Massachusetts Firms Owe Treble Damages for Delayed Wages, State’s High Court Says April 5, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Massachusetts law requires that an employer who is late with wage payments to a fired employee must pay three times...
Supreme Court Denies Christian College’s Ministerial Exception From Lawsuit… for Now March 1, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition by a Massachusetts Christian college seeking a religious “ministerial exception” to help...
Property Insurer Not Off the Hook for Claim Stemming from Fight Over Fish August 24, 2020 By Jim Sams A policy that excludes damages caused by “physical abuse” does not take a property insurer off the hook for a...
Mass. High Court Upholds Consent-to-Settle Clause in Malpractice Policy December 20, 2019 By Jim Sams Massachusetts’ highest court on Monday rejected arguments that consent-to-settle clauses in professional malpractice insurance policies violate public policy. The Supreme...
Mass. High Court Rules Statute of Repose Applies to Asbestos-Related Claims March 6, 2019 By Elizabeth Blosfield The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a statute of repose barring many construction-related personal injury claims after a...
Mass. SJC Says Hospital Does Not Have Duty of Care in Former Patient’s Stabbing Suit August 22, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that Steward Carney Hospital does not have a duty of care after a...
Mass. SJC Rules Independent Contractor Statute Doesn’t Apply in Workers’ Comp Case May 16, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has ruled the state’s independent contractor statute does not determine whether a claimant is...
Former Genitrix Board Members, Investors Not Liable Under Mass. Wage Act January 8, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) has ruled that two former board members and investors in a limited liability...
Exxon Takes Climate-Change Probe Fight to Massachusetts Top Court December 6, 2017 By Nate Raymond Exxon Mobil Corp urged Massachusetts’ top court on Tuesday to block the state’s attorney general from obtaining records to investigate...
Mass. Court Says Suspended Public Employee Can Receive Workers’ Comp May 24, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that an injured public employee is still eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits...