Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from February 2007

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from February 2007

Appeals Court Case Summaries: February 5, 2007.(Runway Salon, Inc. v. Garey)(Commonwealth v. Wilcox)(Commonwealth v. Savoy)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Judgments affirmed Runway Salon, Inc. v. Garey (Lawyers Weekly No. 81-078-07) (5 pages) (challenge to the issuance of a preliminary injunction requiring the defendant (1) to...

Department of Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: February 5, 2007.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' compensation Causation - Meningitis Where a short haul truck driver is seeking workers' compensation benefits after contracting bacterial meningitis, the claim for benefits must...

Labor Relations Commission Case Summaries: February 5, 2007.(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Labor Refusal to bargain Where the United Steelworkers of America have brought a prohibited practice charge against the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, a cease and desist order should...

Land Court Case Summaries: February 5, 2007.(Leffell, et al. v. Hooper, et al.)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Filing fees Where plaintiffs have failed to pay the requisite filing fee for separate appeals, they will be directed to pay the Recorder an additional filing fee of $255....

Other Agencies Case Summaries: February 5, 2007.(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Environmental Wetlands permit - Riverfront Where a petitioner has challenged a wetlands permit for the construction of a single-family house and a septic system in an undeveloped...

Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: February 5, 2007.(Commonwealth v. Diaz)(Commonwealth v. Considine )
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Discipline - Public reprimand Where a single justice has ordered that an attorney be publicly reprimanded, that order should be affirmed despite bar counsel's assertion that a...

Superior Court Case Summaries: February 5, 2007.(D'Alessandro v. NIPMUC, Inc., et al.)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Education University - Student drug use Where the plaintiff estate of a university student who overdosed on heroin has brought a wrongful death action against defendant university...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: February 5, 2007.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Mortgage foreclosure - Diligence Where a debtor seeks continuation of a preliminary injunction preventing completion of a pending foreclosure sale, the request should be...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: February 5, 2007.(McKenna, et al. v. First Horizon Home Loan Corp.)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Judicial lien - Motion to vacate Where a debtor filed a motion to avoid a judicial lien, the motion should not have been denied despite the fact that the lien had been...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: February 5, 2007.(Galvin v. Town of Yarmouth, et al.)(United States v. Germosen )
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Consent - False pretenses Where the creditors in a Chapter 11 case have moved to vacate a final decree closing all cases, that request should be allowed, as the creditors'...

Massachusetts Lawyers in the News: February 5, 2007.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff New associations Marita J. Callahan has joined Stern, Keilty & Wall in Salem as an associate. Alan Jay Rom has joined the Legal Assistance Corp. of Central Massachusetts in Worcester as...

Commentary: Do you fear success?(Column)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Edward Poll I ended a recent column on success in 2007 by suggesting that you should be certain that you want to succeed. During the holidays, I participated in a fascinating e-mail exchange with members of an online listserv...

Exec recruits outside counsel with team spirit.(Michael L. Steir)(Interview)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff CEO: Corporate Exec's Opinion is a new feature of The Practice page in which corporate executives are interviewed for their perspective on law-related business at their companies. This week,...

Q&A with Daniel G. Messina, associate at Metaxas, Norman & Pidgeon.(Interview)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Seller's Market offers practitioners information about marketing their skills and services as attorneys. This week, reporter Noah Schaffer speaks with Daniela G. Messina, an associate at the...

Verdicts & Settlements February 5, 2007: Pipe fitter sustains burns when water system bursts.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $750,000 settlement On May 17, 2002, while employed as a pipe fitter with the subcontractor, the plaintiff suffered severe burns to more than 50 percent of his body. A hot-water bladder...

Verdicts & Settlements February 5, 2007: Nursing home resident falls from bed, dies from injuries.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $250,000 settlement The 76-year-old decedent was diagnosed with severe dementia and was admitted to the defendant nursing home for long-term care. She had a habit of getting up from bed and...

Verdicts & Settlements February 5, 2007: Motorist injures back in accident with commercial van.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $250,000 settlement On Oct. 18, 2002, the 61-year-old plaintiff was operating a motor vehicle traveling southbound on Concord Street in Framingham. As the plaintiff proceeded straight on...

Verdicts & Settlements February 5, 2007: Co. circulates false ad about competitor.(First Act Inc. v. Brook Mays Music Company, Inc.)(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $16.7 million settlement The plaintiff company designed and sold musical instruments -- such as trumpets, flutes and clarinets -- at affordable prices through mass merchants like Wal-Mart and...

Verdicts & Settlements February 5, 2007: Worker holding glass pane trips on flagstone walk.(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $325,000 settlement The 36-year-old plaintiff was hired to paint the exterior and trim and reinstall the storm windows at a residence in Newton. As the plaintiff was carrying one of the...

Verdicts & Settlements February 5, 2007: Family of autistic child alleges abuse at private school.(Tedeman v. Boston Higashi School, et al.)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $2.62 million verdict An autistic child had allegedly been physically abused at a private school for autistic children in Randolph. The jury found that the former executive director, a senior...

Verdicts & Settlements February 5, 2007: Carpenter trips over unsecured plank, injures knee, back.(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $650,000 settlement The 44-year-old plaintiff carpenter was accessing an area of his work site that required him to walk across a plank walkway, comprised of two 12-inch-wide planks. As he...

Commentary: Maura Doyle: a true professional, a true original.(Column)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Last month, Maura S. Doyle was sworn in for the third time as clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County. Doyle, the first woman to hold this position, may not have garnered a lot...

Judicial Scouting Report: Judge Chin.(Denny Chin)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff THE LOWDOWN ON JUDGE CHIN Born May 9, 1950, in Brockton Graduated from Boston College Law School (1974); Boston University (1971) Appointed to Superior Court bench in 1993 by Gov....

Commentary: The unthinkable: Supreme Judicial Court retreating from same-sex marriage?(Column)
February 5, 2007... Byline: David Yas Could it be that the Supreme Judicial Court now regrets its pioneering decision to legalize same-sex marriage in Massachusetts? This would have seemed ludicrous when Goodridge v. Department of Public Health was...

Governor Signs Bills.(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff 451. An act authorizing the City of New Bedford to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises. App. and eff. Jan. 3, 1 page. 452. An act...

The Timepiece: February 3, 1992; February 1, 1999; February 7, 2000.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Timepiece is an occasional Hearsay feature that goes back in time to recall events in the Massachusetts legal-judicial community, as reported in previous issues of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly....

Long-delayed MassCourts project makes headway.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The long-delayed $75 million MassCourts project, which eventually will link all the state's trial courts with a single computer system, makes some headway today with what is being referred to as...

Attorney creates Website seeking donations for legal defense fund.(Abigail Shaine )
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Entangled in a protracted legal dispute with the Massachusetts Bar Association over her termination as MBA executive director, New Hampshire-based attorney Abigail Shaine has created the Abigail...

Commentary: Early bird catches flak.(Column)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff It may have been a well-intentioned e-mail message, but the author wishes now he had never hit the "Send" button. Joseph D. Early Jr. is ensconced as Worcester County's new district attorney...

LW taken to task for use of 'preference' in Diversity Heroes section.(Letter to the editor)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: In Lawyers Weekly's special section on "Diversity Heroes" (Jan. 22), you state: "Given the demographics of the bar at this time in history, as young lawyers of different races,...

Repair of State House is good business.(Letter to the editor)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: One of the first places visited by business executives from other countries when they come to Massachusetts is the State House. If we cannot even take care of the State...

Temp modifications still being accepted at Suffolk Probate.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Noah Schaffer Despite letters recently mailed to attorneys announcing that motions for temporary orders filed on complaints for modification would no longer be accepted, the first justice of the Suffolk Probate & Family Court told...

Supreme Judicial Court to decide validity of arbitration agreement.(Miller v. Cotter)
February 5, 2007... Byline: David E. Frank The Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments this week in a negligence case that defense lawyers say could significantly affect the ability of health care providers to utilize and enforce arbitration agreements....

School officials not liable for student's drug death.(Bash v. Clark University)(Case overview)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Eric T. Berkman The estate of a Clark University student who fatally overdosed on heroin in her dorm room could not bring a negligence suit against school officials, a Superior Court judge has ruled. The defendant officials...

Law firms appointing ethicist to handle conflict of interest issues.(William L. Patton)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Noah Schaffer It was a big moment for Ropes & Gray. One of the firm's partners, Diane B. Patrick, was about to become the first lady of Massachusetts, following the election of her husband, Deval, as governor. But the election...

Child support guidelines up for reconsideration.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Barbara Rabinovitz In a departure from previous practice, child support guidelines in Massachusetts, which must be reviewed every four years under federal statute, are about to undergo intense scrutiny during a series of statewide...

Search of backpack at court was proper, Supreme Judicial Court finds.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff A young man who initially consented to security procedures in place at a courthouse could not change his mind mid-way through the process in an effort to avoid having his backpack searched, the...

Notices from the Courts: February 5, 2007.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Superior Court issues amended Standing Order No. 1-88 THIRD AMENDED STANDING ORDER 1-88 TIME STANDARDS Applicable to all Counties A. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Responding to and...

Massachusetts Legal Communites Obituaries: February 5, 2007.(Edward J. Kelley)(George B. Crane)(Obituary)(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Edward J. Kelley, an Attleboro attorney who had been a member of the bar since 1951, died suddenly on Jan. 15. He was 86. Kelley attended Providence College and then went on to Georgetown Law...

Commentary: Sacco and Vanzetti: lessons not learned.(Case overview)(Column)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Jeffrey J. Pyle Last month, a new film about the 1927 executions of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti premiered at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. "Sacco and Vanzetti," by documentary filmmaker Peter Miller, vividly portrays...

Commentary: Have the courts overlooked problem of predator spouse?(Column)
February 5, 2007... Byline: C. Peter R. Gossels In preparation for a recent divorce trial, I came across Rosenblatt v. Kaslow-Rosenblatt, 39 Mass. App. Ct. 297 (1995), which held that the dependent spouse's standard of need after a short-term, childless...

Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: February 5, 2007.(DiCato v. Commissioner of Revenue)(One Boston Place LLC v. Commissioner of Revenue)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Personal income taxes - Abatement request - Timeliness Where a taxpayer claims that the Commissioner of Revenue erred in refusing to grant him an abatement of personal income...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: February 12, 2007.
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SJC No. BD-2004-0034 IN RE: RICHARD N. IVKER Reinstatement Hearing The Board of Bar Overseers will hold a public hearing on the petition for reinstatement of Richard N. Ivker, of Wyncote, PA,...

Commentary: Massachusetts bar-discipline reform.(Massachusetts Bar Association, Constance V. Vecchione)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff With the appointment of longtime First Assistant Bar Counsel Constance V. Vecchione to the position of bar counsel, the Massachusetts bar-discipline system finds itself at a crossroads once again....

Commentary: Following the cold winds through the Bristol courts.
February 12, 2007... Byline: David Yas Another installment in my quest to visit 100 courthouses by the end of the calendar year... I couldn't help but admire a guy making his way into Taunton District Court with the aid of a walker last Monday morning,...

Hotel being built in downtown Boston on site of infamous jail seeks to preserve parts of old prison.
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Officials at a new four-star hotel being built in and around the confines of an infamous jail in downtown Boston are looking for ways to make the walls talk. Following a $120 million...

New chair of Judicial Nominating Commission hears from prospective judicial candidates.
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Two weeks into her assignment as chairwoman of the Judicial Nominating Commission, Boston attorney Lisa C. Goodheart is already hearing from would-be candidates for state judgeships. "Yes,...

Arlington attorney represents men charged in marketing stunt that shut down parts of Boston.(Michael L. Rich)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff When Arlington sole practitioner Michael L. Rich started work on the morning of Jan. 31, he had no idea that by the end of the day he would be caught up in a local event with international...

Older lawyer charts a new course in his career.(Letter to the editor)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: I happened to read Lawyers Weekly last evening while waiting for my "older attorney" husband, Allan R. Curhan. Your Jan. 29 page 1 story, "Out with the old: Aging lawyers say...

Written jury instructions can make all the difference.(Letter to the editor)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: I read "The future of tort reform" (Jan. 22) with great interest. While I thought that the opinions stated were well thought out and well reasoned, I would like to suggest one...

Selection of one of 'Lawyers of the Year' commended.(Letter to the editor)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: As a longtime supporter of legal services for the indigent in my stints as president of the Boston Bar Association and the National Legal Aid and Defenders Association, and as...

Appeals Court's hardship-license ruling applauded by OUI lawyers.
February 12, 2007... Byline: David E. Frank Criminal defense lawyers say that a recent Appeals Court decision makes clear that a person granted a hardship license by the Registry of Motor Vehicles is a licensed driver who cannot be charged with operating after...

Stats on opinion output by USDC judges has some crying foul.(U.S. District Court)
February 12, 2007... Byline: David Frank A recent study of the 11 U.S. District Court judges who regularly sit in Boston confirms that members of the federal judiciary enjoy significant discretion in determining whether a case before them warrants a written...

Mass. Bar Association renews efforts to loosen juror contact rule.
February 12, 2007... Byline: Noah Schaffer The Massachusetts Bar Association has formed a task force to study the state's attorney-juror contact rule -- one of the most stringent in the country -- with an eye toward proposing a more lenient measure. Since...

What can happen when lawyers abuse the discovery process.
February 12, 2007... Byline: Noah Schaffer Every attorney wants to make sure his client gets a fair shake during the deposition process. But a recent order by a Superior Court judge shows what can happen when a lawyer simply goes too far. The plaintiff in...

REIT payments subject to Massachusetts' excise tax, rules Appeals Court.(real estate investment trusts)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Eric T. Berkman A bank should not be able to take a deduction for income distributions a corporate shareholder received from a real-estate investment trust (REIT), even where state law did not expressly prohibit such a deduction,...

Commentary: Judicial selection: Romney's legacy; Patrick's genesis.(Mitt Romney)(Deval L. Patrick)(Column)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Martin W. Healy A governor's legacy can be compared to a fine wine, taking years to fully mature and perhaps considerably longer before it can be identified as a premium vintage. Nevertheless, just like wine, the aftertaste does...

Notices from the Courts: February 12, 2007.
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SJC soliciting amicus briefs SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT FOR THE COMMONWEALTH ANNOUNCEMENT THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT IS SOLICITING AMICUS BRIEFS OR MEMORANDA FROM INTERESTED PARTIES IN...

Rev. Robert F. Drinan, the first Roman Catholic priest elected to Congress, dies at 86.(Robert F. Drinan)(Obituary)(Brief article)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Rev. Robert F. Drinan, the first Roman Catholic priest elected to Congress, died Jan. 28 in Washington, D.C., of pneumonia and congestive heart failure. He was 86. Born in Boston, Drinan...

Commentary: Tort liability implications for leased employees.
February 12, 2007... Byline: Scott D. Peterson Many employers, when faced with fluctuating staffing needs or an unpredictable labor pool, utilize leased employees. Under the typical arrangement, employers contract with staffing agencies, which in turn...

Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: February 12, 2007.(Holyoke Hospital, Inc. v. Board of Assessors of City of Chicopee)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Medical office building - Tax exempt status Where the appellant owner of a Chicopee medical office building sought a real estate tax abatement for fiscal year 2005, claiming that...

District Court/BMC Appellate Division Case Summaries: February 12, 2007.(Beauregard, et al. v. Miles, et al.)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Fees - Client's spouse - Statute of frauds Where attorneys, claiming that their client owes them fees, seek to obtain those fees from the client's wife, the claim against the...

Appeals Court Case Summaries: February 12, 2007.
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Judgments affirmed Commonwealth v. Patterson (Lawyers Weekly No. 81-083-07) (3 pages) (unlawful carrying of a firearm; unlawful possession of a firearm; unlawful possession of a...

Land Court Case Summaries: February 12, 2007.(Hall v. Gilbrook, et al.)(Chirillo v. Johnson, et al.)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real property Adverse possession Where a plaintiff asserts that she has gained title by adverse possession to a portion of the defendants' Rockland property, I find that the plaintiff's...

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: February 12, 2007.(MCAD, et al. v. Blaine the Beauty Career School & Supplies, et al.)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Education Sexual harassment Where two complainant students at the respondent's beauty career school were sexually harassed by an instructor, the respondent should be ordered to refund...

Other Mass. Agencies Case Summaries: February 12, 2007.(Brief article)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Elections Town clerk - Officer of political committee Where an individual is a town clerk who administers elections in one town, he is prohibited by the campaign finance law from also...

Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: February 12, 2007.(Commonwealth vs. Yasmani Quezada)(Commonwealth vs. Ayyub M. Abdul-Alim)(Commonwealth vs. Ian K. Agbanyo)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Orders February 1, 2007 Further appellate review granted: Commonwealth vs. Yasmani Quezada. Reported below: 67 Mass. App. Ct. 693 (2006). Further appellate review denied: ...

Superior Court Case Summaries: February 12, 2007.(Commonwealth v. Cloutier)(Glavin v. Eckman, et al.)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice SDP - Civil commitment Where the commonwealth has moved for a day to life civil commitment of the defendant, the motion should be denied, as the commonwealth has not proved...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: February 12, 2007.
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Divorce - Property settlement Where a divorced debtor has moved to amend Schedule C claiming an exemption in an $80,000 payment from his ex-wife, the motion must be denied, as...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: February 12, 2007.(United States v. Rodriguez-Pacheco)(United States v. Martinez-Vives )
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Child pornography - Expert evidence Where a defendant convicted of child pornography has appealed the sentence imposed, the appeal must fail because, contrary to the defendant's...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: February 12, 2007.
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Employment agreement Where a plaintiff has brought suit charging the defendant employer with unlawful race discrimination and retaliation, the suit must be stayed pending...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: February 12, 2007.(Richards v. City of Lowell, et al.)(Brief article)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Whistleblower - Sect. 1983 Where a plaintiff, who allegedly was retaliated against for complaints made about the deposit and use of funds while employed by the defendant...

Massachusetts Lawyers in the News: February 12, 2007.(Brief article)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff New associations Burlington-based Gibson & Behman has opened an office in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Sharmili P. Das, a director with the firm, will work prominently from the new location....

Commentary: Gloucester attorney plumbs depths of local fishing lore.(The Bastard's Weapon)(Book review)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Marsha V. Kazarosian "The Bastard's Weapon" By Joseph M. Orlando Xlibris Corp., 2006 238 pages, $19.95 For those of you who may not be aware of lawyer literary circles in this state, the Massachusetts bar has yet...

How to ...communicate with clients through e-mail newsletters.
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff How To... offers advice on a variety of subjects related to the management of a law practice. This week, the advice, from legal marketing consultant Trey Ryder is about communicating with existing...

Hire Calling: The sensitive subject of firing attorneys.(James E. Wallace Jr.)(Bowditch and Dewey)(Interview)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Hire Calling is a feature in which law-firm partners in administrative positions are interviewed about hiring decisions and related employment matters at their firms. This week, reporter Barbara...

Commentary: Coach's Corner: Reuniting a firm divided.(Column)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Edward Poll Lawyers who are together physically in an office environment share a camaraderie that shapes the development of a firm culture. However, in many of today's geographically diverse mega-firms, partners are that in...

Verdicts & Settlements February 12, 2007: Motorist not responsible for traffic accident.(Wayne Camerato and Carmen Camerato, Executors of the Estate of John Camerato v. Keegan)(Case overview)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration ruling for defendant On April 13, 2001, the defendant was operating her vehicle east on California Street in Newton. The decedent was crossing the street and was in the westbound...

Verdicts & Settlements February 12, 2007: Contract questioned in sale of assets.(Instrument Industries Trust v. Danaher)(Case overview)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $5 million judgment In 1999, the plaintiff sold substantially all the operating assets of New England Affiliated Technologies, whose business was the manufacture of precision motion-control...

Verdicts & Settlements February 12, 2007: Passenger's hands and arm injured in car accident.(Case overview)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $110,000 settlement On May 5, 2005, the 21-year-old plaintiff was a restrained front-seat passenger in a motor vehicle operated by the defendant. On entering a controlled intersection in...

Verdicts & Settlements February 12, 2007: Attorney deceives client, promising end of money woes.(Jakubek v. Mason)(Case overview)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.7 million judgment The defendant allegedly lied intentionally to the plaintiff, his client, who was suffering from a pre-existing panic disorder, for approximately eight to nine years, by...

Verdicts & Settlements February 12, 2007: Infection, not reported to doctor, leads to death.(Case overview)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $827,363 arbitration award The plaintiff's decedent was a 17-year-old who injured his left shoulder and arm while lifting an object that weighed several hundred pounds. Three days later,...

Verdicts & Settlements February 12, 2007: Driver/laborer injures foot, ankle in jump from truck.(Brief article)(Case overview)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $230,000 settlement The plaintiff truck driver/laborer jumped off the back of a truck and injured his right foot and ankle. He was initially treated at Beth Israel Hospital with a diagnosis of...

Verdicts & Settlements February 12, 2007: Arbitrator: CEO should not have been terminated.(O'Connell v. MassMutual)(Brief article)(Case overview)
February 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $40 million-$50 million arbitration award The defendant company dismissed the plaintiff CEO "for cause," claiming he had padded a retirement account by millions of dollars and conducted an...