Cigarette maker Philip Morris USA Inc. might have to pay for chest scans so long-time smokers can get early warning of lung cancer, the highest court in Massachusetts ruled. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously that under some circumstances, Massachusetts …
For decades, U.S. journalists have been guided by what most considered an absolute defense to libel lawsuits: If a news report is true, it can’t be libelous. But a recent decision by a federal appeals court in Boston is calling …
Prosecutors will drop a manslaughter charge against the only company charged in the fatal Big Dig tunnel collapse after the New York epoxy firm agreed to pay $16 million to settle a civil lawsuit. Powers Fasteners Inc., of Brewster, N.Y., …
A livery company and its driver could be held liable in a fatal car accident caused by a drunken passenger after he left the livery van, Massachusetts’ highest court ruled. The Supreme Judicial Court found that Ultimate Livery Service Inc., …
The family of a Costa Rican woman killed when the ceiling of a downtown Boston tunnel collapsed has settled a wrongful death lawsuit for more than $28 million, attorneys told The Associated Press. The settlement was announced Tuesday night by …
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts, has reached an $8.5 million settlement with insurance companies to pay claims filed by people who were sexually abused by priests. Mark Dupont, a spokesman for the diocese, said $3.5 million will be …
When Jenny and John Crowley learned they were having a baby, they did the responsible thing: they bought life insurance. Barely in their 30s, they passed the insurance company’s physicals, applied for a $500,000 policy for Jenny and a $1 …
Prosecutors reached a $458 million settlement with contractors over tunnel defects that caused a fatal 2006 accident but a small contractor that isn’t involved in the agreement says it unfairly spares the most responsible party from criminal charges. Under the …
It was a dramatic end to a trial that pitted Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis against two respected surgeons: a juror collapsed, the doctors rushed to his aid and the judge declared a mistrial. Some in the legal community …
In a case stemming from a devastating oil spill, a federal appeals court in Boston sided with environmentalists and ordered a new hearing on a Massachusetts law aimed at preventing such disasters. The Legislature passed the Oil Spill Prevention Act …
