Laborer requires multiple knee surgeries after falling
The plaintiff was working as a union laborer on a construction site when a co-worker stepped on an unsecured piece of plywood that allegedly had been placed as a makeshift ramp over an expansion joint...
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The following summaries were compiled by the Board of Bar Overseers based on the record filed with the Supreme Judicial Court. The complete court orders are available by contacting the clerk of the...
View ArticleDec. 20 – Jan. 7
Dec. 20 Adelson, et al. v. State Street Bank and Trust Company, et al. Docket No. 1:2012cv12376 Contract suit Fenn v. Astrue Docket No. 3:2012cv30222 Social Security benefits suit Fustolo v....
View ArticleSJC grand jury decision falls short
A recent decision from the Supreme Judicial Court holding that, in certain circumstances, a grand jury must be instructed by the prosecutor on the elements of murder and on the legal significance of...
View ArticleStatements of case should be paired with rebuttals
To the editor: Martin Weinberg’s complaint about prosecutors’ filing statements of the case even in uncontested bail proceedings (“Defense lawyer seeks to end ‘one-sided’ statements of case,” Dec. 31)...
View ArticleTop 10 IP cases and happenings of 2012
The biggest news in patent land last year was … 1. AIA With some provisions taking effect this year and next, the passage of the American Invents Act was the top story of 2012. How will...
View ArticleNew semester sips
Members of the Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts gathered at Sip Wine Bar and Kitchen to welcome back its law student contingent. More than 30 attorneys and students attended the...
View ArticleJudge, Senior Partners celebrate milestones
Senior Partners for Justice held a dual celebration to commemorate the 80th birthday of its founder, retired Probate & Family Court Judge Edward M. Ginsburg, and the group’s 10th year of serving...
View ArticleImmigration – Timeliness – Motion to reopen
Where (1) in 2007, an Immigration Judge (IJ) ruled that the petitioner had abandoned his asylum application and (2) three years later, the petitioner moved to reopen his case, arguing that he had...
View ArticleJudgments 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 of law, the full text of each decision...
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