The 60-year-old plaintiff employee was operating a thermoforming machine that malfunctioned when it failed to properly clamp a plastic sheet that was being inserted into the plastic mold heat chamber ..read more

The plaintiff, a 93-year-old woman, fell and fractured her left hip in the nursing home where she was staying ..read more

The plaintiff pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle, resulting in the pedestrian’s death ..read more

Given that his last day in the office was more than five years ago, former state employee John Sorrentino figured by now his golden years in Florida would be that much more comfortable, thanks to the retirement benefits he had earned through nearly 20 years working for the Department of Public Health ..read more

A Massachusetts man who told police he was exorcising a demon and performing a baptism when he shoved his father's head under water multiple times has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in his death ..read more

Marshfield appears unlikely to draw a state lawsuit promptly after its Town Meeting on April 22 reportedly rejected a plan that would have complied with new zoning requirements for communities near MBTA service. Marshfield Town Meeting shot down an 84-acre zoning change by a 169-289 vote, according to The Patriot Ledger, which reported that the ..read more

Following is a list of the cases scheduled to be argued before the Supreme Judicial Court in May, with summaries of the issues presented in each case ..read more

Where a plaintiff participant in a retirement plan has filed a complaint alleging violations of the duty of prudence and a failure to monitor plan fiduciaries, a motion to dismiss should be denied except to the extent that the plaintiff seeks to hold the defendants liable for maintaining Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) as a custodian in light of a joint investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York attorney general ..read more

Where a divorce judgment has been challenged on appeal, the judgment must be amended because the lower court erred by treating a $5 million bonus both as a divisible asset and as income for purposes of calculating alimony ..read more

Where a plaintiff union has alleged that the defendant promulgated and maintains a standard for firefighters’ turnout gear that effectively requires manufacturers to use polytetrafluoroethylene and other substances that are carcinogenic, the defendant’s motion to dismiss should be allowed in part with respect to a civil conspiracy claim but denied in part as to G.L.c. 93A and negligence claims ..read more