Employer Liability – Worker Uses Company Data Access – Customer Gets Threats
Employers need to protect company data from insider misuse Massachusetts Appeals Court decided a case involving an insurance agency employee who used her work computer to access claims data for an improper purpose - to get information that was used to threaten a claimant policyholder. Adams v. Congress Auto Insurance Agency, Inc., No. 15-P-452… Read More »Employer Liability – Worker Uses Company Data Access – Customer Gets Threats
Employee allowed to sue employer for inflicting emotional distress intentionally
No impunity for bullying totally unconnected to the employer’s interest A Latina legal assistant worked at the law offices of a male solo practitioner. The employer created an almost unbelievably hostile and disgusting workplace environment. She sued claiming intentional infliction of emotional distress, sexual harassment by hostile work environment and constructive discharge. The jury award… Read More »Employee allowed to sue employer for inflicting emotional distress intentionally
Emotional distress ≠ bodily injury. Mass auto choice of law.
Emotional distress of spouse from witnessing spouses’ fatal injury was not “bodily injury” for purposes of collecting from Massachusetts car insurer. Mass Appeals Court case Liberty Mutual Insurance v Correia (Mass App Ct 2022) Per person limits in car accident coverage selection pages for Massachusetts automobile insurance covering Massachusetts owners/drivers limits purely emotional distress claim.… Read More »Emotional distress ≠ bodily injury. Mass auto choice of law.
Emailed Settlement Agreement Enforced Despite No Time to Pay Term
Parties resist settlement agreements and often regret making them. FACTS Parties in a recent Massachusetts case agreed on a settlement number but the agreement was silent on when the payments were to be made. The party making payments wanted to stretch out payments over time. The receiving party wanted its money right away. ISSUE The… Read More »Emailed Settlement Agreement Enforced Despite No Time to Pay Term
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