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Sep 23, 2025
Environmental – Earth removal bylaw – ‘Major purpose’
Where plaintiffs filed a complaint under G.L.c. 214, §7A, seeking to enjoin the defendants from violating the town of Carver's earth removal bylaw, a judge’s decision to dismiss the complaint should be vacated because the “major purpose” of the earth removal bylaw is to protect against damage to the environment, as that term is defined in §7A.
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
