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Trustees can’t face individual liability for alleged breach
The Appellate Division of the District Court ruled that family trust trustees were not personally liable for unpaid guardianship fees tied to a real estate sale.
Contract – Trustees – Chapter 93A
Where a District Court judge found for the plaintiffs on contract and G.L.c. 93A claims against defendant trustees, the individual defendants (1) cannot be held personally liable for breach of contract or breach of the implied covenant, and (2) were not engaged in trade or commerce as required for Chapter 93A liability.
Employment – Wage Act – Bonus
Where a plaintiff who was not paid a quarterly bonus has brought suit under the Wage Act, the quarterly bonus qualifies as wages under G.L.c. 149, §148, so the plaintiff is entitled to treble damages.
Passenger injured in crash sues insurer under 93A, 176D
The plaintiff filed suit against the defendant insurer under G.L.c. 93A and 176D, alleging unfair and deceptive settlement practices following a motor vehicle accident on Sept. 28, 2016, in Chelsea.
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
