The Massachusetts Appeals Court, in a slip op opinion issued on January 20, 2021, decided that at-will employees can be terminated for submitting rebuttal letters pursuant to G.L.c. 149 in Terence Meehan v. Medical Information Technology
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BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – A stabbing victim who had to wait 20 minutes for help while watching her mom die will not be allowed to sue her Massachusetts hometown over the delay.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled for the City of Taunton in the wrongful death case filed by Kathleen Slavin, who was stabbed by an intruder and called 9-1-1. But Taunton’s fire truck went to the wrong address and did not get to Slavin and her mother for 20 minutes after the call.
An ambulance arrived 10 minutes after the fire truck. Ultimately, Kathleen’s mother died after she was taken to a hospital.
Appeals court upholds special permit for the Mariner
Developers plan to begin clearing the Pleasant Street property as soon as weather permits
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Abutters were once again thwarted in their efforts to stop the Mariner project from happening after the Massachusetts Appeals Court sided with developers.
A proposal for an assisted living facility to be built on the old Killam Estate has been winding its way through various public hearings and courthouses for more than four years. Wednesday, Jan. 20 the appeals court ruled that it found no fault with the Superior Court’s decision to allow the special permit issued by the Zoning Board of Appeals to stand.
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - A former property manager who tried to change deposition testimony that contradicted her claims lost a bid to revive her overtime lawsuit, a Massachusetts appeals court ruled this month.
The decision also upheld the decertification of a proposed class action on behalf of other managers, because the claims of the lead plaintiffs fell apart.
Siew-Mey Tam sued Federal Management Co. in 2013, alleging a variety of labor law violations including failing to pay her overtime. A second manager joined the case and in 2015 a judge certified the case as a class action on behalf of other employees.
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An order of suppression in a Brockton drug case has been reversed. (Shutterstock)
BROCKTON, MA The Massachusetts Appeals Court has reversed an order of suppression allowed by a Brockton District Court Judge in a local drug case, according to a news release from Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz.
The charges against Francis Santos, 31, are the result of drugs found during the execution of a search warrant at a Brockton apartment, said DA Cruz.
Santos filed a motion to suppress the evidence, arguing that the search warrant was issued without probable cause, said the news release. The motion was allowed by Brockton District Court Judge Julie Bernard in July 2019.