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Injured Employee Entitled to Trust Fund Benefits for Income From Multiple Jobs Says Massachusetts Supreme Court

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…

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First Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Sick Driver’s Civil Rights Claim against Police Officers and Town for Alleged Improper Arrest

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…

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Massachusetts SJC Waives Law School Requirement For Bar Admission

MITCHELL vs. BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS , SJC-10157. Decided November 20, 2008. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has carved out an exception to the longstanding rule that only graduates from American Bar Association (“ABA”) accredited law schools may sit for the bar exam to gain admission to the bar. The…