Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from October 2003

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from October 2003

Mass. Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions Case Summaries: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff ADMONITION NO. 03-53 The respondent represented one of two equal owners of the stock of a corporation in a business dispute with the other owner of the corporation's stock. The...

Mass. Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Residential Real Estate - Overvaluation Where evidence indicates that a residential property in Mendon was overvalued for real estate tax purposes in fiscal year 2002, we conclude...

Mass. Appellate Division Case Summaries: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Credit Car Debt - Collateral Estoppel - Limitations Where a plaintiff filed suit in District Court to collect a sum due on a credit card, a judgment for the plaintiff should...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 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. District Court Case Summaries: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Harassment Where evidence indicates (1) that the defendant and his wife are in the midst of an acrimonious divorce in New Jersey, (2) that the wife has obtained a restraining...

Deptartment of Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' Compensation Penalty - Reimbursement Of Claimant's Share Of Medical Examiner's Fee Where an insurance company was penalized $10,000 pursuant to G.L.c. 152, Sect. 8(1) because of...

Mass. Land Court Case Summaries: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property Registration - New Certificate Where a plaintiff has filed a petition to have a certificate of title issued in his name following the death of the registered owner of a...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Court Case Summaries: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Age Discrimination Where a hearing officer found (1) that a respondent retirement board discriminated against the complainant on the basis of age and (2) that a co-respondent...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Petition Under G.L.c. 211, Sect. 3 - Removal Of Default Where a plaintiff sought, pursuant to G.L.c. 211, Sect. 3, relief from a Superior Court judgment removing a default that had...

Mass. Superior Court Case Summaries: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Check - Stolen Funds Where (1) in a divorce proceeding, a court order was entered requiring the proceeds of a sale of the martial home to be deposited in two escrow accounts,...

U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit Case Summaries: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Automatic Stay - Corporate Debtor Where a Chapter 11 corporation filed suit alleging that the defendant town violated the automatic stay by engaging in state court litigation...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Res Judicata - Sua Sponte Dismissal Where a criminal defendant has moved to dismiss so much of a 1999 indictment as charges him with racketeering, extortion and money laundering,...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Court Case Summaries: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Number Of Interrogatories Where (1) Rule 33(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allows each defendant in a case, without leave of court, to serve 25 interrogatories...

Verdicts & Settlements October 13, 2003: Iranian Doctor Is Victim Of Bias.(Brief article)
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $125,000 Award This case involved a physician of Iranian national origin who was accused of patient abuse and initially cleared by an informal fact-finding investigation. The complainant...

Verdicts & Settlements October 6, 2003: Stomach Injury Blamed For Man's Death.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $300,000 Settlement In this wrongful death action, the plaintiff alleged that the defendant was negligent when he failed to diagnose and treat her husband with probable abdominal injury,...

Verdicts & Settlements October 6, 2003: Pre-Term Delivery Results In Brain-Damaged Baby.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $2.6 Million Settlement This case involved a minor plaintiff who was 12 at the time of settlement. She was born at 25 weeks gestation and as a direct result was severely brain injured. ...

Verdicts & Settlements October 6, 2003: Two Cars Collide On Snowy Road.(Brief article)
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $14,154 Settlement This case arose as the result of an automobile collision on Jan. 13, 2000 during a light snowstorm. The defendant operator approached the plaintiff's vehicle from the...

Verdicts & Settlements October 6, 2003: Osteosarcoma Goes Undetected, Spreads To Lungs.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $775,000 Settlement The 58-year-old plaintiff saw his primary care physician on Dec. 16, 1996. During the examination, the plaintiff complained of and the defendant palpated a 4.5-centimeter...

Verdicts & Settlements October 6, 2003: Arrested Protesters Claim Constitutional Rights Violated.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense Verdict On Sept. 26, 1999, an international golf match drawing thousands of spectators was being held at a Brookline country club. Due to the large volume of motor vehicle and...

Commentary: In Search Of Judicial Accountability.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff In enacting the last major overhaul of the courts, the Legislature required the judiciary to devise and implement a system of judicial evaluations. The courts were slow to respond, finally...

Mass. Governor Signs Bills: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The following bills have been signed into law by Gov. Mitt Romney. The anticipated effective dates are listed but are subject to change. The full text of statutes may be ordered from Lawyers...

Lexington Attorney Andrew S. McAleer: Novel Approach.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Some novelists draw inspiration for their stories from their friends, family or current events. Andrew S. McAleer was inspired by none other than Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. MLW is mentioned...

Boston's Dr. James Waldroop: Testing 1, 2, 3.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff A nationally recognized Boston expert on career assessment and satisfaction is looking for lawyers -- hundreds of them -- to take advantage of his services for free. Dr. James Waldroop, a...

Mass. Appeals Court: Outward Bound.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Sometimes you just gotta go. But how far do you go when you have to, well, go? One late October afternoon in 2000, Robert Nebel pulled into a rest area off Route 95, one not equipped with...

Boston Attorney Irwin M. Heller: All The World's A Stage.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Perhaps Boston business and finance lawyer Irwin M. Heller should dip his toes into the world of divorce law if his new relationship-based play, "He She Them," proves a success in its world...

Notice Of Hearing At Mass. Division Of Insurance.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation DIVISION OF INSURANCE 1 South Station, Boston, MA 02110-2208 (617) 521-7794 * FAX (617)...

CM/ECF Notice From U.S. District Court Case Summaries: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS NOTICE REGARDING ELECTRONIC NOTICING AND FILING BY ATTORNEYS Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) is the new automated...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Town May Force Building Code Upon Bankrupt Co.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Jason Scally A town could sue a corporation in order to force it to install fire-protection sprinklers at its seasonal theme park - even though the corporation had filed for bankruptcy, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has...

U.S. Magistrate Court Rules 'Generous' Discovery Rule Applies In U.S. Court.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno A defendant in federal court was permitted to serve the 25 interrogatories allotted to him under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure -- even though local rules provide a limit of 25 total interrogatories for all...

Mass. Lawyers In The News: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff NewsMakers New Associations Andrew F. Viles has joined Boston-based Adams, Harkness & Hill, a privately held institutional investment bank, as general counsel. Viles was previously a...

North Andover Attorney Rosemary J. Brodette Dies At 46.(Obituary)(Brief article)
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Rosemary J. (Brien) Brodette, a lawyer and registered nurse, died of brain cancer at her home in North Andover. She was 46. Brodette had her own law office in North Andover, where she...

Shrewsbury Town Meeting moderator John P. Dunn Dies At 77.(Obituary)(Brief article)
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff John P. Dunn, a lawyer and Shrewsbury Town Meeting moderator, died at Cape Cod Hospital from complications of melanoma. He was 77. Dunn was known as a no-nonsense moderator with a strict...

Labor Lawyers Under The Gun In Mass.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Jeanne Greeley It was at the height of the anthrax scare when a labor lawyer for the state opened her mail to find a suspicious white powder inside. Turns out it was just baby powder. But it was still a frightening moment, and...

Commentary: Dishing Out A Few Observations On The Law.
October 6, 2003... Byline: David L. Yas A few years ago, entrenched in my little suburban corner of the world, I felt the need to do something distinctly American and distinctly shallow. I purchased a satellite dish. The dish, as you may know, has...

$35M To Victims Of Explosion In Mass. After Epic Discovery Phase.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Lisa L. Bruno A recent $35 million settlement reached in the case of 12 victims of a foundry explosion may be the largest settlement in Massachusetts history for a personal injury case, and may underscore the importance of...

Mass. Gov. Signs Bills: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The following bills have been signed into law by Gov. Mitt Romney. The anticipated effective dates are listed but are subject to change. The full text of statutes may be ordered from Lawyers...

Mass. Superior Court Rules Trial Can't Be 'Forced' After Lawyer A No-Show.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Jason M. Scally A Superior Court judge could not force a defendant to proceed with a wrongful-death case after his attorney failed to show up for the first day of trial, the Appeals Court has ruled. The defendant, who...

Mass. Lawyers In The News: October 6, 2003.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Peter M. Zuk and John G. Loughnane have joined Gadsby Hannah as partners in the firm's Boston office. Zuk, a nationally recognized construction, development and technology expert, was vice...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions Case Summaries: October 13, 2003.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff ADMONITION NO. 03-56 On January 9, 2001, the respondent filed litigation in Superior Court against a contractor and subcontractor on behalf of a homeowner. The client claimed property damage...

Mass. Governor Signs Bills: October 13, 2003.(Brief article)
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The following bills have been signed into law by Gov. Mitt Romney. The anticipated effective dates are listed but are subject to change. The full text of statutes may be ordered from Lawyers...

Mass. Lawyers in the News: October 13, 2003.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff NewsMakers New Associations Fletcher H. "Flash" Wiley has joined Bingham McCutchen in Boston as of counsel in the corporate area. Wiley will continue as president and chief operating...

Mass. Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: October 13, 2003.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Charitable Deductions - Affiliates Where a corporation seeks an abatement with respect to the charitable deductions to which its affiliated corporations are entitled, the...

Mass. Appellate Division Case Summaries: October 13, 2003.(Brief article)
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Wills And Trusts Division Of Estate - Agreement Among Siblings Where three siblings agreed to divide equally the estate of their deceased father, the agreement was supported by adequate...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: October 13, 2003.
October 13, 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. District Court Case Summaries: October 13, 2003.(Brief article)
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Evidence State Trooper - Internal Affairs Where (1) a criminal complaint was filed against a defendant based on a barroom altercation with an off-duty state trooper and (2) the defendant...

Mass. Department of Environmental Protection Case Summaries: October 13, 2003.(Brief article)
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Environmental Perennial Steam - Rivers Protection Act Where (1) a perennial stream flows through land on which the town of Easton proposes to build a library addition, (2) the regulations...

Mass. Department of Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: October 13, 2003.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' Compensation Penalty - Reimbursement Of Claimant's Share Of Medical Examiner's Fee Where an insurance company was penalized $10,000 pursuant to G.L.c. 152, Sect. 8(1) because of...

Mass. Housing Court Case Summaries: October 13, 2003.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property Receivership - Fees Where a court-appointed receiver seeks payment of fees and compensation, the balance due the receiver is $74,353.49. "[T]he Court rejects the...

Mass. Land Court Case Summaries: October 13, 2003.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property Appeal Of Subdivision Plan Approval - Timeliness Where plaintiffs have appealed a decision of the defendant planning board approving a revised definitive subdivision plan,...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: October 13, 2003.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Perceived Disability Where a hearing officer found that a respondent employer had discriminated against a complainant on the basis of a perceived handicap, we conclude that the...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: October 13, 2003.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Sentencing - Uncharged Conduct Where a defendant, who pled guilty to child rape and other charges, has appealed the sentence he received, the case must be remanded for sentencing...

Mass. Superior Court Case Summaries: October 13, 2003.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Privilege - Mistaken Disclosure Where (1) a plaintiff corporation filed suit against the defendant, a former executive who allegedly breached his employment contract and his...

U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit Case Summaries: October 13, 2003.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Certification Of Defendant Class Where a judge allowed the plaintiff in a copyright suit to certify a defendant retailer class, we conclude that the judge (1) erred, as a...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: October 13, 2003.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Where a plaintiff has filed a complaint count against defendant attorneys under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, I find that the...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Court Case Summaries: October 13, 2003.(Brief article)
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Insurance Surety Bond Where (1) a defendant insurance company issued a surety bond on behalf of its principal for the benefit of the plaintiff insurance company which provided workers'...

Verdicts & Settlements October 13, 2003: Value Of Company's Assets Overstated By Directors.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $7.4 Million Settlement This case against nine former officers and directors of a public corporation arose out of the bankruptcy of a corporation that collapsed in 1997. The corporation...

Verdicts & Settlements October 13, 2003: Insurance Co. Disputes Coverage For Damage From Sewage.(Brief article)
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $131,400 Verdict The plaintiff was a wholesale and retail seller of high-end electronics. In June 1998, a rainstorm caused the sewer to back up into the plaintiff's store, flooding it with...

Verdicts & Settlements October 13, 2003: Man Dies After Heart Condition Goes Undiagnosed.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $725,000 Settlement This case involved the death of a 37-year-old married father of three young children. While sitting at work, the plaintiff's decedent experienced chest pains that radiated...

Verdicts & Settlements October 13, 2003: Wine Spoils Waiting For Labels To Arrive.(Brief article)
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $248,000 Verdict A jury found that the defendants breached a contract by failing to deliver wine labels, which resulted in spoilage of wine. The defendant contended that the plaintiff failed...

Verdicts & Settlements October 13, 2003: Various Injuries Blamed On Rear-End Collision.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense Verdict On Oct. 27, 1997, the plaintiff was a passenger in a motor vehicle that was rear-ended by the defendant at the end of an exit ramp off of Route 3 in Plymouth. The...

Verdicts & Settlements October 13, 2003: Child Hits Head, Falls At Indoor Playground.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $500,000 Settlement The plaintiffs, a mother and her minor son, alleged that when the son was 5 years old he hit his head while playing in an indoor playground, and subsequently fell...

Mass. Chief Justice for Administration and Management Who Weathered The Storm.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff As Chief Justice for Administration and Management Barbara A. Dortch-Okara steps down this month after a five-year tenure, the best way to describe her performance may be "grace under fire." ...

1st Circuit Judge Bruce M. Selya's Scrabble.(Brief article)
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Anyone familiar with 1st Circuit Judge Bruce M. Selya's decisions knows that they often require a dictionary to help decipher some of his words. Last year in this column, Lawyers Weekly tested its...

First Assistant Clerk Of The Mass. Appeals Court: In The Line Of Duty.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Gilbert Lima Jr. usually enjoys a front-line view of legal battles as first assistant clerk of the Appeals Court. But lately he's been drawing upon more concrete combat experience to teach...

Commentary: Brew-haha.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff We've all heard the expression "the power of the press." But this time Lawyers Weekly has really gone and done it. No, we didn't discover who shot JFK. Nor did we expose the corrupt schemes of...

Thomas C. Tretter of Merrimac: The Driver On The Bus Goes ...
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Finally a lawyer who was able to stray from his litigious leanings and come up with some innovative ideas for problem solving! After reading a posting on Lawyers Weekly's online forum about a...

Notice Of Hearings In Mass. October 13, 2003.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to the provisions of General Laws Chapter 14, Section 6 (1), Chapter 30A, Section 2, and...

Meet Today's Mass. Divorce Lawyers.(Interview)
October 13, 2003... Byline: Jason M. Scally Cambridge divorce attorney Regina Healy likes to say that the only sure thing in a divorce case is that "there will be a divorce." Because of the fact-specific nature of these cases, she notes, little else is...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Retail Stores Not Certified As A Class In Copyright Case.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Retailers that allegedly advertised and sold an artist's copyrighted pattern without her permission could not be certified as a defendant class under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the 1st...

Mass. Appeals Court RulesWorkers Who Refused To Make 'Political' Hires Cannot Sue.
October 13, 2003... Byline: John O. Cunningham City employees who claimed that they were pressured to hire applicants on the basis of "political connections" could not sue their employer for wrongful termination, the Appeals Court has ruled. The...

Mass. Superior Court Rejects Common-Law Counts For Retaliation.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno A nursing home employee who claimed she was fired in retaliation for her complaints of illegal admissions practices could not assert common-law claims for wrongful termination and breach of the covenant of good faith...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Denies Claim For Loss Of Value In Damaged Car.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Jason M. Scally A driver involved in an auto accident could not seek recovery from her insurance carrier for the loss of value in her car due to the damage incurred, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. A Superior Court judge...

Commentary: Learning How To Close 'The Deal'.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Stephen Seckler If you follow baseball, you know that a "closer" is the pitcher who comes into the game in the ninth inning and secures the win. Having a good closer is not an essential element in having a winning record. But it...

Mass. Lawyers on the Move: October 20, 2003.(Brief article)
October 20, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff NewsMakers New Associations Michele E. Granda has joined Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders as a staff attorney. She will contribute to GLAD's ongoing impact litigation. Granda...

Mass. Appellate Division Summaries: October 20, 2003.
October 20, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Dismissal - Interrogatories Where a plaintiff has appealed an order denying her motion to vacate a judgment of dismissal, the appeal must be rejected, as the dismissal...

Mass. Appeals Court Summaries: October 20, 2003.
October 20, 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. District Court Summaries: October 20, 2003.(Brief article)
October 20, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Jurisdiction District Court - Interest On Unpaid Taxes Where (1) a plaintiff filed suit seeking to recover what he alleged to be excess interest assessed to him by a defendant tax...

Mass. Land Court Summaries: October 20, 2003.
October 20, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Mortgages Subrogation Where a plaintiff lender seeks subrogation of lien on a parcel of real property, that request should be granted in the amount of $76,395.05. "On August 6, 1999,...

Other Mass. Agencies Case Summaries: October 20, 2003.(Brief article)
October 20, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Elections Resignation Of OCCS Position - Work As Consultant Where a petitioner intends to resign her full time position as General Counsel for the Office of Child Care Services but also...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: October 20, 2003.
October 20, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Miranda - Interrogation Where a larceny defendant moved to suppress statements she made to state investigators during an interview that took place in her home, the motion should...

Mass. Superior Court Case Summaries: October 20, 2003.
October 20, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Discovery - Privilege Where (1) plaintiffs, in a case involving a stock purchase agreement, have filed a motion to compel the production of documents and the answering of...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: October 20, 2003.
October 20, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Money Judgments Where a Chapter 7 debtor has moved to vacate, alter or amend a $1.1 million judgment against him, the motion should be denied because this court has the...

U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit Case Summaries: October 20, 2003.
October 20, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Automatic Stay - Coercion Where (1) a debtor agreed to a settlement with a creditor after the creditor's attorney allegedly threatened to have the debtor's real estate broker's...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Court Case Summaries: October 20, 2003.(Brief article)
October 20, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Social Services Denial Of SSDI Benefits Where an administrative law judge's decision to deny a plaintiff social security disability income benefits was not based on substantial evidence,...