Mondaq

DECEMBER 28, 2021

On December 17, 2021, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) held that an employee has a cause of action against an employer for wrongful discharge where the employer terminates the employee for.

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At the Lectern

JULY 28, 2022

The opinion acknowledged, “under our interpretation of the relevant statutes a provider has greater remedies against a private health care service plan than it does against a public entity health care service plan.” ” Horvitz & Levy filed the successful petition for review.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. The actions of third parties often cut off liability as a matter of proximate causation, though courts have held that you can be liable for creating circumstances where crimes or intentional torts are foreseeable. 1500 Massachusetts Avenue. Taunton High School. __. 32; 285 S.W.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. 1500 Massachusetts Avenue. The Massachusetts case of Smith v. OUTCOME: Reversed dismissal on the basis of tolling of statute of limitations. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn.

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Tort Litigation Litigating Construction 48

JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. 1500 Massachusetts Avenue. While a lawsuit is unlikely, it would certainly be an interesting — and not unwarranted — claim. __ Tauton High School District The Massachusetts case of Smith v. OUTCOME: Reversed dismissal on the basis of tolling of statute of limitations.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The First Circuit—like the Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits in other climate change cases—concluded that the scope of its appellate review was limited to whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. The plaintiffs plan to appeal.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The district court rejected eight grounds for removal, but the Fourth Circuit concluded its appellate jurisdiction was limited to determining whether the companies properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute.

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