Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from January 2009

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from January 2009

Massachusetts Appeals Courts, Judgments Affirmed: January 5, 2009.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff 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 of law, the full text of each...

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Most Important Opinions: January 5, 2009.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Immigration Motion to reopen Where a plaintiff Cambodian native was ordered removed when he did not appear at his removal hearing and subsequently filed a motion to reopen well beyond the...

Verdicts & Settlements January 5, 2009: Revelation of crash victim's child complicates suit.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $150,000 settlement In April 2003, a 23-year-old man was traveling as a front-seat passenger in a car driven by a friend. The vehicle was owned by a contracting company for which the friend...

Verdicts & Settlements January 5, 2009: Benefits compromised by Social Security.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Agreement permitting COLA reinstatement The employee, 55, sustained a low-back injury at work on Aug. 10, 1988. Ultimately he was awarded ongoing s.34A permanent and total disability benefits...

Verdicts & Settlements January 5, 2009: Surgeon lacerates patient's vein during procedure.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $750,000 settlement The plaintiff, a 57-year-old woman, was diagnosed with a left inguinal mass. The defendant recommended surgery and performed an elective repair of a left inguinal hernia...

Verdicts & Settlements January 5, 2009: Man loses several toes despite seeing three doctors.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $250,000 settlement The plaintiff sought treatment from the defendants, three primary care physicians, from May 30, 2001, to Oct, 25, 2001, complaining of pain and discomfort in his left foot...

Commentary: coach's corner: do you realize how much you're billing?
January 5, 2009... Byline: Edward Poll One of the hallmarks of the law is that lawyers often use specialized terms for common-sense ideas. A good example of this is the realization rate. Realization is simply the percentage of what is billed that is...

Commentary: in tough economy, take tough-minded approach to technology budget.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Henry B. Chace I am working on my 2009 technology budget for my firm. It's a painful process even in good times, as I plan projects, upgrades, new hardware and software and match dollars to it all, along with explanations and...

Commentary: money woes of client no excuse for pro bono bid.(Massachusetts)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Gretchen Neels In Do the Right Thing, Boston-based consultant Gretchen Neels offers advice on professional etiquette and other behavioral issues that might arise in a law practice. Q. A number of people I know have lost...

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly: The Most Important Opinions of 2008.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff This annual section contains summaries of hundreds of important opinions that were published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly in 2008. The important opinions that appear each week are selected...

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court eases burden on those moving to dismiss complaints.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Bruce Medoff Civil practitioners engaged in motion practice take heed. In retiring the time-honored standard for determining the adequacy of a complaint challenged under Rule 12(b)(6) Mass. R. Civ. P. as articulated in Conley v....

Commentary: data breach law confronts grim reality of ID theft.
January 5, 2009... Byline: John Moynihan Although the term "data breach" has become well known throughout society, many remain unaware that an increasing number of these assaults on our privacy are originating from within organizations to which we entrust...

Massachusetts People in the Law: January 5, 2009.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff New associations Boston's Sherin & Lodgen has reintroduced its financial recovery group, an eight-member department of partners that will focus on workouts, bankruptcy and litigation. Honors...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: January 5, 2009.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Editor's note: The full text of these decisions can be found on Lawyers Weekly's website, www.masslawyersweekly.com. Immigration Motion to reopen Where a plaintiff Cambodian native was...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: January 5, 2009.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Habeas corpus Individualized bond hearing Where an individual has petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that he is being improperly kept in mandatory detention by the U.S. Immigration and...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: January 5, 2009.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Motion to disqualify Where the defendants in a civil suit have moved to disqualify one of the plaintiff's attorneys, I find that the motion should be denied because the defendants have...

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Orders: January 5, 2009.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Orders, December 17, 2008 Further appellate review granted: COMMONWEALTH vs. RAYMIE TYREE. Reported below: 72 Mass. App. Ct. 1111 (2008). MME. JUSTICE COWIN did not participate. JAMES F....

Massachusetts Appeals Court Case Summaries: January 5, 2009.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Editor's note: The full text of these decisions can be found on Lawyers Weekly's website, www.masslawyersweekly.com. Civil practice Mechanic's lien - Monetary threshold Where an action for the...

Massachusetts Appeals Court Case Summaries: January 5, 2009.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Editor's note: The full text of these decisions can be found on Lawyers Weekly's website, www.masslawyersweekly.com. Civil practice Mechanic's lien - Monetary threshold Where an action for the...

Massachusetts Appeals Court Unpublished Case Summaries: January 5, 2009.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Following are the summaries of decisions issued by the Appeals Court pursuant to Rule 1:28. In reporting these unpublished decisions, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly reminds readers that the decisions...

Massachusetts Superior Court Case Summaries: January 5, 2009.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Negligence Organ donation - Foreseeability Where (1) an organ transplant recipient died and (2) the Maryland defendants, who allegedly performed roles in the harvesting of the organs, were then...

Massachusetts Land Court Case Summaries: January 5, 2009.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real property Rights of way Where a dispute has arisen regarding certain Rockport rights of way, I find that they have not been extinguished or abandoned and therefore that the plaintiffs, and...

Massachusetts Probate & Family Court Case Summaries: January 5, 2009.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Wills and trusts Jurisdiction - Domicile Where a decedent's son has moved to dismiss a petition for probate of the decedent's last will and testament, the decedent was domiciled in Florida and thus...

District Court/BMC Trial Division Case Summaries: January 5, 2009.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Search and seizure Blood samples - Medical records Where a defendant drunk driving suspect has moved to suppress blood samples and medical records seized by the police from a hospital pursuant to a...

Q&A with Mass. attorney Jonathan Albano.(Bingham McCutchen L.L.P. partner)(Interview)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Julia Reischel If you buy ink by the barrel, you probably know Jonathan M. Albano. Bingham McCutchen's First Amendment specialist represents newspapers all over New England - as well as The New York Times and The Washington Post -...

U.S. District Court: Tuli v. Brigham & Women's Hospital, Inc., et al.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Evidence - Expert testimony Where, in a gender discrimination case filed by a plaintiff neurosurgeon, the defendants have moved to exclude the testimony of two of the plaintiff's experts and...

Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Ass'n may resign from MBA over Wellington firing.(Massachusetts Bar Ass'n, executive director Marilyn J. Wellington)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Julia Reischel The Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association has sent a letter to the leadership of the Massachusetts Bar Association demanding a transparent accounting of the controversial turn of events that led to the firing...

Amended arbitration award valid, rules 1st Circuit.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Eric T. Berkman An arbitrator did not abuse his authority by awarding $77,000 to a general contractor involved in a contract dispute with a subcontractor and later reducing the award by $66,000 to offset money still due under the...

Biting the hand that feeds you? Mass. law firms filing suit against their own clients.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Julia Reischel Search the Trial Court's database of cases and a surprising trend emerges: The state's largest and most prestigious law firms have been filing suit against some unlikely defendants in recent years - their own...

Employment bar in Massachusetts braces for major FMLA revisions.(Family and Medical Leave Act)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Julia Reischel Employment lawyers in Massachusetts say that extensive revisions to the Family and Medical Leave Act will place complicated new procedural demands on employers and employees alike when they go into effect on Jan. 16....

Commentary: cutting overhead can be painful procedure.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Edward Poll The cost represented by people is the largest expense at all law firms - those with hundreds or even thousands of lawyers and staff, and the small firm or even the solo practice. There is no question that lawyers...

Commentary: in this new year, a legal writer resolves to ...
January 12, 2009... Byline: Julie Baker Happy New Year! As we welcome a new year and the opportunity for a fresh start, many of us make resolutions for our personal and professional growth and development. Why not do the same for your legal writing? Below is...

Commentary: with humility, a job loss can be your gain.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Gretchen Neels In Do the Right Thing, Boston-based consultant Gretchen Neels offers advice on professional etiquette and other behavioral issues that might arise in a law practice. Q. I never thought I would find myself looking...

'Noncontact' offenses can lead to SDP commitment, rules Mass. Appeals Court.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Eric T. Berkman A defendant who had been convicted of exposing himself to women and girls on 11 separate occasions could be civilly committed as a "sexually dangerous person" even though he had committed only noncontact offenses,...

Are rape allegations protected under SLAPP? Mass. Supreme Judicial Court to decide.
January 19, 2009... Byline: David E. Frank The Supreme Judicial Court recently heard arguments in an anti-SLAPP case involving a 16-year-old who was sued for allegedly lying to police about a rape she claimed was committed by an adult neighbor. In Benoit...

Massachusetts courts escape gov's budgetary power grab.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Julia Reischel After intense lobbying by court officials and bar leaders, the Legislature refused last week to grant Gov. Deval L. Patrick direct budget-cutting power over the judiciary. But the courts likely will face an 8...

U.S. District Court OKs changes in case dispositions.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report The U.S. District Court, which last June solicited comments regarding proposed modifications to its plan for the prompt disposition of criminal cases, has approved the changes, which took...

Mass. Appeals Court affirms dismissal of potential jurur because of her body odor.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report The dismissal of a potential juror in a murder trial because of her strong body odor was completely up to snuff, the Appeals Court found in the case of Commonwealth v. Young. Superior...

Longtime legal partnership in southeastern Massachusetts breaks up.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report After more than 23 years, two lawyers who formed one of the most prominent partnerships in southeastern Massachusetts are saying little over their decision to go their separate ways. ...

Magnetic marketing: Boston lawyer sticks to the phone book...literally.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Boston attorney Sherwin L. Kantrovitz is sticking - quite literally - with the Verizon White Pages Boston telephone directory for 2009. Glued to the front cover of that phone book is a...

Verdicts & Settlements January 19, 2009: University dormitory damaged by gas explosion.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report $6 million settlement The plaintiff, a local university, sustained blast-related and fire damage to one of its dormitories. Shortly before the explosion, a construction crew and a...

Verdicts & Settlements January 19, 2009: Worker thrown to his death from company truck.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report $1.25 million settlement The victim was the passenger in a truck driven by a co-worker and owned by the victim's employer. As the two men traveled to a job site, the tread on the right...

Verdicts & Settlements January 19, 2009: Project foreman slips on fireproofing material.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report $1.45 million settlement The plaintiff, 34 at the time of the accident, was working as a foreman for the structural steel erector on a high-rise condominium complex/office building...

Verdicts & Settlements January 19, 2009: Millwright injures knee investigating pulverizer.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report $550,000 settlement The plaintiff, 37, was working as a journeyman millwright at a power plant. The defendant was the owner of the power-plant work site. The plaintiff's employer was...

Verdicts & Settlements January 19, 2009: Ironworker is dragged by windswept panel.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report $225,000 settlement The plaintiff, 39, was working as an apprentice ironworker on a construction project. At the time of his injury, he was holding a tag line to guide a glass panel...

Commentary: Marketing: it's an effort, not a strategy.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Edward Poll Marketers have frequently complained that they are not given a "seat at the table" of law-firm management. Some months ago, the Legal Marketing Association, in Strategies: The Journal of Legal Marketing, tried to...

Commentary: Abundance of health-plan options a cornucopia for law firms.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Jim Edholm Benefits Package contains advice about benefit that law firms might want to offer their employees. Let's face it: health insurance is the 800-pound gorilla of employee benefits, costing more than your 401K, your...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: January 19, 2009.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report SJC No. BD-2008-097 IN RE: GRIGORY I. VOYKHANSKY Last known address: P.O. Box 1653 Framingham, MA 01702 Order of Term Suspension entered September 8, 2008 BOARD...

Commentary: New ethics report: no need for perfection.
January 19, 2009... Byline: L. Scott Harshbarger The year 2009 opened with a shot across the bow in the area of ethics for government workers in Massachusetts. Gov. Deval L. Patrick announced the report of the Public Integrity Task Force, a comprehensive...

Commentary: English in the workplace: Can employers and the EEOC speak the same language?
January 19, 2009... Byline: Kevin Hensley Over the past several years, employers have become increasingly leery of their right to implement and enforce English language policies in the workplace. The conventional wisdom is that such policies must be...

Commentary: The top 10 IP cases of 2008.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Kirk Teska Nowadays, everyone seems to have a top 10 list. If you want to sound IP savvy at a cocktail party when everyone else is discussing the top 10 movies, books or CDs, here's a top 10 list of important intellectual property...

Mass. Lawyers in the News: January 19, 2009.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report New associations William F. Benson has joined Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen as an associate. Benson is former counsel at Bingham McCutchen in Boston. Vanessa Halley has joined...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: January 19, 2009.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Social services Disability benefits - Reopening of application Where a U.S. District Court judge, acting sua sponte, ordered the defendant Commissioner of Social Security to reopen an...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: January 19, 2009.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Immigration Application to adjust status Where the government has failed, for over four years, to adjudicate a plaintiff Somalian asylee's application to adjust status, the delay has not...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: January 19, 2009.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Habeas corpus Effectiveness of counsel - Plea offer Where a habeas corpus petitioner claims that his trial counsel was ineffective in not advising him of a plea offer, the petition should...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: January 19, 2009.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Taxation Financial institution excises Where the commonwealth desires to impose financial institution excises on financial institutions that do not have a physical presence in...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: January 19, 2009.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Criminal Second-degree murder Where a defendant has appealed his convictions for second-degree murder, armed assault with intent to murder and unlawful possession of a firearm, we conclude...

Mass. Appeals Court Unpublished Case Summaries: January 19, 2009.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Criminal Assault and battery Where (1) a judge allowed the introduction of a police officer's testimony recounting an alleged assault and battery victim's statements, (2) the alleged victim...

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: January 19, 2009.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Civil practice Motion for relief from judgment Where a plaintiff has filed a motion for relief from judgment more than 10 months after the action was dismissed, I find that the motion should...

Mass. Land Courts Case Summaries: January 19, 2009.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Real property Tax lien foreclosure action - Motion to dismiss Where the federal government has asked that it be dismissed as a defendant from a tax lien foreclosure action, I find no...

Mass. Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: January 19, 2009.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Taxation Real estate Where the owners of One and Two International Place in Boston seek a real estate property tax abatement, that request must be rejected because no overvaluation has been...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: January 19, 2009.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Employment College basketball coach - Discrimination - Retaliation Where a complainant, whose contract as a basketball coach was not renewed, has charged the respondent university with...

2008 diversity heroes: Ralph C. Martin III.(Bingham McCutchen attorney)(Interview)
January 19, 2009... Byline: Barbara Rabinovitz If there is one Boston attorney to whom the colloquialism "multi-tasking" could be applied, it would appear to be Ralph C. Martin III. Among the titles he holds these days are: managing partner of the Boston...

2008 diversity heroes: Verna Myers.(Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault lawyer)(Massachusetts)(Interview)
January 19, 2009... Byline: Barbara Rabinovitz Like the nation's new president, Verna Myers is an African-American attorney, and she sees in his election to the highest office in the land an endorsement of what she has strived for in the 20-plus years since...

2008 diversity heroes: E. Macey Russell.(Choate, Hall & Stewart lawyer)(Massachusetts)(Interview)
January 19, 2009... Byline: Barbara Rabinovitz A decade ago, a federal lawsuit against the Boston School Committee on behalf of an applicant to Boston Latin School, the nation's oldest public school and one of the city's prestigious so-called exam schools,...

Commentary: a review of implied easements in Massachusetts.
January 26, 2009... Byline: William V. Hovey Here follows a listing of implied easements in Massachusetts: Access easement by estoppel by plan reference Situation: Deed to grantee of lot on a subdivision plan identifies the lot by reference to the...

Commentary: don't let a credit line become a noose.
January 26, 2009... Byline: Edward Poll I have warned about the dangers of law firms paying staff salaries and even partnership draws by using their bank lines of credit. In a credit line arrangement, the firm borrows and repays at will up to the amount...

Lunchbox: Garden Fresh Courthouse Cafe, Worcester, Massachusetts.
January 26, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report GARDEN FRESH COURTHOUSE CAFE Worcester Convenience: This eatery could not be better positioned - on Worcester's Main Street, across from the new Worcester court complex, which has...

Commentary: new year a time for new approach to client development.
January 26, 2009... Byline: Lisa G. Meyer Client satisfaction is an ongoing pursuit. This is a great time to look back on your client development successes in 2008 and make a few resolutions for the new year. Consider any personal initiatives you can make...

2008: the year in ethics and bar discipline in Massachusetts.
January 26, 2009... Byline: Constance V. Vecchione This column takes a look at significant developments in ethics and bar discipline in Massachusetts over the last 12 months. Disciplinary decisions The full bench of the Supreme Judicial Court issued...

Despite economic woes, large verdicts hold steady: 2008 largest verdicts & settlements.(Massachusetts)
January 26, 2009... Byline: David E. Frank 2008 unquestionably will go down as the year the economy tanked. An ailing real estate market, the collapse of Wall Street and soaring unemployment numbers weighed heavily on the minds of many - including those...

Critics blast bill banning non-compete agreements in Massachusetts.
January 26, 2009... Byline: David E. Frank Employment lawyers warn that a recently filed bill calling for a ban of all non-compete agreements in Massachusetts would be a crippling blow for local businesses. The proposed legislation, filed earlier this...

Commentary: just hoping for some audacity.
January 26, 2009... Byline: David Yas I was probably halfway through my cheeseburger when I realized my mom was crying. Sitting in the backseat of her 1972 Buick Regal, I must have been about 8 years old, and my mother had just grabbed some McDonald's...

U.S. Supreme Court rules in school case.
January 26, 2009... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher A Barnstable kindergartener who was allegedly sexually harassed by an older student can sue the school district for gender discrimination under s.1983, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. The student,...

Commentary: a sleepy legislative session awakes to storm of final activity.(Massachusetts)
January 26, 2009... Byline: Martin W. Healy "Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance." - Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) In a throwback to the heyday legislative sessions of the 1980s,...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: January 26, 2009.
January 26, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report The following summaries were compiled by the Board of Bar Overseers based on the record before the Supreme Judicial Court. The complete orders of the court are available by contacting...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: January 26, 2009.
January 26, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Criminal Failure to report to jail Failing to report to jail does not constitute a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act, and therefore can't be the basis for a 15-year...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: January 26, 2009.
January 26, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Administrative Hospital - Physician - 'Investigation' Where a hospital reported to the Secretary of Health and Human Services that a physician had surrendered his clinical privileges while...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: January 26, 2009.
January 26, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Civil practice A-V coverage of hearing Where a defendant charged with copyright infringement has filed a motion to permit audio-visual coverage by the Courtroom View Network, the motion...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: January 26, 2009.
January 26, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Bankruptcy Arbitration Where an administrative claimant has moved to compel arbitration of its administrative clam as well as certain counterclaims, the motion should be denied because...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: January 26, 2009.
January 26, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Attorneys Suspension - False testimony Where the Board of Bar Overseers has recommended a public reprimand for an attorney who in 2005 gave false testimony at the criminal trial of her...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: January 26, 2009.
January 26, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Search and seizure Patfrisk Where a defendant has been convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of a loaded firearm and assault and battery on a police officer, the...

Mass. Appeals Court Unpublished Case Summaries: January 26, 2009.
January 26, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Criminal Rape - Assault and battery Where a jury convicted a defendant of rape and assault and battery, a new trial must be ordered because various aspects of the jury charge were flawed....

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: January 26, 2009.
January 26, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Insurance Life policy - Undisclosed cancer Where an insurance company denied a life insurance claim on the ground that the policyholder failed to disclose that she had been diagnosed with...