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24 Apr 2013, 2:05 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that sharing a marijuana cigarette wit another does not constitute distribution of marijuana. [read post]
10 Sep 2010, 8:02 pm
Last week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld a $3.35 million jury verdict against Otis Elevator Company for an injury to a four-year old boy caused by a defective escalator that bore Otis Elevator's name but that was in fact manufactured by an independent Chinese company, China Tianjin Otis Elevator Company, Ltd. [read post]
24 May 2011, 10:00 pm
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently ruled that technicians who performed the certification tests on Breathalyzer Test Machines are not needed to testify at trial in Massachusetts Drunk Driving Cases. [read post]
26 Nov 2013, 8:43 pm
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts recently reached a decision regarding the application of mandatory minimum sentences to defendants who are caught in the middle of sentence reduction law changes. [read post]
9 Mar 2016, 4:34 pm
(SJC-11897), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court clarified what happens if there is more than one workers' compensation insurance policy that covers a workplace injury. [read post]
11 Oct 2017, 7:48 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reversed a lower court summary judgment in favor of a law firm in a malpractice action The issue on appeal is whether, in a legal malpractice action, a court's error of law constitutes a superseding... [read post]
25 Feb 2016, 9:44 am
In an important decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued an opinion regarding liens placed by workers’ compensation insurers on damages paid to employees through third-party settlements. [read post]
15 Aug 2016, 11:24 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that police officer do not have to advise a defendant of their right to a lawyer prior to deciding whether to take a breath test. [read post]
22 Nov 2010, 8:00 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued an opinion in Commonwealth v. [read post]
18 Apr 2016, 8:57 am
In a newly published decision, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts determined whether easements by necessity were created as a result of an 1878 partition of Native American common land in the town of Aquinnah (formerly known as Gay Head). [read post]
26 Sep 2017, 10:44 am
” The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s decision to take up this issue of reimbursement of defense costs upon a finding of no coverage even in the absence of a reimbursement provision strongly suggests that it is prepared to set forth Massachusetts law on the issue. [read post]
9 Aug 2012, 1:38 pm
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has upheld (with modifications) a subpoena issued to a judge who is the subject of a complaint: In this case we conclude that although holding judges accountable for acts of bias in contravention of the... [read post]
7 Feb 2010, 10:37 pm
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court overturned a defendant's conviction for attempting to disseminate matter harmful to a minor under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 272 Section 28 and 31. [read post]
25 Apr 2018, 5:28 am
--image by Swampyank Yesterday, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court dismissed the attempt by charter school advocates to use the state's education clause to force more charters on the state. [read post]
6 Jan 2021, 10:07 am
The Supreme Judicial Court remanded the case back to Superior Court. [read post]
15 Oct 2011, 12:20 pm
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently considered whether the admission of a 911 call at trial was proper where the caller did not testify at trial, and whether admitting the call violated that defendant's constitution right of confrontation. [read post]
1 Aug 2011, 2:22 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court applied the "primary purpose test" articulated by the United States Supreme Court in Michigan v. [read post]
24 May 2022, 9:19 pm
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said that ExxonMobil's anti-SLAPP defense is inadequate. [read post]
22 Feb 2012, 6:12 am
On February 6, 2012, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts decided in Boyle v. [read post]
10 Aug 2012, 2:12 pm
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in In the Matter of the Enforcement of a Subpoena formally recognized a judicial deliberative privilege rooted, in part, in state constitutional judicial independence and separation of powers. [read post]
