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Showing posts with label contract. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contract. Show all posts
Thursday, October 31, 2024

Hospital's radiology contractor must answer negligence claim over patient death, per third-party doctrine

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Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Mass. Terageorge~commonswiki via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 A hospital's radiology contractor ma...
Wednesday, March 20, 2024

High court construes tenure contract to constrain faculty salary cuts at Tufts medical school

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TUSM Arnold Wing, 2012, Boston John Phelan via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0 Academic freedom won a rare court victory last week when the Mas...
Friday, March 8, 2024

Pomeranian isn't a child, but must be shared by separating human parents, court rules in equity

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Pexels , licensed , by Tiểu Bảo Trương (not Teddy Bear) Who's a good boy? A Pomeranian named Teddy Bear will split his time between his ...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Consultant panning contractor was not 'improper' interference with lucrative reno deal, court holds

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Rawpixel CC0 1.0 An architect whom homeowners hired to review their bills in multimillion-dollar renovation did not tortiously interfere wi...
Friday, September 1, 2023

Acuerdo en inglés para arbitrar vincula al firmante de habla hispana aunque no lo entendió, tribunal concluye

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(English translation by Google: Agreement in English to arbitrate binds Spanish-speaking signatory even though he did not understand it, cou...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Grubhub drivers signed away right to sue, court rules

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Haydn Blackey via Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0 Grubhub drivers signed away their right to sue on unfair wage claims, the Massachusetts Supreme Judic...
Monday, July 25, 2022

Families retain common law rights over loved ones' remains when a church sells a graveyard, court holds

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Photo by Bicanski via Pixnio Principles of common law trust give families a say over the disposition of their loved ones' remains when...
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

Belgian-waffle makers battle over whose doughy goodness won pride of place on Oprah's list

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PxHere CC0 Two Massachusetts business are embroiled in a mouth-watering lawsuit over waffles and Oprah . Oprah's 2021 "favorite t...

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 ...
Monday, December 27, 2021

After dog bites postman, $375k jury award fits between floor and ceiling of high-low settlement agreement

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Pxhere CC0 In a dog-bites-postman case in Massachusetts, the Appeals Court in late October held that the parties' "high-low"...
Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Latest installment of Trump family litigation saga includes tortious interference claim against media

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A leaked Trump 1040 from 2005 Former President Donald Trump has sued his niece, Mary Trump, and The New York Times Co. in the latest instal...
Monday, May 17, 2021

Statute of repose fells tort claim dressed in contract

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A farm house in Glocester, R.I. ( Flickr by Peter Rintels CC BY-ND 2.0 ) Immersed in grading perdition in recent weeks, I fell behind in ...
Monday, January 11, 2021

Uber suffers high court loss, but binding arbitration, blanket disclaimers still devastate consumer rights

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Image by Mike Lang CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Signs of life were spotted on the dead planet of consumer rights in click-wrap agreements. But don'...
Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Secret civil justice undermines employee rights

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Pintera Studios A story investigated by ProPublica and featured on Planet Money highlights the problem of secret justice in perpetuating the...