Influence Of Alcohol $400,000 Settlement On June 22, 2000, the plaintiff was standing directly behind a parked ambulance while EMTs were...

Verdicts & Settlements December 8, 2003: Police accused of using excessive force during arrest.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense Verdict The plaintiff claimed that on May 5, 1996, he left a Nash's Pub in Dorchester to follow his sister in an attempt to convince her not to drive. While in the parking lot talking...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court says motorist can't get UIM money from mom's policy.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno A motorist injured while driving her mother's car could not recover uninsured motorist benefits under a policy covering a truck also owned by her mother, the Supreme Judicial Court has held. The Appeals Court had...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: December 15, 2003.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Supreme Judicial Court No. 2003-066BD IN RE: CLYDE E. LINDSAY Supreme Judicial Court No. 2003-066BD IN RE: CLYDE E. LINDSAY Last known address: 186 Hampshire Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA...

Commentary: Losing one's appeal: A cautionary tale.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff In a recent Appeals Court decision, Spivey v. Neilich, the court upheld a dismissal in response to the defendant's failure to comply with the clerk's requests for assistance in assembling the...

Superior Court Judge Julian T. Houston's mother was first black student to apply to U of Virginia.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys appearing before Superior Court Judge Julian T. Houston are probably too busy worrying about their cases to realize that Houston has a bit of greatness in his family tree. In 1935,...

Hugh R. Jones Jr. receives Reginald Heber Smith Award from Boston law firm.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff It turns out it's not only the season for giving, but also for recognizing those who give to others. That's what Hugh R. Jones Jr. learned when his partners at Hale and Dorr presented him with...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court seeks comments on proposed appellate rule.(Brief article)
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Supreme Judicial Court invites comments on the enclosed proposed amendment to Massachusetts Rule of Appellate Procedure 27.1, Further Appellate Review. The amendment would revise subparagraph...

Superior Court judge denies CEO contribution from CFO for unpaid taxes.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Jason Scally A company president could not seek contribution and indemnification from the chief financial officer after receiving federal and state tax assessments for unpaid company taxes, a Superior Court judge has ruled. The...

93A spoliation claim denied, sut $14M verdict is upheld by Mass. Supreme Judicial Court.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno A bicyclist severely injured when a company's chain-link gate unexpectedly swung open into a street could not assert a claim under Chapter 93A for spoliation of evidence after the company removed and destroyed the...

Anniversary fee struck down by one District Court judge.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Jason M. Scally In what is believed to be the first successful challenge of the state's civil-action "anniversary fee," a District Court judge recently waived the fine in response to a plaintiff's motion. Haverhill District...

Success comes early and often for med-mal lawyer Adam R. Satin.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Jeanne Greeley Stroll the halls of Boston's Lubin & Meyer and you get the distinct feeling that you've just entered the Hall of Fame for medical-malpractice attorneys, their names and faces emblazoned on gold plaques announcing...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court suspends lawyer for hiding client's HIV.
December 15, 2003... Byline: John O. Cunningham A plaintiff's attorney who failed to disclose during discovery that the decedent in a wrongful-death case was HIV-positive was subject to a one-year suspension, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The...

Massachusetts Lawyers in the News: December 15, 2003.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff NewsMakers New Associations Harold Owen Beede has joined the Amesbury firm of Healey, Deshaies, Gagliardi & Woelfel. Beede has experience in civil litigation, including personal injury...

Massachusetts Appeals Court Case Summaries: December 15, 2003.
December 15, 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. Dept. of Environmental Protection Case Summaries: December 15, 2003.(Brief article)
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Environmental Wetlands Variance - Commuter Rail Line Where petitioners challenging a wetland variance for a commuter rail line restoration have withdrawn their expert evidence with respect...

Massachusetts Superior Courts Case Summaries: December 15, 2003.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Peremptory Challenges Where two law firms have filed suit seeking to enforce contingent fee agreements against the defendant commonwealth following the commonwealth's...

Commentary: Santa's a convict, and other tales of X-Mas woe.
December 15, 2003... Byline: David L. Yas It may be Christmas time, but color me blue. 'Tis may be the season, but 'tis undeniable that the fun seems sucked out of all things red, green and tinsely. For one, joy and mirth seem to have taken the last...

Verdicts & Settlements December 15, 2003: Chief mate on tanker falls ill while at sea.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.85 Million Verdict (Subsequently Settled For Undisclosed Amount) The plaintiff was the chief mate of a large tanker that was owned and operated by the defendant shipping company. The vessel...

Verdicts & Settlements December 15, 2003: Terms of commercial loan agreement disputed.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.05 Million Judgment This matter arose out of a default on a commercial promissory note and loan agreement by a professional corporation and its principal and their subsequent default on a...

Massachusetts Legal Obituaries: December 15, 2003.(Obituary)
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Thomas J. Carens, a longtime Boston attorney, died at his home. He was 81. Carens began his legal career in 1948 at the Boston firm McGuire & Roche where he practiced civil and real estate...

Mass. Housing Courts Case Summaries: December 15, 2003.(Brief article)
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Jurisdiction Housing Court - Civil Rights Where the plaintiff town of Ipswich has moved for dismissal or for summary judgment with respect to the defendant homeowners' civil rights...

Mass. Land Courts Case Summaries: December 15, 2003.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property Easement Where a dispute has arisen in Bolton regarding a certain easement (the "Harbyana Easement"), I find that the easement is valid and permits an entity known as the...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: December 15, 2003.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Racial Discrimination - Harassment - Disparate Treatment Where a respondent employer seeks dismissal of a G.L.c. 151B complaint, that request should be granted in light of the...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: December 15, 2003.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Discipline - Suspension - Withholding Of Evidence Where the Board of Bar Overseers has concluded that an attorney should be publicly reprimanded for failing to make certain...

U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit Case Summaries: December 15, 2003.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Collection Of Judgment - Fraudulent Transfers Where (1) a plaintiff obtained a deficiency judgment against the defendant and (2) at the plaintiff's request, a judge set...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: December 15, 2003.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Discovery - Work Product Privilege - Waiver Where plaintiffs have filed a motion for an order to compel the defendant to produce audit opinion letters which were prepared by...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: December 15, 2003.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Illegal Searches And Seizures Where plaintiffs have filed suit against a number of defendant Fitchburg police officers and the codefendant city of Fitchburg, alleging (1)...

Verdicts & Settlements December 15, 2003: Delivery truck rolls off incline at service center.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $200,000 Settlement On Jan. 10, 2000, the plaintiff, a preferred truck driver, drove his 2000 XL Freightliner truck to the defendant's service center for routine maintenance. The plaintiff...

Verdicts & Settlements December 15, 2003: Restaurant kitchen fire blamed on duct cleaners.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense Verdict This case arose out of a grease fire in the vapor exhaust system of a restaurant on Boylston Street in Boston on April 17, 1997. The damages were stipulated at $74,000. ...