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How to successfully navigate the uncertainty of waiting
For lawyers, having to navigate uncertainty usually starts with the first reading assignment in law school. Uncertainty grows as students wait for their grades to come out after their first […]
Real property – Partition – Ouster
Where two sisters in a partition proceeding own real property as tenants in common, there is no merit to one sister’s claim of wrongful ouster. “This is a partition action […]
Jurisdiction – Personal – Audit reports
Where plaintiff investors in a hedge fund have brought suit against the defendant outside auditor and accountant for the fund, the defendant is entitled to dismissal for lack of personal […]
Bankruptcy – Asset sale – Automatic stay
Where a creditor that purchased of the majority of a debtor’s assets sought relief from the automatic stay “to pursue its rights and remedies as a holder of a valid, […]
Parent and child – Joint custody
Where a judge granted a mother and father joint legal custody over their child, that decision must be reversed because the judge’s findings do not support the conclusion that the […]
Real property – Partition – Buyout
Where the parties to a partition proceeding have agreed to a buyout, the defendants may buy out the plaintiff’s interest, in its entirety, for $182,708.04. “This is a partition action […]
Corporate – Implied covenant – Punitive damages
Where a plaintiff claiming a freeze-out now seeks leave to file a third amended complaint that would add a new claim for breach of the implied covenant of good faith […]
Mortgages – Computer printout – Account summary
Where judgment entered in favor of a plaintiff bank in the amount of $226,458.28, the court below did not err in permitting the bank to establish the total amount owed […]
Jurisdiction – Personal jurisdiction – Website – Corporate subsidiaries
Where a plaintiff has brought suit over the solicitation of loans by out-of-state defendants, the complaint must be dismissed, as exercising personal jurisdiction would be unwarranted under the Massachusetts long-arm […]
Bankruptcy – Conspiracy – Corporate veil
Where a Chapter 7 trustee has filed an adversary complaint against a defendant limited liability company whose managers controlled the debtor, the trustee’s allegations are sufficient to support a plausible […]
Jurisdiction – Personal jurisdiction – Legal malpractice
Where (1) the plaintiff trustees of a charitable foundation brought claims of legal and accounting malpractice and (2) the defendants have asserted third-party claims of contribution and indemnification against a […]
Zoning – Statute of repose
Where plaintiffs requested an order to have a house torn down after the Truro zoning board issued a building permit, a judgment dismissing the complaint should be affirmed based on […]
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
