Allison Dunn

July 07, 2023 | Law.com

"In GGNSC ... we were unequivocal that, in Massachusetts, we follow the majority rule that wrongful death liability is derivative," Justice David A. Lowy wrote on behalf of the court. "Accordingly, we follow the majority approach precluding recovery for wrongful death where the statute of limitations on the decedent's underlying claims ran before the decedent's death."

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

July 07, 2023 | Law.com

"Consumers have the right to know if and when they are purchasing vehicles with open recall that could put them and others on the road at risk," said Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown.

By Allison Dunn

3 minute read

July 05, 2023 | Law.com

"The First Circuit applied the Supreme Court's holding in 'TransUnion v. Ramirez' to the real-world facts of data breach cases, where plaintiffs and class members face significant risks from exposure to their confidential information," said David K. Lietz, a partner at Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman's Washington, D.C., office who represented the plaintiffs.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

July 05, 2023 | Law.com

"The Cat's Paw theory adopted by the SJC recognizes that an employer is responsible when a biased actor influences a final decision at any point in the decisionmaker process, and that the bias can come from either the highest levels or from below," one of the attorneys representing Adams, Ilir Kavaja of Kavaja Law, told Law.com about the SJC's ruling.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

July 03, 2023 | Law.com

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By Allison Dunn

3 minute read

July 03, 2023 | The Recorder

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

July 03, 2023 | Law.com

The district court looked to case law out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for guidance.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

July 03, 2023 | Law.com

In a matter of first impression, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court unanimously concluded that the same protections that prevent rental car companies from being held vicariously liable for a customer's error may also be applied to dealerships that provide a courtesy vehicle while conducting repairs on a customer's car.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

June 30, 2023 | Law.com

"Despite the conclusory bombast employed by Fenstermaker in his written submissions with this Court accusing state officials of wrongdoing, those submissions fail to lay out a credible foundation from which wrongdoing might be found," U.S. District Judge Jon D. Levy wrote in a disciplinary order.

By Allison Dunn

7 minute read

June 30, 2023 | Law.com

In a 2-1 opinion, the Massachusetts Court of Appeals majority ruled against a state nonprofit organization's efforts seeking immediate relief from two public school districts' policies that required students to be vaccinated in order to participate in extracurricular activities, finding it failed to show that any of its members' children were harmed or at risk of harm.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read