The Bewildering Economic Loss Rule
If you must know more about “the economic loss rule”, … it is rule is based on the idea that lawsuits between people who have… Read More »The Bewildering Economic Loss Rule
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Condo Assn Recovers from Negligent Developer
Developers’ risks in Massachusetts now include suits from the Condominium Association over negligent construction or design of common areas. Bewildering “economic loss rule” not applied.… Read More »Condo Assn Recovers from Negligent Developer
Court Orders MA Lawyer Suspect to Enter Key Unscrambling His Computer Data
FACTS A lawyer accused of printing up phony records, prompting home sellers to pay him instead of the mortgage lenders, encrypted his computers by a… Read More »Court Orders MA Lawyer Suspect to Enter Key Unscrambling His Computer Data
Punitive award stripped where retaliation but no actual damages found
What kind of retaliatory conduct in employment supports a $1.1M punitive verdict? Not this kind. KIELY v TERADYNE, INC. 85 Mass App Ct… Read More »Punitive award stripped where retaliation but no actual damages found
Court Says Feds Can’t Set Price for Peak Shaving Negawatts
Energy cases often start shoving matches between Federal and State’s rights groups. Each State’s Department of Public Utilities regulates those markets – except when the… Read More »Court Says Feds Can’t Set Price for Peak Shaving Negawatts
Collaborating on Prefab MEP’s for Biopharma
May 27, 2014 Boston Society of Architects // BIM Roundtable featured a talk by Construction Management project teams from Skanska and Consigli who implemented a… Read More »Collaborating on Prefab MEP’s for Biopharma
Anti SLAPP law requires dismissal of challenge to Union’s financing suit against town over open shop contract award.
Hanover v NE Regional Council of Carpenters 467 Mass 587 (2014) Anti SLAPP law requires dismissal of challenge to Union’s financing suit against town over… Read More »Anti SLAPP law requires dismissal of challenge to Union’s financing suit against town over open shop contract award.
Building code violations -evidence of negligence? Only sometimes.
If someone gets hurt on your property does every building code violation come in as evidence of negligence? A recently decided Massachusetts case Sheehan v… Read More »Building code violations -evidence of negligence? Only sometimes.
Mass DOT – Not Building Any New Highways
Mass DOT Sect Richard Davey addressed the Massachusetts Building Congress on February 21, 2014 and emphasized the fact that projects need to be paid for.… Read More »Mass DOT – Not Building Any New Highways
Civil Harassment Prevention Orders – Bullying Stoppers?
Bullies haven’t needed to fear the law. However Massachusetts has a law GL c 258 E which could be a tool against bullies – and… Read More »Civil Harassment Prevention Orders – Bullying Stoppers?