Premises Liability – Defense Verdict
An innkeeper sued by a guest for serious personal injuries in the Berkshire Superior Court was successfully defended. The plaintiff, while a guest of the inn, fell down a flight of stairs…
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G. L. c. 93A Decision on Intentional Violation
G. L. c. 93A Decision on Intentional Violation (DMB) (PDF)
Product Liability – Traumatic Workplace Injury Claim
Shareholders Scott Carroll and John Tilley recently obtained summary judgment in Suffolk Superior Court from a claim involving a traumatic workplace injury that resulted in the amputation of the plaintiff’s arm. The…
Slip & Fall – Summary Judgment
Shareholders Scott Carroll and John Tilley recently obtained summary judgment in Essex Superior Court on a slip and fall personal injury claim. The plaintiff alleged the defendant, the owner of condominium units…
Dram Shop – Summary Judgment on Employer Host Liability
Shareholders Scott Carroll and John Tilley recently obtained summary judgment in Bristol Superior Court on a personal injury action based on an employer host theory of liability. The case arose from a…
Land Use – Summary Judgment on Spite Fence Claim
Shareholders Scott Carroll and John Tilley recently obtained summary judgment in Plymouth Superior Court on a spite fence claim. (G.L. c. 49, section 21) Part of the land dispute concerned the allegation…
Motor Vehicle Accident – Surgery Not Related To Accident
In Plymouth Superior Court, Shareholders Scott Carroll and John Tilley recently obtained a defense verdict in a case where liability for a motor vehicle accident was admitted prior to trial. At trial,…
Legal Malpractice – Appeal
Matthew Greene, a Shareholder of the firm, successfully defended an appeal of a defense verdict where the jury found in favor of an attorney in a legal malpractice lawsuit filed in the…
Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal of Claims Against Insurer
In Marculetiu v. Safety Ins. Co., the Appeals Court recently affirmed the allowance of Safety Insurance Company’s Motion to Dismiss all claims against it, holding that Safety had no duty to defend…
PREGNANT WOMAN HURT IN CRASH; BABY BORN WITH DISABILITIES
On November 26, 2001, a collision occurred between a tractor-trailer, owned by the defendant and driven by its employee, and a 1997 Dodge Neon driven by the plaintiff who was nine months…