Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from February 2008

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from February 2008

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: February 4, 2008.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bar Discipline The following summary was compiled by the Board of Bar Overseers based on the record of proceedings before the Board. BBO Public Reprimand No. 2007-28 IN RE: GEORGE...

Commentary: At long last, let the judges speak.(Column)
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Memo to the Supreme Judicial Court: end the gag order. The SJC recently appointed an ad hoc advisory committee to study the rule limiting public comment by judges. Thus, it has an...

Chief Justice for Administration and Management Robert A. Mulligan's new career options.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Amid speculation that he may be headed for a post at Suffolk University Law School, Chief Justice for Administration and Management Robert A. Mulligan tells Lawyers Weekly he has not decided on a...

No day at the beach: Boston attorney to represent Virgin Islands Superior Court judge.(Howard M. Cooper; Ernest B. Murphy )
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Howard M. Cooper's reputation as a go-to lawyer for judges under attack precedes him all the way down to the Caribbean. The Boston attorney, who has successfully represented several state...

Primed for the primary: Lawyer candidates draw support from their Mass. counterparts.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff On the eve of the Massachusetts presidential primary, several of the lawyer candidates in the race are drawing strong support from their professional counterparts in this state. The Bay State...

'Baseless' claims in editorial on payee notification rule.(Brief article)
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: This is in response to the editorial in the Jan. 14 issue of Lawyers Weekly that criticizes the promulgation by Insurance Commissioner Nonnie S. Burnes of a bulletin requesting...

Zerola coverage lacked balance.(Letter to the editor)(Brief article)
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: How strange is it that you buried the story about Gary Zerola's recent acquittal after the lurid, front-page treatment you gave him this past fall ("Lawyer acquitted in...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court rules trial judge can't revoke guilty finding.(Massachusetts)
February 4, 2008... Byline: Eric T. Berkman A judge could not vacate a finding of guilt in a motor-vehicle negligence case and enter a continuance without a finding conditioned on the defendant's payment of restitution to her victim, the Supreme Judicial...

Lack of monetary damages derails Massachusetts Wage Act suit.
February 4, 2008... Byline: David Frank An industrial engineer could not move forward with a Massachusetts Wage Act suit against his former employer -- which had misclassified him as an independent contractor -- where he had suffered no monetary damages, a...

Access (not) denied: Mass. Supreme Judicial Court ruling allows defense to inspect treatment records.(Massachusetts)
February 4, 2008... Byline: David E. Frank Andrew M. Klyman knew his client might spend the rest of his life behind bars if he were convicted on the child-rape indictment pending in Hampden Superior Court. But thanks to the Supreme Judicial Court's...

Mass. Superior Court judge extends order in law-firm dispute.(Massachusetts; Judith Fabricant; Donovan Hatem)
February 4, 2008... Byline: Barbara Rabinovitz A Superior Court judge last week left in place until mid-February her earlier order barring the downtown Boston firm of Donovan Hatem from distributing any 2007 profits to equity partners while the parties to a...

Wiretap case against Boston lawyer under advisement.(Simon Glik)
February 4, 2008... Byline: David E. Frank The felony wiretapping trial of a Boston lawyer who graduated at the top of his New England School of Law class in 2006 has been delayed while a judge considers whether to grant a defense motion to dismiss. ...

Lawyers hail Mass. governor's budget, but warn of tough fiscal choices ahead.(Massachusetts; Deval L. Patrick)
February 4, 2008... Byline: Noah Schaffer If the fiscal 2009 budget recently proposed by Gov. Deval L. Patrick becomes a reality, both the judiciary and legal services will see a boost in their annual allocations. But even as leaders in the legal...

Commentary: Massachusetts' top sports law stories for 2007.(Admit One Ticket Agency)(Column)
February 4, 2008... Byline: David E. Frank Last year wasn't big just for the Pats, Sox and Celts. It was also notable for those involved in various local sports-law matters. In the spirit of year-in-review countdowns, here's my list of the Top 5...

Jury expert Professor Jeffrey B. Abramson finds court system fascinating.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Barbara Rabinovitz Last month, when Barnstable Superior Court Judge Gary A. Nickerson took the unusual step of calling back into his courtroom a jury whose verdict 14 months ago in a racially charged Truro murder case is now being...

Boston sisters' partnership set in Stone.(Gayle Stone-Turesky; Cynthia Stone Creem; Boston's Stone, Stone & Creem)
February 4, 2008... Byline: Noah Schaffer As at any law firm, it's not unusual for the partners at Boston's Stone, Stone & Creem to convene behind closed doors to discuss certain important matters. But while Gayle Stone-Turesky and Cynthia Stone Creem...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court approves regulations of jury commissioner.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Boston, Massachusetts 02108 NOTICE OF APPROVAL Notice is hereby given that the Supreme Judicial Court has approved and promulgated rules as further indicated...

Panel seeks comments on amendments to Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Rule 3:03.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff REQUEST FOR COMMENTS The Supreme Judicial Court's Steering Committee on Self-Represented Litigants has proposed an amendment to SJC Rule 3:03, Legal Assistance to the Commonwealth and to...

Commentary: Ramifications of bioterrorism-lab ruling could extend 'well beyond' BU project.(Boston University)
February 4, 2008... Byline: Jo Ann Shotwell Kaplan A Dec. 13 decision of the Supreme Judicial Court involving Boston University's proposed bioterrorism laboratory, Allen v. Boston Redevelopment Authority, 450 Mass. 242 (2007), implicitly decided two...

Mass. Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: February 4, 2008.(Massachusetts)(Brief article)
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Use tax - Boat Where a use tax was imposed on the owner of a sailing vessel, the imposition of the tax was justified under the circumstances and will therefore be upheld. ...

District Court/BMC Appellate Division Case Summaries: February 4, 2008.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Insurance Medical payment proceeds Where judgment was entered for a plaintiff against a defendant insurance company on that part of the plaintiff's claim alleging that the defendant owed...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: February 4, 2008.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Judgments affirmed Atlantis International Construction Services, Inc. v. Sluggo, LLC, et al. (Lawyers Weekly No. 81-075-08) (16 pages) (challenge to judgments for the plaintiff on...

U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Case Summaries: February 4, 2008.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Mortgage - Avoidance Where a Chapter 7 trustee was awarded summary judgment in a mortgage avoidance action, the judgment must be affirmed, as no abuse of discretion on the part...

District Court/BMC Trial Division Case Summaries: February 4, 2008.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Stalking Where a criminal defendant has moved to dismiss, I find that his motion should be granted because his conduct, though inappropriate, was insufficient to support a...

Mass. Dept. of Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: February 4, 2008.(Brief article)
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' compensation Permanent and total benefits Where an employee, who was awarded temporary total incapacity benefits for a work-related emotional disability, alleges that the...

Mass. Land Courts Case Summaries: February 4, 2008.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Mortgages Subrogation - Interest Where a plaintiff mortgagee has moved for postjudgment relief, the judgment should be allowed in part. "Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment raises...

Other Mass. Agencies Case Summaries: February 4, 2008.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Zoning Comprehensive permit - Motion to dismiss Where (1) a plaintiff filed an application for a comprehensive permit for an affordable housing development, (2) the defendant Stoughton...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: February 4, 2008.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals G.L.c. 211, Sect. 3 petition- Trial transcript Where a petitioner sought an order requiring the commonwealth to provide him with a free trial transcript or, if that could not be...

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: February 4, 2008.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Protective order - Motion to quash Where (1) in an insurance coverage action brought by the plaintiff Roman Catholic Archbishop of Springfield, the defendant insurers issued...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: February 4, 2008.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Admiralty Fishing vessels - Written agreements Where a federal judge found that the defendant vessel owners violated 46 U.S.C. Sect. 10601 by never putting in writing their compensation...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: February 4, 2008.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Dismissal - Discovery Where defendants have moved for sanctions against a pro se plaintiff, the appropriate sanction in this case is dismissal of the complaint, given a...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: February 4, 2008.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil rights SDP - Double-bunking Where a plaintiff, committed as a sexually dangerous person at the Massachusetts Treatment Center, has brought a civil rights action alleging that the...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: February 4, 2008.(Brief article)
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Tort FTCA - Prison inmate An inmate cannot sue corrections officers over allegedly detained or mishandled goods under the Federal Tort Claims Act because a corrections officer is...

Commentary: Preparing for the 'second season' of a legal career.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Edward Poll According to a recent study by legal management consultant Altman Weil, the closer to retirement a lawyer gets, the more likely he is to oppose mandatory retirement ages. Interviews with a number of aging lawyers...

Commentary: In finding the right word, precision the watchword.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Lisa Healy and Julie Baker Write On is an occasional feature providing guidance for attorneys on writing legal memoranda and briefs. "Did you see a dent in the car?" "Did you see the dent in the car?" These two...

Verdicts & Settlements February 4, 2008: Undiagnosed ailment blamed for neurological damage.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $400,000 settlement On Jan. 31, 2002, the 41-year-old plaintiff -- who had a medical history that included smoking, elevated blood pressure, cardiac catheterization and blindness in the left...

Verdicts & Settlements February 4, 2008: Pedestrian suffers shoulder injury when hit by car.(Brief article)
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $315,000 settlement The plaintiff, a 29-year-old arborist, was struck by a motor vehicle while he was crossing a street. He suffered a fractured right scapula and a comminuted fracture of...

Verdicts & Settlements February 4, 2008: Seamen claim injuries after 'man overboard' drill.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.1 million settlement Two seamen, members of the crew of the M/V Islander in the summer of 2004, brought claims under the Jones Act and federal maritime law after they were injured during a...

Verdicts & Settlements February 4, 2008: Patient, 44, dies one day after organ transplant.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $350,000 settlement The plaintiff's decedent was a 44-year-old former mall security guard suffering from end-stage liver disease precipitated by alcoholism. Prior to being listed on the organ...

Verdicts & Settlements February 4, 2008: Bus company employees complain of gender bias.(Brief article)
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense verdict On Nov. 7, 2007, a Middlesex County Superior Court jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant Paul Revere Transportation and 10 male supervisors in a civil lawsuit filed by...

Verdicts & Settlements February 4, 2008: Three adults, two minors perish in aircraft crash.(Brief article)
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $13 million settlement Three adult and two minor passengers suffered fatal injuries in the crash of a private aircraft. A lawsuit was brought against the corporate owner of the aircraft,...

Verdicts & Settlements February 4, 2008: Woman dies of brain cancer after kidney transplant.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $750,000 settlement The 63-year-old decedent died on May 10, 2003, as a result of malignant glioblastoma acquired from an organ donor during a cadaveric kidney transplant in February 2002. ...

Verdicts & Settlements February 4, 2008: Private contractor killed in tank explosion at site.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $2.5 million settlement A 31-year-old private contractor working as a welder and metal fabricator died as a result of injuries suffered when he was hurled from the top of a tank to the ground...

Mass. Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions Case Summaries: February 11, 2008.(Massachusetts)(Brief article)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bar Discipline IN RE: JAMES F. HORAN Reinstatement Hearing The Board of Bar Overseers will hold a public hearing on the petition for reinstatement of James F. Horan, of Duxbury, MA,...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court disbars Crossen and Curry.(Massachusetts)(Gary C. Crossen and Kevin P. Curry)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Supreme Judicial Court last week had the final word on the careers of attorneys Gary C. Crossen and Kevin P. Curry with the disbarment of both. Crossen and Curry, along with Richard K....

Judicial Scouting Report: Mass. Judge Moses.(Massachusetts)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff THE LOWDOWN ON JUDGE MOSES Graduated cum laude from Boston College Law School (1970); Boston College (1967) Appointed to the bench in November 2002 by Gov. Jane M. Swift Prior to his...

Commentary: Monument to blacks now a long road ... to nowhere.(A Long Road to Justice)
February 11, 2008... Byline: David Yas It's Black History Month, and a striking reminder of the role African-Americans have played in our legal community sits in quiet confinement, locked in a darkened warehouse. It's called "A Long Road to Justice," or at...

Taken under advisement: Mass. judges making a case for another salary boost.(Massachusetts)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Two years after they last received a pay increase, Massachusetts judges are making a case for another salary boost before a recently appointed Advisory Board on Compensation. The board, named...

Reality TV show about weight loss comes to Boston this weekend.(The Biggest Loser)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff A nationwide search for obese lawyers by the producers of NBC's "The Biggest Loser," a reality TV show about weight loss, will reach into Boston this weekend. According to Allison Kaz, the...

Revere attorney launches Abuse Victim Hotline service.(Robert K. Rainer)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff A Revere attorney known for his high-profile marketing efforts does not expect to be reaping any profits from his latest endeavor, a 24-hour hotline for victims of domestic violence and sexual...

Blue state of a blog.(bluemassgroup.com )
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff With the much-vaunted Super Tuesday presidential primary elections results now in and the contenders in both parties off and running for more delegate votes and their respective party's eventual...

Psychologists should be part of guardianship reform.(Letter to the editor)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: A recent hearing at the State House on the Uniform Probate Code called attention to the need for improvement in the manner in which the Probate & Family Court handles...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court gives parents right to counsel in CHINS cases.(Massachusetts)(Children in Need of Supervision)
February 11, 2008... Byline: David E. Frank Family-law attorneys say a Supreme Judicial Court ruling that extends the right to counsel to parents involved in child-in-need-of-services, or CHINS, proceedings will greatly increase the demand for lawyers in...

U.S. district court rules U.S. attorney can't share business records produced for grand jury.
February 11, 2008... Byline: Eric T. Berkman The U.S. Attorney's Office could not disclose to the Department of Justice business and computer records provided by a company as part of a grand jury investigation, unless it established, in detail, its specific...

GLAD about progress.(Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders)(Organization overview)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Noah Schaffer John P. Ward's phone rang; an assistant district attorney was on the line. It was the night before Ward was due in court as part of his representation of several men accused of having sex in the restroom of the...

Crossen, Curry disbarred by Mass. Supreme Judicial Court.(Gary C. Crossen and Kevin P. Curry )(Massachusetts)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Supreme Judicial Court has disbarred Boston attorneys Gary C. Crossen and Kevin P. Curry for their scheme to impugn the integrity of a Superior Court judge "by invading the confidential...

Massachusetts Judicial Vacancies: February 11, 2008.(Brief article)(Calendar)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff DISTRICT COURT Deadline: Feb. 29, 2008 * Malden District Court, clerk magistrate Deadline: March 7, 2008 * Cambridge District Court, judge * Palmer District Court, judge ...

Middlesex Probate & Family Court issues docket assignments.(Brief article)(Calendar)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Middlesex Probate & Family Court instituted an individual calendar system in 2004 in which each judge is assigned cases based on the last two digits of the case docket number. Due to a...

Commentary: The year in ethics and bar discipline.(Case overview)(Column)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Constance V. Vecchione This column offers a review of some important cases decided and rules changes made in 2007 that involve professional ethics and bar discipline. Full-bench disciplinary decisions The Supreme Judicial...

Mass. Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: February 11, 2008.(Massachusetts)(Brief article)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Corporate excise Where the Commissioner of Revenue assessed corporate excise taxes on a California corporation, the assessment will be upheld, as a sufficient nexus existed...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: February 11, 2008.(Massachusetts)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Judgments affirmed Adoption of Umar (and three companion cases) (Lawyers Weekly No. 81-092-08) (7 pages) (challenge to decrees dispensing with the need for a mother's consent to...

District Court/BMC Trial Division Case Summaries: February 11, 2008.(Case overview)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Search and seizure Wiretap statute Where a drug defendant has filed a suppression motion, I hold that the motion should be denied because the police did not violate the Massachusetts...

Mass. Land Court Case Summaries: February 11, 2008.(Massachusetts)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real property Foreclosure sale - Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Where the plaintiff failed to comply procedurally with the terms of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act in conjunction with...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: February 11, 2008.(Massachusetts)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Disbarment Where an attorney participated in an intricate plan to discredit a Superior Court judge presiding in an ongoing matter in which he represented some of the litigants,...

Mass. Superior Court Case Summaries: February 11, 2008.
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Evidence Custody - Recording of conversations Where (1) while the defendant was in custody in a Rhode Island jail awaiting trial on federal firearm charges, his conversations with two...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: February 11, 2008.
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Truth in Lending Act Where a plaintiff debtor has filed a six-count complaint against a defendant mortgage company, I find (1) that the plaintiff's counts alleging violation of...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: February 11, 2008.
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Motion to compel - Purchase Order Agreement Where (1) a plaintiff filed suit in Maine federal district court against the defendant, alleging various contract and tort claims...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: February 11, 2008.(Case overview)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Business record disclosure Where the U.S. Attorney has filed, pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e)(3)(E) and (F), an ex parte petition requesting this court to...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: February 11, 2008.
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Labor FLSA - Class action Where a plaintiff, having brought suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act alleging that his employer failed to pay overtime wages to its non-exempt employees who...

Mass. Lawyers in the News: February 11, 2008.(Massachusetts )
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff New associations Sarah B. Reed has joined Lowenstein Sandler as a partner, marking the opening of the firm's Boston office. Lurleen A. Gannon, Carol S. Glick, Timothy F. Morris and Zachary...

Commentary: Plan for success with an off-site meeting.
February 11, 2008... Byline: Deborah C. Scaringi We all know the routine. The conference room is booked and the attendees have been invited. They arrive armed with coffee cup in one hand and BlackBerry in the other, their minds on other things. Let's face...

Commentary: Seller's Market: Attorneys need personal development plans.
February 11, 2008... Byline: Jay T. Wager Seller's Market offers practitioners information about marketing their skills and services as attorneys. The start of a new year is an opportune time to set goals personally and professionally. As with many...

Interview with Gary E. Lambert: Boston patent attorney.(Interview)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff As the practice of law grows ever more global, reaching out to potential international clients is assuming greater importance for practitioners. This week, reporter Noah Schaffer speaks with Boston...

Commentary: An update on improving 'the score'.(credit score)(Column)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Edward Poll I wrote recently that building and maintaining a good relationship with your banker is a crucial strategy for beating the credit crunch. Relationships are important, but bankers also value numbers, and the most...

Verdicts & Settlements February 11, 2008: Woman's leg amputated after clots go unaddressed.
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $2 million settlement On Sept. 2, 2003, the plaintiff presented to her primary care physician's office and was seen by the defendant nurse practitioner. She told the defendant that she had...

Verdicts & Settlements February 11, 2008: Girl suffers third-degree burns while bathing at home.(Case overview)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1 million settlement The plaintiff's decedent was 14 and living with her parents and two sisters in a rented home. She was severely disabled due to a progressive metabolic mitochondrial...

Verdicts & Settlements February 11, 2008: Pedestrian struck by car sustains numerous fractures.(Case overview)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $525,000 settlement On Jan. 20, 2003, the plaintiff, a non-English-speaking woman from El Salvador, was walking across Revere Beach Parkway in Everett when she was struck by the defendant's...

Verdicts & Settlements February 11, 2008: Ironworker breaks arm, nose in fall from ladder.
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $275,000 settlement The 34-year-old plaintiff, an ironworker for more than 11 years, was working for a subcontractor on a project when he was injured. He was climbing a wet job-site ladder...

Verdicts & Settlements February 11, 2008: Patient suffers damage to bladder from hysterectomy.(Case overview)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1 million verdict The plaintiff presented to the defendant medical practice in June 2001 with complaints of heavy menstrual bleeding. An ultrasound of her uterus in July 2001 showed a likely...

Business growth in Worcester cited in call to expand BLS.(Business Litigation Session)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Barbara Rabinovitz It could be business litigation as usual in the Superior Court session devoted to that area of practice if recent comments by Judge Ralph D. Gants, who has taken over the session from now-retired Judge Allan van...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: February 18, 2008.(Massachusetts)
February 11, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Disbarment Where the Board of Bar Overseers has recommended disbarment of an attorney, that recommendation should be adopted based on evidence that the attorney participated in...

Mass. Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions Case Summaries: February 18, 2008.(Massachusetts)
February 18, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bar Discipline The following summaries were compiled by the Board of Bar Overseers based on the record filed with the Supreme Judicial Court. The complete Order if the Court is available...

Remembering East Longmeadow lawyer, Rosemary Cooper.
February 18, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff With a kind face and a friendly demeanor, Rosemary Cooper was the portrait of the contented grandmother. But she hardly spent her golden years in quiet retirement. Instead, Cooper was the...

Anniversary celebration at the John Adams Courthouse in Boston.
February 18, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Five years ago, on March 4, 2003, the much-anticipated Report of the Visiting Committee on Management in the Courts, better known as the Monan Committee, was issued and quickly won the praise of...