Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from July 2003

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from July 2003

Mass. Governor Mitt Romney Vetoes Could Be Devastating To Courts.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Jason M. Scally Attorneys tell Lawyers Weekly that the budget vetoes registered by Gov. Mitt Romney last week will have nothing less than a devastating effect on Massachusetts courts. As part of his vetoes, the governor slashed...

Mass. District Court Appellate Division Case Summaries: July 7, 2003.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Limitations - Fee Claim Where an attorney filed suit against a former client seeking payment of fees, a judgment for the former client should be affirmed on the ground that the...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: July 7, 2003.
July 7, 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 Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: July 7, 2003.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' Compensation Penalty - Payments Under Conference Order Where an administrative judge ordered that a workers' compensation insurance company pay a penalty under G.L.c. 152, Sect....

Mass. Land Courts Case Summaries: July 7, 2003.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Zoning Special Permit - Animal Hospital Where the defendant Boxford Board of Appeals has denied the plaintiff veterinarians a special permit to expand the plaintiffs' animal hospital and...

Plaintiff Can't Sue Over A 'Low' Offer To Settle Case, Rules Mass. Supreme Judicial Court.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff A developmentally disabled man who was injured when he was left unattended could not sue his caretaker's insurance company for unfair settlement practices where the carrier made a $50,000 offer...

Mass. Probate & Family Court Case Summaries: July 7, 2003.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Domestic Relations Divorce - Name Change Where (1) after marriage, a husband and wife merged their former last names into a hyphenated one and (2) in divorcing, the husband wishes to...

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: July 7, 2003.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Banks And Banking Loan - Miscalculation - Restitution Where (1) a borrower obtained a 15-year, fully amortizing loan of $75,000, (2) the borrower's monthly payments were lower than they...

Commentary: Romney's Vetoes And The Courts.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Observers of the local legal scene have feared for months that the court system was facing serious problems due to the meager state budget. But things never appeared more grim than last week, when...

Massachusetts Division Of Insurance Fees Increase.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation DIVISION OF INSURANCE One South Station Boston, MA 02110-2208 (617) 521-7794 * FAX (617)...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: July 7, 2003.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Conspiracy - FBI Agent Where the plaintiff administratrix of the estate of a man allegedly killed at the behest of reputed Boston organized crime leaders Steven Flemmi and...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: July 7, 2003.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Limitations - 42 U.S.C. Sect. 1983 - Seizure Of Car Where a plaintiff filed suit in 2002 alleging that the municipal defendants violated the plaintiff's constitutional rights...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: July 7, 2003.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Constitutional First Amendment The U.S. Supreme Court has chosen not to decide whether a corporation that allegedly made false statements about its labor practices and the working...

Team Of Experts Was Critical To Settling Head-Injury Case, Says Boston Lawyer.
July 7, 2003... Byline: John O. Cunningham A Boston lawyer says that the key to a recent $1.9 million settlement in a head-injury case was a team of experts from several disciplines prepared for a mediation and a package of evidence condensed in...

Massachusetts Probate & Family Court Increases Filing Fees.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Chief Justice Sean M. Dunphy has announced that the Legislature has amended G.L.c. 262, Sect. 40, Enumeration of Fees, to increase the amount of fees the Registers of the Probate & Family Court...

Expert, Mum On His Past, Is Barred From Case, Rules U.S. Magistrate Judge.
July 7, 2003... Byline: John O. Cunningham A defense expert could be banned from testifying in a case where he failed to provide the plaintiff with a complete list of previous cases in which he testified, a U.S. magistrate judge has ruled. The...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: July 7, 2003.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Medicaid Regulations Where a suit was filed challenging amendments to the Medicaid reimbursement rate methodology regulations, a judgment rejecting that challenge should be...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: July 7, 2003.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Admiralty Boat Purchaser - Judgment Creditor - Unrecorded Sale Where (1) a sheriff's department seized a boat at the request of the defendants, who had obtained two Massachusetts state...

Artful Move: Mass. Court Incorporates Art Museum.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Some may say that practicing law is an art, but does one have to practice law in a museum for that to be true? After months of uncertainty regarding the future location of the North Berkshire...

Chipping In: Boston firm combines golfing with philanthropy.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Lots of law firms have golf tournaments to compete for prizes, but one six-lawyer firm gathers its clients and friends to shoot for more charitable aims. At a recent annual golf outing...

Fowl Play: Middleboro Resident Violates Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Middleboro resident John M. Winnett should have brushed up on his bird law before he grabbed his shotgun and gunned down the red-tailed hawk that was tormenting his chickens. Now, the...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: July 14, 2003.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Race Discrimination Claim - Shoe Store Where an African-American complainant alleges that a respondent shoe store discriminated against him on the basis of his race and color...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: July 14, 2003.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Drug Trafficking - Principal And Joint Venture Theories Where a defendant was convicted of cocaine trafficking on both principal and joint venture theories, the conviction should...

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: July 14, 2003.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Consumer Protection Septic System Problems - Double Damages Where (1) a defendant company installed a private septic system for the plaintiffs as part of home construction and warranted...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: July 14, 2003.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Attorney's Fees Where a lawyer representing a Chapter 13 debtor has applied for payment of fees in the amount of $3,146.75 and expenses of $450.87, the application should be...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Updates Judicial Ethics Rules.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Supreme Judicial Court recently updated the Code of Judicial Conduct for judges for the first time in 30 years. Although the new code does not present many radical changes, it does provide...

Mass. family court applies name change provision for both husband and wife in divorce case.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The phrase, "My wife took me for everything!" almost took on new meaning for one divorced man in Massachusetts who was trying to get his name back. When Richard Roos and Nancy Ann Walker tied...

Trees May Be Trimmed To Preserve Easement, Rules Mass. Land Court Judge.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Jason M. Scally Homeowners with a view easement through their neighbor's property could trim the neighbor's vegetation where it was obstructing their view of the ocean, a Land Court judge has held. The plaintiffs argued that...

Filing Fees Are Again Increased In Massachusetts.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Lawyers may be disappointed to learn that the filing fees for the Trial Court have been raised for the second time in as many years after more than a decade of no such increases. But this...

U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Case Summaries: July 14, 2003.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Settlement - Appeal Where a Chapter 7 debtor has appealed a bankruptcy court order approving a settlement between the Chapter 7 trustee and others, the appeal must fail because...

Mass. Dept. of Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: July 14, 2003.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' Compensation Fibromyalgia - Medical Opinions Where a judge denied a claim for workers' compensation benefits, that decision should be upheld because no reversible error has been...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: July 14, 2003.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Licensing Agreement Where a $2,834,442 arbitration award has been entered against a university in connection with the licensing of rights to an organic compound, the award...

Verdicts & Settlements July 14, 2003: Elderly Heart Patient Bleeds To Death Post-Op.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $300,000 Settlement The plaintiff's decedent was an 80-year-old woman who had an aortic valve replacement performed by the defendant doctor at the defendant medical facility. ...

Verdicts & Settlements July 14, 2003: Unpaid Cabinet Maker Sues For Legal Malpractice.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $168,866 Verdict (plus undisclosed settlement in 2nd related case) The plaintiff corporation delivered custom cabinetry and countertops to several professional medical offices at the Worcester...

Massachusetts Lawyers in the News: July 14, 2003.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff New Associations James B. Art has been hired as an associate at Grinnell, Dubendorf & Smith, a general practice firm with offices in Williamstown and Pittsfield. He practices in the areas of...

Mass. attorney Judith A. Heller - Steven H. Schafer & Associates.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff It's safe to say that Judith A. Heller didn't follow the typical path to becoming a lawyer. After graduating from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration in Ithaca, N.Y., she...

Mass. Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: July 14, 2003.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Hockey Team - Excise Where the owners of a professional sports franchise have appealed an assessment of corporate excise taxes, the appeal must fail because neither the "sales...

Mass. District Court Appellate Division Case Summaries: July 14, 2003.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Dismissal - Discovery Order - Transfer Request Where a District Court judge (1) denied a medical malpractice plaintiff's motion to transfer the case to Superior Court, from...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: July 14, 2003.
July 14, 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...

Verdicts & Settlements July 14, 2003: Employee Gets Electric Shock After Touching Metal Knob.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $750,000 Settlement The plaintiff was working for a mail distribution firm when he received an electric shock as a result of his thumb contacting an energized metal speed control knob on the...

Verdicts & Settlements July 14, 2003: Three-Car Collision Results In Insurance Dispute.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $150,000 Arbitration Award The plaintiff was a passenger in the defendant's car, which was insured with an insurance company that was not named in the suit ($20,000 bodily injury policy...

Verdicts & Settlements July 14, 2003: Start-Up Company Accused Of Violating Wage Act.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense Verdict The plaintiff worked as the vice president of research and development for the defendant, a start-up biotech company, for about six months. The plaintiff signed an...

Verdicts & Settlements July 14, 2003: Employee Draws Advances Against Future Commissions.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense Verdict The plaintiff alleged that the defendant owed it money pursuant to her employment with the plaintiff. On June 10, 1999, the plaintiff and defendant entered into a letter...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: July 14, 2003.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff BBO Public Reprimand No. 2003-6 IN RE: DAVID A. REARDON BBO Public Reprimand No. 2003-6 IN RE: DAVID A. REARDON Last known office address: 56 Blackburn Center Blackburn Drive ...

Romney: Friend Or Foe To Lawyers?
July 14, 2003... Byline: David Yas Mitt Romney comes as advertised. On a recent Tuesday afternoon he strode through the governor's office with a broad smile on his face, greeting familiar staffers, introducing himself to others new to the job. He's as...

Massachusetts Bar Lauds Judges' Increased Use Of Sentencing Memos.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Practitioners say that a judge's written memorandum imposing a two-and-a-half-year sentence in a motor vehicle homicide case is an example of a growing trend among judges who are articulating more...

Zoning Law Prohibits Couple's Home Business, Rules Mass. Appeals Court.
July 14, 2003... Byline: John O. Cunningham A married couple could not operate a floral-design business out of their home in an area where zoning laws only allowed businesses "customarily incidental" to home use, the Appeals Court has decided. The...

Massachusetts District Courts Case Summaries: July 14, 2003.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Search And Seizure Crack Cocaine - Marijuana Where a defendant has moved to suppress certain items seized by the police in an apartment and certain statements made by the defendant there,...

Mass. Land Courts Case Summaries: July 14, 2003.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property View Easement Where the defendants possess a view easement burdening the plaintiffs' land, I hold that the defendants have a right to enter onto the plaintiffs' land to cut,...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: July 14, 2003.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Attorney's Fees - ERISA Where (1) a defendant insurance company unsuccessfully appealed a judgment for the plaintiff in an ERISA case and (2) the plaintiff now seeks an order...

Commentary: These Ratings Are Overrated.
July 14, 2003... Byline: David L. Yas A few months ago I got a letter in the mail (remember the mail?) with some good news. It came from a company that publishes a national directory of attorneys. "Congratulations," read the letter. "I am pleased to...

Verdicts & Settlements July 14, 2003: Bar Patron In Vegetative State After Night Of Drinking.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense Verdict On Nov. 8, 1996, the plaintiff, then 28 years old, went to the defendant tavern in Lowell with a friend and consumed a number of 10-ounce draft beers. The bartender testified...

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Seeking Amicus Briefs.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT FOR THE COMMONWEALTH ANNOUNCEMENT THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT IS SOLICITING AMICUS BRIEFS OR MEMORANDA FROM INTERESTED PARTIES IN THE FOLLOWING APPEAL PENDING BEFORE THE...

Commentary: Re-Thinking Med-Mal Tribunals.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Editorial At one time medical-malpractice tribunals seemed a good idea. The idea was to screen medical-malpractice cases for merit, cut down on frivolous litigation and stem the rising tide of...

Worker's Wage Act Claim For Commissions Is Rejected, rules Mass. Superior Court.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Jason M. Scally A company did not violate the state Wage Act by changing its employee compensation scheme -- even though the changes may have deprived an at-will employee of certain commissions, a Superior Court judge has ruled....

Worker May Sue Carrier Over E-Mail Privacy Suit, Rules Mass. Superior Court.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Sean F.W.J. Fowler A software consultant could sue his insurance company for failing to defend a lawsuit brought by a company that claimed the consultant had wrongly disclosed a confidential e-mail, a Superior Court judge has...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: July 21, 2003.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Conspiracy - Transporting Of Illegal Alien Where two defendants have appealed their convictions for transporting an illegal alien within the United States and conspiring to...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: July 21, 2003.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Review - Mootness Where (1) a plaintiff appealed after the defendant Commissioner of the Division of Medical Assistance denied further review following a decision by the...

Mass. Dept. of Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: July 21, 2003.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' Compensation Non- Continuance Of Benefits - Impartial Medical Examiner's Opinion Where an employee has appealed an administrative judge's refusal to order a continuance of the...

Mass. Land Courts Case Summaries: July 21, 2003.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property Fee Title - Bedford Land Where a dispute has arisen as to who owns a strip of land between two parcels owned by the defendants, I hold that the plaintiff town of Bedford is...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: July 21, 2003.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Complaint For Relief - G.L.c. 211, Sect. 3 Where a plaintiff has filed a complaint claiming a due process violation and an "abuse of power by the court," a single justice of this...

The Keys To A Productive Mediation ... From The Mediators Themselves.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Jeanne Greeley Some mediation sessions come to a grinding halt with frustrated attorneys at an impasse throwing their hands in the air. Others take hours of intense negotiations to bridge a gap between parties on the brink of a...

Town Not Required To Supply Public Services To Developer, Rules Mass. Superior Court.
July 21, 2003... Byline: John O. Cunningham A town was not required to provide municipal services such as trash pickup to developers of low-income apartments, a Superior Court judge has ruled. The plaintiff developers argued that their status as a...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court: Challenge To 'Vague' MCAD Order Is Denied.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno A commissioner of the MCAD could impose liability on a court clerk for sex-based hiring discrimination -- even though the commissioner did not make specific findings on each nondiscriminatory reason offered by the...

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: July 21, 2003.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Invalid Arbitration Clause - New York Law Where (1) plaintiffs, after becoming equity partners of the defendant, withdrew from the partnership upon their belief that the...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: July 21, 2003.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Admiralty Engine Damage - Oil Lube Filter Where (1) a plaintiff boat owner has filed negligence claims against the defendant manufacturer and codefendant distributor of a replacement lube...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: July 28, 2003.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SJC No. BD-93-082 IN RE: PAUL F. O'NEILL Petition for Reinstatement SJC No. BD-93-082 IN RE: PAUL F. O'NEILL Petition for Reinstatement Pursuant to Supreme Judicial Court Rule 4:01, Sect....

Boston Lawyer Oversees Series B Financing, Secures $19M For Pharmaceutical Co.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Rebecca J. Berfanger When UK-based MVM Life Science Partners decided it wanted to have more of a presence in the United States, the company turned to Boston law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo to help it set up...

Online In Bankruptcy Court.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Bankruptcy Court's new online case filing and management system seems like a breath of fresh air for the practitioner. Recently launched, the court's case management/electronic case filing...

Case Closed: Sticky Settlement In Trademark Suit Over Ice-Cream Name.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff John F. Ward may be a top-notch intellectual property attorney, but his kids just know him as the guy who helped out the ice-cream man. Ward is no "dessert defender" though. He's just a Boston...

Mass. Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: July 28, 2003.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Personal Income Tax - Wages Where an appellant claimed that he owed no personal income taxes for tax years 1998 and 1999 because the remuneration paid to him during those years...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: July 28, 2003.
July 28, 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...

U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Case Summaries: July 28, 2003.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Sale Of Land - Adverse Possession Where a U.S. Bankruptcy Court order, approving a sale of land belonging to a bankruptcy estate, has been challenged by a neighbor claiming...

Massachusetts District Courts Case Summaries: July 28, 2003.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Wages - Public Works Project Where three plaintiffs worked as water meter installers for a defendant employer on a public works project, I hold that they should have been paid...

Verdicts & Settlements July 28, 2003: Passenger Hit By Oncoming Car During Left-Hand Turn.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $87,100 Settlement The 17-year-old plaintiff was a passenger in a motor vehicle that was involved in an accident when the driver attempted to make a left-hand turn in front of an oncoming...

Verdicts & Settlements July 28, 2003: Doctor Fails To Perform Timely Caesarean Section.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $400,000 Settlement This case involved the death of a newborn. Prior to becoming pregnant, the plaintiff mother was treated for several years for infertility and eventually became pregnant...

Commentary: The Case Of The Useless Public Way.
July 28, 2003... Byline: William V. Hovey Your clients ask you for legal advice on selling a large tract of land on a public way they recently inherited. You check the zoning bylaws and reread Chapter 41, Sect. 81L and advise them that they should be able...

Hard Act To Follow: Winchester Lawyer Says Acting Is Her First Love.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff When the lights dim on the Lyric Stage Co. of Boston on Aug. 7, attorney Sydelle Pittas will be one of the few non-equity cast members to appear in the world premiere of "Circles of Time." But...

Counsel May Confer Where Judge Conflict Is Borderline.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Jason M. Scally Attorneys may no longer have to worry about feeling coerced into trying a case in front of a judge with a "borderline" conflict of interest under new judicial ethics rules. The new Code of Judicial Conduct,...

Mass. Lawyers in the News: July 28, 2003.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff NewsMakers New Associations Cerise Jalelian has joined Regnante, Sterio & Osborne in Wakefield as an associate. Jalelian was formerly a member of MacLean, Holloway, Doherty, Ardiff &...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: July 28, 2003.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Gender Discrimination Claim Where (1) a complainant withdrew a gender discrimination complaint when the respondent employer agreed to rehire him and (2) after he was...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: July 28, 2003.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Child Abuse - Registry Where a Superior Court judge affirmed a decision by the defendant Department of Social Services to "support" an allegation of child abuse and to list...

Verdicts & Settlements July 28, 2003: 'Swinging Manhole' Strikes Vehicle Stopped In Traffic.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $385,000 Settlement This case arose from an accident on Oct. 21, 1999 when the plaintiff's car, while stopped in traffic, was struck from behind by a swinging manhole being transported by a...

Verdicts & Settlements July 28, 2003: Decedent's Family Denies Longtime Companion Benefits.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $180,000 Settlement The plaintiff in this case was a longtime companion to the plaintiff's decedent. The two lived together for more than 23 years. The plaintiff assisted the plaintiff's...