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Showing posts with label chapter 93A. Show all posts
Saturday, July 9, 2022

Tort-contract distinction cannot block damage multiplier, Mass. high court holds in lease dispute

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Photo by Yonkers Honda CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr A landlord may not rely on a limitation-of-liability provision in a commercial lease to evad...
Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Court denies Exxon anti-SLAPP relief in Mass. climate claims; European court bemoans Russian SLAPP

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AG Maura Healey The Massachusetts anti-SLAPP statute does not work in defense of Attorney General enforcement actions, the Supreme Judicial ...

Court: Even upon liability for mere negligence, insurer may refuse to cover statutory attorney-fee award

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Gerd Altmann licensed by Pixabay An insurer is not obliged to reimburse an insured for attorney fees awarded in a quasi-tort action under ...
Thursday, January 27, 2022

Mass. high court affirms 'component parts doctrine' in HVAC spat, unless maker was culpable in defect

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Historical interior of the William Bliss House, 25 Exeter, Back Bay in Boston, constructed 1882-1884: today the private home of the Nemirovs...
Monday, June 7, 2021

Extortion claim survives anti-SLAPP motion because defendants could not show petitioning connection

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Haverhill, Mass., on the Merrimack River, 2008 ( photo by Fletcher6 CC BY-SA 3.0 ) Defendants could not raise an anti-SLAPP law against al...
Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Facebook shields records from Mass. AG inquiry

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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today ruled on efforts by Facebook to resist disclosures arising from an internal investigation in...
Thursday, February 4, 2021

FDA reg doesn't preempt state medical device liability, but plaintiff must plead 'plausible' theory, Court says

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PainDoctorUSA CC BY-SA 4.0 Medical-device liability claims in state courts are not preempted by federal law, the Massachusetts Supreme Judi...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Statute of repose bars tort-like consumer claim, Mass. high court rules

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Yesterday the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) held that a statute of repose bars a claim under the Commonwealth's key consume...