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General Contractor Blocked from Enjoying Additional Insured Defense Coverage Due to the Cross-Liability Exclusion
Recent Massachusetts Appeals Court unpublished decision adds to confusion over the already complex system for additional insured coverage. Phoenix Bay State v First Financial Insurance Mass Appeals Court 2020 PARTIES General                Phoenix Subcontractor    Lanco Sub’s Insurer      FFIC Suit                       Lanco employee v Phoenix Policy                   Phoenix demands defense as an additional insured on Lanco… Read More »General Contractor Blocked from Enjoying Additional Insured Defense Coverage Due to the Cross-Liability Exclusion
Employers Become OSHA Investigators Under Updated Virus Rules
ASK WHEN YOU LEARN OSHA standards for COVID 19, updated on May 19, 2020, uses reporting requirements to turn employers into investigators of their own jobsites.  The employer must use reasonable efforts to reach conclusions on the questions - Has the pandemic visited your worksite? Was the employee’s COVID work-related? OSHA (the Federal Department of… Read More »Employers Become OSHA Investigators Under Updated Virus Rules
Employer’s Counterclaim on Small Claim Backfires
COURT SAYS : PAY OPPONENT’S ATTORNEY’S BIG FEES Massachusetts top Court vindicates the value of attorney’s work in Anti-SLAPP (MGL c 231 Sect 59H)  and Wage Act (MGL c 149 sect 148-150) case.  Hidalgo v Watch City Construction SJC 2026. Facts Hidalgo, an hourly general laborer, sued his employer, Watch City Construction Corp., claiming he… Read More »Employer’s Counterclaim on Small Claim Backfires
Employer violated both the Wage Act and the Prevailing Wage law – corporate officers liable?
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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