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Mar 25, 2011
Workers’ compensation – Sanction
Where a defendant employer (1) was sued by a plaintiff employee for infliction of emotional distress, (2) eventually was granted summary judgment based on the exclusivity clause of the Massachusetts workers' compensation statute and (3) has since requested $49,868.75 in fees as a sanction under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a fee award in a smaller sum should be awarded.
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
