Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from November 2004

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from November 2004

Commentary: Non-Lawyer Closings? No Thanks, FTC.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission is urging the Massachusetts Legislature to pass a bill allowing non-lawyers to perform some real-estate closings. The law would...

An Embracing Edifice in Western Massachusetts.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Move over John Joseph Moakley Courthouse -- you're about to get a younger sibling out in western Massachusetts that could rival even your aesthetic and practical accomplishments. Ground was...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Awards Driver UIM Money On Top Of Settlement.
November 1, 2004... Byline: John O. Cunningham A motorist injured in a three-vehicle accident could receive uninsured motorist benefits -- even though he had previously reached a settlement with the carrier for another driver involved in the accident, the...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Rejects Bias Suit Over Skin Cancer.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno A school department did not discriminate against a teacher's aide when it declined to offer her a higher-paying "outdoor job" based on its perception that she was unsuited to the position because of her skin cancer,...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: November 1, 2004.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Murder In First Degree - Phone Call - Lack Of Recording Of Interrogation Where a defendant has appealed his first-degree murder conviction, the appeal must fail because (1) his...

U.S Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit Case Summaries: November 1, 2004.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Constitutional Equal Protection - Maine Law - Tuition Assistance - Sectarian Schools Where plaintiffs have challenged on equal protection grounds the policy of the defendant state of...

Verdicts & Settlements November 1, 2004: Jogger Collides With Car, Fractures Shoulder.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense Verdict The subject accident occurred on May 7, 2001, at approximately 6:15 a.m., on Willard Street in West Quincy. The plaintiff was crossing the street when he was struck by a...

Verdicts & Settlements November 1, 2004: Porch Roof Collapses On Handyman.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $450,000 Settlement This was an action for serious personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff, a retired firefighter working as a handyman, when the room of a porch on which he was working...

Verdicts & Settlements November 1, 2004: Woman Struck By MBTA Bus, Injures Knee.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $110,000 Settlement On April 4, 2002, the plaintiff was struck by a slow moving MBTA bus, which caused her to fall on and injure her left knee. The plaintiff alleged that the bus driver...

Mass. Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions Case Summaries: November 1, 2004.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SJC No. 2004-053BD IN RE: GERALD C.J. COOK SJC No. 2004-053BD IN RE: GERALD C.J. COOK Last known address: 70 West Foster Street Melrose, MA 02176 Order of Term Suspension and Board...

New Mass. Governor's Counsel Says He'll Target Judicial Vacancies.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Jason M. Scally MARK D. NIELSEN Born: Aug. 25, 1964, Hartford, CT Education: Harvard College, 1986; Harvard Law School, 1989 Bar Admission: 2004 (Connecticut, 1989) Professional history: Chief legal counsel to Gov....

Mass. Lawyers in the News: November 1, 2004.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff NewsMakers New Associations Daniel C. Hohler has started a civil litigation, arbitration and mediation practice in Newton that focuses on the resolution of business and securities...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: November 1, 2004.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals 'Petition For Review' Requirement Where, in seeking to appeal a decision issued by a Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination hearing officer, a complainant filed a timely...

Mass. Superior Court Case Summaries: November 1, 2004.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Arbitrators' Powers - Alleged Bias Where a defendant has moved to vacate an arbitrators' award and the plaintiff has moved provisionally for the same relief, I find that the...

Verdicts & Settlements November 1, 2004: Loaded Dolly In Market Hits Shopper.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $102,000 Settlement On July 15, 2003, the 89-year-old plaintiff was pushing her shopping cart down the back aisle of a supermarket when she was struck from behind by an overloaded, two-wheeled...

Verdicts & Settlements November 1, 2004: Housekeeper Loses Job While On Maternity Leave.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $2.4 Million Verdict The plaintiff was a 31-year-old housekeeper in the residence of the individual defendant, president and sole stockholder of the corporate defendant, and was hired by and...

Commentary: The Red Sox Please The Court.
November 1, 2004... Byline: David Yas This is a column about the Red Sox, and this is a column about us. Yes, I realize I write for a legal newspaper. We write about legal things here: lawyers, judges, courts, what have you. Well, this Red Sox World...

Defense Lawyers And Others Are Trying Plaintiffs' Work For The First Time.
November 1, 2004... Byline: John Cunningham There are some new gunslingers in town that look a lot like some of the old ones... with different colored hats. A peek at Lawyers Weekly's verdict and settlement reports over the past five years reveals an...

Commentary: E-Mail And Legal Standards For Notification.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Mark D. Robins In the recent decision in Campbell v. General Dynamics Systems Corp., the U.S. District Court held that an employer who sent an e-mail to its employees notifying them of a mandatory arbitration policy did not...

Health Law Advocates throws party in Boston.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Health Law Advocates 9th Annual Benefit Breakfast Wednesday, Nov. 17 7:30AM - 9:30 AM Sheraton Boston Hotel, 39 Dalton Street For information call (617) 338-5241 or email:...

Mass. Appellate Division Case Summaries: November 1, 2004.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Jurisdiction 'One- Trial' System - Enforcement Of Bond Where (1) a plaintiff supplier, claiming to be owed money for materials provided to a defendant contractor in connection with a...

Mass. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: November 1, 2004.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Judgments Affirmed The Appeals Court has affirmed, pursuant to Rule 1:28, judgments in the following cases. Although the decisions do not appear to address any substantive issues...

Mass. District Court Case Summaries: November 1, 2004.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Knives - 'Switchblades' Where a defendant operator of an army-navy store has been charged with selling "switchblades" in violation of G.L.c. 269, Sect. 12, a motion by the...

Mass. Land Court Case Summaries: November 1, 2004.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Zoning Site Plan Approval - Appeal Where plaintiff neighbors have appealed a decision of the defendant Pepperell planning board granting a codefendant landowner's application for the...

Commentary: 'The Wall Of Separation' And What It Really Means.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Edward F. Harrington When a member of the clergy or a spokesman for a religious denomination forcefully expresses an opinion on a matter of public import -- such as just war and just peace, public welfare and private charity, civil...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court: Old Time Standards Are Repealed.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Suffolk, ss. Supreme Judicial Court ORDER Effective immediately, the Time Standards Order issued by this Court on April 7, 1986, and amended on November...

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS: New 1st Circuit Rule On Filing Of Appearance.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff OFFICE OF THE CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT RICHARD CUSHING DONOVAN CLERK JOHN JOSEPH MOAKLEY UNITED STATES COURT HOUSE 1 COURTHOUSE...

New 1st Circuit Rule For Oversized Briefs.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff OFFICE OF THE CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT RICHARD CUSHING DONOVAN CLERK JOHN JOSEPH MOAKLEY UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE 1 COURTHOUSE...

Mass. Court of Appeals Rules Union Workers May Sue To Collect OT Wages.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Tony Wright Union employees who sued under state law for non-payment of overtime wages were entitled to collect the amounts owed -- even though they hadn't exhausted their claims for compensation under the procedures set forth in...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: November 1, 2004.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights FBI - Wrongful Death - FTCA Where a motion by the defendant United States seeks dismissal of a wrongful death complaint filed by the plaintiff estate of a woman who allegedly...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: November 1, 2004.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Consumer Protection Violations Of Exclusive Dealing Agreement Where evidence indicates (1) that a defendant corporation has breached the covenant of good faith and fair dealing by engaging...

Verdicts & Settlements November 1, 2004: Teachers, Students Said Construction Made Them Sick.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Mixed Verdict This case arose from renovations at the Gloucester High School between 1995 and 1997. The plaintiffs were teachers, students and administrative personnel who claimed that they...

Verdicts & Settlements November 1, 2004: Woman Hurt When Car Door Hits Bus.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense Verdict This was a motor vehicle accident action involving the plaintiff and a bus owned by the defendant company and operated by the defendant bus driver on April 22, 1999. On...

The POWER Issue: Which Mass. Lawyers Have It - And How They Got It.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Tony Wright Power. Lawyers, like other professionals, know that it can make or break a career. But what does the word really mean? Some might define it tangibly -- "money is power." Others might define it as an amorphous...

Commentary: Much To Be Learned From Recent Bankruptcy Cases.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Melvin S. Hoffman In the struggle between bankruptcy discharge and tax collection, the taxing authority usually comes out on top. Two recent decisions from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court illustrate some important principles brought to...

Mass. Superior Court Rules After Decree, Town Liable For Cleanup And Fees.
November 8, 2004... Byline: John O. Cunningham A defendant municipality that failed to clean up a pond as required by a consent decree was liable for contempt sanctions -- including all costs incurred by neighborhood plaintiffs in enforcing the decree, a...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Grants Access To Rape Victim's Records.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Jason M. Scally Criminal defendants convicted of rape should be allowed to request an in camera review of the victim's sealed medical records for relevance -- even absent a prima facie showing that the trial judge had abused his...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: November 8, 2004.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Orders October 27, 2004 Further appellate review denied: Adoption of Nguyen. Reported below: 62 Mass. App. Ct. 1101 (2004). Anderson Insulation Company, Inc. vs. Department of...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: November 8, 2004.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy WARN Act - Notice To Employees - Closing Of Manufacturing Facility Where a Chapter 11 debtor failed to provide its employees with notice before closing its manufacturing...

Commentary: Managing The 'Shoulds' Of Decision-Making.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Nancy Byerly Jones Special to Lawyers Weekly Choices. The fabric of our personal and professional lives is heavily interwoven with the decisions we have made or not made. Likewise, most of our choices have a direct or indirect,...

Paul J. Martinek departs this week from Lawyers Weekly.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff After 15 years at Lawyers Weekly, Paul J. Martinek departs this week. For all of us at Lawyers Weekly, the thought of working here without Paul roaming the halls is almost unthinkable. (As one...

Commentary: 'Boulanger' Offers Lesson On Non-Competes.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Daniel C. Hohler Would you purchase a business knowing that the seller had plans to set up shop and compete with your newly purchased business? Most likely not. In fact, such matters are usually addressed explicitly with the...

Mom Sues 'Alleged' Dad For Support In Mass. Court Of Appeals.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno A mother could bring an action for child support against a man she believed to be the father of her child, even though she had listed a different man -- her husband -- as the child's father on the birth certificate,...

Mass. Lawyers In The News: November 8, 2008.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff NewsMakers New Associations Kelli E. Welch has joined the Andover firm of Schwartz Hannum as an associate. She will focus her practice in employment law. Honors Five attorneys...

Mass. Superior Court Case Summaries: November 8, 2004.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal SDP - Personality Disorder Where the commonwealth has filed a petition seeking to have the respondent committed to the Massachusetts Treatment Center, the petition must be denied...

U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit Case Summaries: November 8, 2004.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Admiralty Maintenance And Cure - Multiple Sclerosis Where a federal judge found that a plaintiff seaman suffering from multiple sclerosis had reached a point of maximum medical recovery by...

Commentary: Blogging And The Bottom Line.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Robert J. Ambrogi Special to Lawyers Weekly Search Google for "trademark lawyer," and the number-one hit is the Trademark Blog of New York lawyer Martin Schwimmer. Search for "appellate law," and the highest ranking page...

Mass. Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: Case Summaries: November 15, 2004.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Real Estate - Disproportional Assessment - Overvaluation Where a number of appellant Concord landowners have challenged their property tax bills for fiscal year 2002, we find that...

Mass. Appellate Division Court Case Summaries: November 8, 2004.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Motion To Enlarge Time To File Appeal Where (1) judgment was entered for the plaintiff in a personal injury case, (2) 171 days after entry of judgment, the defendant moved...

Mass. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: November 8, 2004.
November 8, 2004... 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. Land Court Case Summaries: November 8, 2004.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property Proposed Subdivision - Drainage Where the plaintiffs propose to build a multi-family residential community on Weymouth property containing a wetland which sends water...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: November 8, 2004.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Front Pay - Reinstatement Where a hearing officer declined to award front pay to a complainant, this decision was warranted by the evidence and should accordingly be upheld....

Non-Billable Hours for Quincy Arbitrator And Mediator.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Every lawyer has a story, some more interesting than others. But Dennis J. Calcagno's tale reads more like that of a fictional character in an adventure novel than an arbitrator and mediator in...

A Night To Remember In Boston.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff October's annual gala to commemorate the founding of the Women's Bar Association 26 years ago was literally and figuratively a home run. The event drew a record crowd of more than 900 people...

Take Me To The Charles River In Cambridge.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Boston Bar Association's communications director doesn't play for the Red Sox, but Bonnie Sashin knows what it's like to be cheered by thousands of spectators from the banks of the Charles...

Net Gain: Boston attorney mixes expertise in employment law with passion for basketball.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Chalk up this achievement to experience gained in court. The basketball court, that is. When University of Minnesota women's basketball coach Pamela Borton sought to negotiate a major contract...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: November 8, 2004.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Antitrust - Cable Companies Where defendant cable television providers have moved for arbitration of the plaintiff subscribers' antitrust claims, the request should be denied...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: November 8, 2004.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Discrimination - Equitable Tolling - Pretext Where a defendant employer seeks summary judgment with respect to a racial discrimination complaint brought by the plaintiff, the...

Commentary: FAQs About Legal Headhunters & Headhunting.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Richard Hermann and Linda Sutherland Special to Lawyers Weekly The business of legal search is far-and-away the most misunderstood area of human resources insofar as attorneys are concerned. Legal career counselors and advisors...

Commentary: Exercise: A Perfect Way For Lawyers To Combat Stress.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Jeff Rutstein Special to Lawyers Weekly A high-profile criminal trail or the demands of a business client can add much physical and emotional stress to your personal and professional life. One of the best ways to combat this is...

Commentary: Inexpensive Ways To Build Business Relationships.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Stephen E. Seckler Selling legal services is all about relationship building. Since legal consumers hire attorneys who they trust (either directly or because someone they trust has made a referral), it is not difficult to see that...

Commentary: When A Special Prosecutor Is Imperative.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff While memories of the 2004 baseball playoffs (and the glorious finish of our beloved Red Sox) will endure for decades, there is one unfortunate reminder of the baseball season that will also linger...

Marshall And Mulligan Plot Course For 2005 in Mass., Beyond.
November 15, 2004... Byline: David L. Yas What will Massachusetts lawyers have to look forward to in 2005? Courts with sensible resources, a sparkling new courthouse for appellate attorneys and possibly streaming video of oral arguments, according to the two...

Mass. Superior Court Denies Wage Case Vs. Board Of Directors.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Jason M. Scally A sales executive laid off by his company could not bring a claim for unpaid wages against two members of the board of directors where they had no management authority over the company, a Superior Court judge has...

U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Case Summaries: November 15, 2004.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Landlord - Selling Of Bankrupt Tenant's Property Where a landlord, who violated the automatic stay by selling some of the debtor-tenant's property at postpetition yard sales,...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: November 15, 2004.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Suspension - Reinstatement Where the Board of Bar Overseers has recommended that a suspended attorney be reinstated, a reinstatement order should be issued, as the...

Verdicts & Settlements November 15, 2004: Minor Hit By Car Suffers Brain Injuries.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $4.75 Million Settlement This case was initially the subject of a motion for summary judgment. That motion, which went in favor of the defendant, was appealed and the plaintiffs prevailed on...

Verdicts & Settlements November 15, 2004: Cancer Diagnosis In 37-Year-Old Delayed, Proves Fatal.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $250,000 Settlement This case involved the delay in diagnosis and treatment of colon cancer in a 37-year-old male who eventually died of the disease. The plaintiff had a longstanding history...

Learning The Client's Language.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno When a fledgling lawyer sets up shop and within a matter of months can count on a client list that's 50 names long, it's a pretty safe bet that he has something special to offer. That's what happened when solo...

Mass. Superior Court rules 93A Claim Survives Death Of Injured Man.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Tony Wright The family of an independent contractor severely injured on the job could maintain a Chapter 93A claim against the companies that hired him even after his death, a Superior Court judge has ruled. The defendants...

'Total Trust': Special Team Of Mass. Lawyers Settles Bus Case.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Tony Wright More than three years after four youths were killed in a bus accident in Canada, a group of Massachusetts lawyers managed to garner a $15 million settlement for the grieving families, creating something of an upbeat...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Court Case Summaries: November 15, 2004.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Appeal - MCAD - Petition For Review Where the unsuccessful complainant in a Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination matter filed a notice of appeal but not a...

Mass. Superior Court Case Summaries: November 15, 2004.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Defense Cost Reimbursement Agreement - NOR Where a plaintiff has instituted an arbitration proceeding in connection with an agreement for reimbursement of defense costs, a...

Verdicts & Settlements November 15, 2004: Homebuyer Demands Price Cut After Signing Contract.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $56,081 Arbitration Award The plaintiff buyer and defendant sellers entered into an offer to purchase and subsequently a purchase and sale agreement relative to the premises in question. The...

Verdicts & Settlements November 15, 2004: Ironworker Sustains Brain Injury After Fall In Building.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.8 Million Settlement The plaintiff ironworker brought an action to recover damages for injuries sustained when he fell from the second floor of an office building under construction in...

Mass. Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions Case Summaries: November 15, 2004.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff BBO Public Reprimand No. 2004-17 IN RE: DAVID SCOTT GED Last known address: 20214 Estero Garden Circle Estero, FL 33928 Order (public reprimand) entered by the Board October 7, 2004. SUMMARY ...

Massachusetts Lawyers in the News: November 15, 2004.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff NewsMakers New Associations Jonathan L. Kotlier has joined the Boston firm of Nutter, McClennen & Fish in the government enforcement defense practice. Prior to joining the firm, Kotlier...

Superior Court Judge Wernick dies at 56.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Superior Court Judge Lawrence B. Wernick died Nov. 4 of pancreatic cancer at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was 56. Wernick was born into a family of lawyers in Portland, Maine....

Mass. Appellate Division Case Summaries: November 15, 2004.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Insurance Car Theft - Lack Of Evidence As To Value Where a plaintiff policyholder was awarded $12,277.86 on a claim against the defendant insurance company for rejecting her claim for...

Mass. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: November 15, 2004.
November 15, 2004... 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 November 15, 2004: Child Goes Blind After Retinopathy Is Ruled Out.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.75 Million Settlement The minor plaintiff was born at 28 weeks' gestation with a birth weight of 1265 grams. At 32 weeks, the minor plaintiff underwent an examination by the defendant...

Verdicts & Settlements November 15, 2004: Store Clerk Loses Function In Hand After Surgery.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $270,000 Settlement The plaintiff was a 35-year-old supermarket clerk who presented to the defendant orthopedic surgeon in May 1999 for a decompression of the carpal ligament of the left...

Verdicts & Settlements November 15, 2004: Teenager Tumbles Off Roof; Breaks Ribs And Ankles.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense Verdict This case arose from an accident that occurred on Dec. 11, 1998, at a three-family home owned and maintained by the defendants at 16 Temple St. in Brockton. The plaintiff,...

New England Chapter of Legal Marketing Assn. Gets A Rare Treat.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Members of the New England Chapter of the Legal Marketing Association got a special visit at their recent annual meeting from a lawyer who represents the most popular brand in town. Lucinda...