The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has determined that the Workers’ Compensation Trust Fund must pay benefits to an employee of a tree cutting company who failed to obtained workers’ compensation insurance based on the employee’s total earnings, including wages earned from a second job with an insured employer. The thirty-three…
KOSTRZEWA, admn. v. SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. No. 07-P-1450, December 18, 2008 The Massachusetts Apppeals Court has ruled that the general contractor for a project to renovate a government building in Boston may be found liable for an accident on the job for failing to maintain a safe workplace. The…
PILGRIM INSURANCE COMPANY vs. MOLARD No. 07-P-1676, December 16, 2008. In a two car motor vehicle accident where a passenger in a taxi cab sustained injuries, which did not become apparent until after she had returned home, and thereafter, despite reasonable efforts, was not able to identify the operator…
La Frenier v. Town of Townsend et al.U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Cir. 07-1644 The U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, has upheld a summary judgment entered against an individual who sued the Town of Townsend and two of its police officers for civil rights violations based on an…
This is the Boston Accident Injury Blog, written by the attorney, a Boston trial lawyer, with over twenty-five years of experience practicing law and trying case in the Boston area and throughout New England. He has started this Blog with two purposes in mind: first to provide persons with legal…
A claim filed in United States District Court filed by a 28 year old Derry, New Hampshire mother on behalf of herself and her deceased 6-year-old son settled on the eve of trial for $2.5 million. The mother was driving a motor vehicle northbound on Interstate 93 in February, 2007…
Construction Claims. Boston, Massachusetts Attorney has been representing contractors, subcontractors, equipment suppliers and material suppliers in construction related disputes and claims for over twenty years. He has litigated disputes on both public and private construction projects in state and federal courts, and also before the American Arbitration Association. He has…
WEST LAKE ACADEMY v. THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY et al. U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, Nos. 07-2190, 07-2204 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has upheld a decision of the District Court that an general commercial insurance policy issued to a mental health care provider did…
The attorney is a Boston civil trial attorney licensed to practice in Massachusetts and New York. He has been litigating in state and federal courts in Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont for nearly thirty years. He graduated from Yale University in 1976 and from University of…
COMMERCE INSURANCE COMPANY vs. ULTIMATE LIVERY SERVICE, INC.SJC-10149, November 26, 2008. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that Boston Accident Victims of a two car collision could sue a livery service whose driver permitted an intoxicated customer to exit its van after a long night of partying and drinking,…