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Tort – FTCA – Sovereign immunity – Statute of limitations
Where a plaintiff brought a claim against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act alleging that dental personnel at the Federal Medical Center at Devens failed in their duty to provide him with timely, adequate and proper treatment, a motion to dismiss the complaint should be (1) denied in part because the plaintiff did not fail to state a claim within the waiver of sovereign immunity [...]
Negligence – Sovereign immunity – Handrails
Where (1) a plaintiff brought suit alleging that unsafe guardrails at the Commandant's House of the Charlestown Navy Yard caused him to fall from a portico and suffer severe injuries and (2) this court allowed a motion to dismiss filed by the defendant United States pursuant to the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act's waiver of sovereign immunity, the plaintiff's motio[...]
UMass immune from 93A liability
In a decision that lawyers say has broad implications for lawsuits brought against the commonwealth, a U.S. District Court judge has ruled that a state entity is not subject to […]
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
