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Civil practice – Sex offender classification – Internet dissemination
Where the Sex Offender Registry Board classified a plaintiff as a Level 2 sex offender, a remand is necessary for further findings on the issue of internet dissemination and whether […]
Tort – Harassment – Prevention order
Where a District Court judge granted a plaintiff’s request for a harassment prevention order pursuant to G.L.c. 258E, the plaintiff’s evidence falls short of establishing three or more acts of […]
Criminal – Pleas – Immigration advice
Where a defendant moved to withdraw his guilty pleas, claiming that his counsel did not properly advise him of the immigration consequences, a judge’s decision to deny that motion should […]
Criminal – Reckless endangerment
Where a defendant was convicted of three counts of reckless endangerment of a child in violation of G.L.c. 265, section13L, one of those convictions must be reversed because the evidence […]
Criminal – Witness intimidation – Facebook
Where a defendant was charged with witness intimidation based on a Facebook message he sent to the victim of a sexual assault that the defendant’s brother-in-law was convicted of committing, […]
Employment – Discrimination – Pretext
Where a defendant bank was granted summary judgment on a terminated plaintiff’s claims of race and national origin discrimination and retaliation, a remand must be ordered because the plaintiff met […]
Prisons – Postage – Overcharging
Where a plaintiff prisoner’s two complaints alleging that he was overcharged for postage were dismissed, the dismissal order must be reversed because the allegations in the complaints differ from those […]
Criminal – Self-defense – Assault and battery
Where a Superior Court jury convicted a defendant of assault and battery, unlawful possession of a firearm, resisting arrest, and assault by means of a dangerous weapon, the conviction of […]
Criminal – Firearm possession – Inferences
Where a defendant was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm, subsequent offense, and resisting arrest, the firearm conviction must be reversed because the jury could only have reached a […]
Real property – Condominium – Parking
Where a plaintiff owner of a condominium unit filed a complaint challenging an off-street parking program implemented by the condominium board of trustees, a judgment dismissing the complaint should be […]
Civil practice – Sex offender classification
Where the Sex Offender Registry Board classified a plaintiff as a Level 2 sex offender, a remand is necessary in light of Doe, Sex Offender Registry Bd. No. 496501 v. […]
Criminal – Armed career criminal – Resisting arrest
Where (1) a jury convicted a defendant of unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number and (2) after a subsequent jury-waived trial, […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Injury during baby’s adenoidectomy leads to stroke
- Construction worker’s hand caught in cement mixer
- Worker trapped in freezer, dies during steam cleaning
- Pedestrian, 69, hit by motor vehicle while in crosswalk
- Four-vehicle pileup leaves driver with spinal cord injury
- Nursing home staff blamed for kidney-failure death
- Pharmacy’s late delivery blamed for patient’s death
- Man, 25, drowns after swimming lesson at fitness club
Opinion Digests
- Jurisdiction – Forum selection clause – Non-signatory
- Criminal – Responsibility
- Attorneys – Lien
- Landlord and tenant – Default judgment
- Zoning – Constructive grant – Comprehensive permit
- Fraud – False Claims Act – Settlement share
- Civil practice – Discovery – Cybersecurity
