SJC to Judges - Unchallenged Arbitration Awards "shall" be entered as Court Judgments In the recent 2024 case Boston Teachers Union Local 66 v School Committee of the City of Boston PARTIES AND FACTS In a labor union case, an arbitrator ordered the City to hire 18 substitute paraprofessionals. Claiming that the City had not… Read More »Arb Awards: Confirm Them & Enter Judgment
Appeals Court Judge Lights into Disproportionate Legal Costs
In a characteristically astringent opinion Massachusetts Appeals Court Judge Brown called out excessive legal expenses as wasteful. Here, again we witness another puzzling situation in which the legal fees paid and awarded far exceed any amount that would be gained. … it is often beneficial to the parties, and counsel in advising their clients, to… Read More »Appeals Court Judge Lights into Disproportionate Legal Costs
Appeal Threat by Insurer After Verdict Found to Be Bad Faith
Massachusetts case clarifies standards for when insurers must offer reasonable settlements. Chiulli vs. Liberty Mutual Insurance Mass App Ct (2020) See my earlier post on the same issue in another decision www.silverlakelegal.com/bad-faith-only-if-all-other-insurers-would-have-settled/ FACTS Disagreement over a barstool led to a fight just outside the bar. Chiulli one of the battlers, got badly hurt and sued… Read More »Appeal Threat by Insurer After Verdict Found to Be Bad Faith
Suffolk Construction was allowed to press its claims to get back some of the money kept by a bank whose borrower, a Suffolk subcontractor, went out of business. In the second case by Massachusetts’ top court over the same facts, Suffolk a large construction manager, made claims against money held by a bank – beyond… Read More »Anti-windfall rule allows reclaiming mistakenly sent, wrongly retained, money
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