Massachusetts Judgment Law
Guistina Aprileo v. Cheryl Claporood, et al.
Springfield, Massachusetts, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an excessive force claim.<br> <br> In 2018, Guistina Aprileo requested police assistance with resolving a disagreement at her<br> home between her adult children. Soon after the police arrived, she found herself in a dispute with one of the officers, which led to her arrest on charges including disorderly conduct. Rath... More...
$0 (11-12-2025 - MA)Ian Miller v. Spencer Jackson and Sean Roycroft
Boston, Massachusetts, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights wrongful death excessive force case.<br> <br> Robert Miller died during a run-in with Barnstable<br> police officers Sean Roycroft and Spencer Jackson at his Cape Cod<br> home in 2019. He was 63. A big question is how this happened.<br> <br> The parties (whose names appear in our caption) give differing<br> ... More...
$0 (09-11-2025 - MA)Igor Odnovorov v. Svitlana Odnovorov
Boston, Massachusetts family law lawyers represented the husband and wife in a divorce action.<br> <br> "In making a property division and alimony determination under G. L. c. 208, § 34, a judge must make findings indicating that [she] has considered all factors relevant under § 34, and has not considered any irrelevant factors." T.E. v. A.0., 82 Mass.App.Ct. 586, 592 (2012), quoting Bowrin... More...
$0 (06-30-2025 - MA)L.M. v. Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts et al.
Boston, Massachusetts civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a First Amendment Constitutional law case.<br> <br> <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/1968/21" target="_new">Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District</a>, 393 U.S. 503 (1969), famously upheld the First Amendment right of public-school students to wear black armbands at school in protest of the country's i... More...
$0 (05-27-2025 - MA)<center Michael Richdard Crowley v. Tracy Marie Crowley
Boston, Massachusetts family law lawyer represented the parties in a divorce.<br> <br> The parties entered a stipulation for partial judgment, which, at least initially, left open only a single question for trial: whether the marital home should be included as divisible marital property, and, if so, how its value should be divided. At some point, it appears the parties also agreed to submit for tr... More...
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<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Keolis Commuter Services </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Electrical Company General Manager Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Keolis Commuter Services</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The former ... More...
$0 (05-15-2025 - MA)Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Sabban Sakib
Boston, Masschusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating G. L. c. 90, § 24 (1) (a.) (1) (2018), by operating a motor vehicle while having a blood alcohol percentage of .08 or greater.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Legal issue Can a conviction under the per se theory of operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .08 or greater be upheld if the defendant is ... More...
$0 (04-28-2025 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Junmyung Lee </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to persuade, induce, entice and coerce one or more individuals to travel in interstate or foreign commerce to engage in prostitution; and one count of money laundering conspiracy </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b> <br> "B... More...
$0 (04-21-2025 - MA)Robert George Gordon, Jr. v. Karen Lee Gordon
Springfield, Massachusetts family law lawyers represented the parties in a marriage dissolution (Divorce) action.<br> <br> Robert Gordon (husband) appeals from an April 22, 2024, order, postjudgment, which order denied his pleading designated "Motion for Leave to File Re-opening of Judgment Dated January 6, 2023 Due to Fraud and Hiding of Assets." The order denying leave to file was based upon a p... More...
$0 (04-17-2025 - MA)Scott Cannon v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts insurance lawyer lawyers represented the Plaintiff on an ERISA claim.<br> <br> Scott Cannon, individually and as the personal representative of the estate of Blaise Cannon, appeals<br> from the grant of summary judgment on ERISA preemption grounds to defendant Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts ("BCBS") on his state law wrongful death/punitive damages claim. See Mass... More...
$0 (03-19-2025 - MA)Susan O'Horo, M.D. v. Boston Medical Center Corporation, et al.
Boston, Massachusetts civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a) ("Title VII"); the corresponding Massachusetts law, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B ("Chapter 151B"); and the Massachusetts Health Care Whistleblower Act, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 187 ("MHCWA") theories.<br> <br> Susan O'Horo ("Dr. O'Horo") was employe... More...
$0 (03-13-2025 - MA)Antonio F. Pennetti v. Elijah T. Beauregard, et al.
Boston, Massachusetts consumer lawyer lawyer represented the Defendant accused of breaching a residential lease by failing to pay rent.<br> <br> This case stemmed from a no-fault residential summary process action brought in the Housing Court. After trial, the judge found that the tenants, Elijah Beauregard and Jennifer Cochran, owed the landlord, Antonio Pennetti, unpaid rent. The tenants, howeve... More...
$0 (01-24-2025 - MA)Jesse Sutherland v. Peterson's Oil Service, Inc . <?h2>
Boston, Massachusetts employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Americans With Disabilities Act violation theory.<br> <br> <br> Jesse Sutherland had a rocky eight-month period employed as an oil service technician at<br> Peterson's Oil Service, Inc. ("Peterson's"). Two months into his new job with the company, Sutherland injured his right knee, tearing his meniscus in two plac... More...
$0 (01-16-2025 - MA)<H2> George Rodrique, II v. Hearst Communications, Inc., et al.
Boston, Massachusetts civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff religious discrimination theory.<br> <br> George Rodrique, II sued his<br> employer, Hearst Stations, Inc. ("Hearst"), after it denied his<br> request for a religious exemption from the company's COVID-19<br> vaccination requirement and then terminated him for refusing to<br> receive the vaccine. Rodrique claims that Hearst's fail... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - ma)Melissa Pacheco v. University of Massachusetts, et al.
Boston, Massachusetts employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a sex discrimination claim.<br> <br> The plaintiff, an assistant dean at the University of Massachusetts (UMass), claimed the defendants unlawfully discriminated against her on the basis of sex in determining her starting salary when she was promoted to that position. Her amended complaint included counts under both the Mass... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - MA)Carmela Curley & another v. Fabiana Ternullo
Lowell, Massachusetts civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff in a will contest dispute.<br> <br> The decedent died on August 30, 2019, at age sixty-seven. He was survived by his wife, Fabiana; their minor son, Domenico Ternullo, Jr. ("Mimmo"); and his two children from a prior marriage, Carmela and John. Before marrying in 2006, the decedent and Fabiana executed a prenuptial agreement, ... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - MA)Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Makayla Lowe
Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Dfendant charged with armed assault and Robbery with a firearm.<br> <br> Defendant elected to plead guilty. At the change of plea hearing, the prosecutor recited the facts the Commonwealth would have proved at trial as follows. The defendant facilitated the armed robbery of her ex-boyfriend's apartment. She unlocked the apartment doors,... More...
$0 (01-03-2025 - MA)John Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board
<h2><br> Boston, Massachusetts civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking reclassification of his sex offender status.<br> </h2><br> <br> Doe has a long history of exposing himself to unsuspecting women and masturbating in front of them. On February 17, 2011, the Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB), designated Doe as a level two sex offender. This classification followed a 2007 convicti... More...
$0 (12-13-2024 - MA)Paul Chelser v. Victoria Ivanova
Boston, Massachusetts family law lawyers represented the Plaintiff and the Defendant in a child custody dispute.<br> <br> <br> After a brief relationship between the parties, the child was born in 2010. The father obtained adjudication of his paternity in 2011. The trial judge found the parties' difficulty in communicating created a risk that, if the mother were granted sole legal custody, she wou... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - MA)Michael A. Trethewey v. Rosalia F. Trethewey
<h2><br> Cambridge, Massachusetts divorce lawyers represented the parties in a marriage dissolution case involving division of marital assets.<br> </h2><br> <br> The husband in this divorce case challenges a judgment of divorce nisi issued by a judge of the Probate and Family Court, principally on the ground that it reflects impermissible "double dipping," or double counting, of one of the spouse'... More...
$0 (04-24-2024 - MA)Sam Chiu v. Lianziang Fu
<h2><br> Boston, Massachusetts divorce lawyers represented husband and wife in a marriage dissolution case involving property division and alimony.<br> <h2><br> <br> The parties were married in China in 1992. They have one child who was born in 1996.[2] While the parties lived together in China when they first got married, they lived apart from one another throughout the majority of their twenty-t... More...
$0 (09-03-2024 - MA)Dr. Vishal Saxena v. University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on an Americans With Disability Act violation theory.<br> <br> <br> This action arises out of the former academic relationship between Defendant, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (the "Medical School†or "the Schoolâ€), and its former student, Vishal Saxena ("Plaintiffâ€).... More...
$0 (09-29-2023 - MA)Mother Does v. Town of North Andover, et al.
Boston, Massachusetts civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants <br> <br> <br> Plaintiffs, proceeding as Jane Smith and Mother Doe, are respectively a former student at North Andover High School ("NAHSâ€) and the parent and natural guardian of another former NAHS student (referred to here as Jane Doe). They bring this action against Defendants Town of North Andover ("Town... More...
$0 (05-16-2023 - MA)Daniel Ilias v. USAA General Indemnity Company
Tampa, Florida insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="200" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Tampa_FL_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Tampa Florida"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Tampa, Florida<br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morel... More...
$0 (03-21-2023 - MA)United States of America v. Johnson & Johnson d/b/a DePuy Synthes, Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to an orthopedic surgeon based in Massachusetts to induce his use of DePuy products.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/massachusetts/news/boston/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Boston</a><br> </font><br> </center><... More...
$0 (01-20-2023 - MA)David Guldseth, M.D. v. Family Medicine Associates, LLC, et al.
Boston, Massachusetts trial lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on breach of contract theories.<br> <br> This case illustrates the<br> reason why the age-old adage "get that in writing" withstands the<br> test of time. Following an employment relationship gone wrong,<br> David Guldseth, MD, brought a seven-count complaint against his<br> former employer, Family Medicine Associates L... More...
$0 (08-16-2022 - MA)John Doe v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield
Springfield, Massachusetts personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a corporate negligence theory.<br> <br> <br> The plaintiff brought suit against the Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield, a corporation sole (Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield), and church officials for the sexual abuse by church leadership that he allegedly endured as a child in the 1960s and for the... More...
$0 (07-28-2022 - MA)Renee Ministeri v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
Boston, Massachusetts insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> It is common ground that<br> ambiguities in an insurance policy — particularly ambiguities in<br> an insurance policy issued as part of an employee benefit plan<br> and, thus, within the protective carapace of the Employee<br> Retirement Income Security Act... More...
$0 (07-25-2022 - MA)Anthony S. Giannasca v. PHH Mortgage Corp., et al.
Boston, Massachusetts consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a wrongful foreclosure theory.<br> <br> <br> This putative class action arises from purportedly defective pre-foreclosure notices sent by defendants PHH Mortgage Corporation ("PHHâ€) and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of the IndyMac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-AR33, Mortgage Pass-Through... More...
$0 (07-20-2022 - MA)John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 524221
Boston, Massachusetts criminal Defense lawyer represent Defendant appealing a decision of the Sex Offender Registry Board.<br> <br> <br> The plaintiff, John Doe, appeals from a Superior Court judgment that affirmed his classification by the Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB) as a level three sex offender. Doe contends that the hearing examiner erred in relying on factor 2 (repetitive and compulsiv... More...
$0 (07-11-2022 - MA)Joseph B. Shea v. Peter Millett
Boston, Massachusetts civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract case involving the statute of frauds seeking more than $100,000 in damages and/or injuries.<br> <br> In this action under Massachusetts law by Joseph B. Shea ("Shea") for an alleged breach<br> of an oral contract by Dr. Peter Millett ("Millett"), the district<br> court on cross-motions entered summary ju... More...
$0 (05-31-2022 - MA)Jayne Conway v. Planet Fitness Holdings, LLC, et al.
Lawrence, Massachusetts personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on fraud and negligence representation theories.<br> <br> <br> A jury in the Superior Court returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Jayne Conway, and awarded her over $5 million in damages after finding that the defendants, Planet Fitness Holdings, LLC, Pla-Fit Franchise, LLC (together, Planet Fitness o... More...
$0 (05-27-2022 - MA)Armand Bessette v. IKO Industries, Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a breach of warranty theory.<br> <br> Bessette purchased the roofing shingles in question for<br> his home in April and May of 1999 from Howe Lumber ("Howe") in<br> East Brookfield, Massachusetts. He installed them in June of that<br> year. Invoices from Howe, which Bessette received when he took<br> delivery of ... More...
$0 (03-24-2022 - MA)Carlos Melo v. City of Somerville
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Disability law lawyer represented Plaintiff alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> We begin by reviewing the record in the light most <br> favorable to Melo. See Gillen v. Fallon Ambulance Serv., Inc., <br> 283 F.3d 11, 17 (1st Cir. 2002). Melo began working as... More...
$0 (01-22-2022 - MA)Union of Concerned Scientists v. Environmental Protection Agency
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Federal Advisory Committee Act lawyer represented Plaintiffs, Appellants with arguing that a directive issued by the EPA that prohibits EPA grant recipients -- who are mostly employed by universities and other nonprofit institutions -- from sitting on the EPA's twenty-two scientific advisory committees. </h3></font></b></i></center>... More...
$0 (01-22-2022 - MA)United States of America v. John Doe
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with six counts: one count of using a fraudulently obtained passport (Count One), two counts of misuse of a social security number (Counts Two and Three), one count of theft of public funds (Count Four), and two counts of aggravated identity theft (Counts Five and Six) charges. </h3></f... More...
$0 (01-22-2022 - MA)United States of America v. Carlos Reyes, Jr.
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, and one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine charges. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> <center><b><h3>I. Background<p><br>... More...
$0 (01-21-2022 - MA)United States of America v. Jean Carlos Torres-Correa
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with interfering with commerce by threats or violence, and using, carrying, or possessing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence charges. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> At approximately 4:00 a.m. on January 13, 2017, three <br> masked assailants -- later i... More...
$0 (01-21-2022 - MA)United States of America v. Saieed Jean Texeira-Nieves
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with appealing the district court's denial of his motion for compassionate release. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> We briefly rehearse the relevant facts and travel of the <br> case. In 2018, Puerto Rico police arrested the defendant during <br> a traffic stop. He was dri... More...
$0 (01-21-2022 - MA)United States of America v. Joseph Clark
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, Massachusetts – Criminal Defense lawyer represented <br> defendant with one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On July 20, 2015, McGoon, a Saco Police Department <br> officer, stopped a vehicle for erratic driving and for running a <br> red light. At the time of the stop, ... More...
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