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Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of conviction for cruelty to an animal.
Summary: Retirement Law-- Whether the plaintiff was eligible for group health insurance benefits from a municipality upon his deferred retirement.
Summary: Zoning-- This zoning appeal deals with the plaintiffs' use of their premises for persons recovering from alcohol or substance abuse.
Summary: Governmental Law-- The Norfolk County Register of Deeds is seeking to require Norfolk County to approve his request to hire a Chief Technology Officer and to make a budget transfer to fund payment of legal expenses in connection with the litigation.
Summary: Real Estate Taxation-- Whether the City of Boston can impose a real estate tax on a lessee's interest in real estate owned by the Massachusetts Port Authority.
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of conviction for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Summary: Search and Seizure-- In a prosecution for home invasion and other crimes, where a Lowell, Massachusetts police officer seized the defendant's cellphone in New Hampshire, the Commonwealth is appealing the allowance of a motion to suppress.
Summary: Medical Malpractice-- The plaintiff is appealing a Superior Court decision granting summary judgment to the defendant on the basis of the running of the statute of repose in a medical malpractice action.
Summary: unavailable
Summary: Torts-- Various issues in a damage action against social workers and the Department of Children and Families arising out of injuries and death to foster children in a foster home.
Summary: Torts-- In an action where the plaintiff alleges that he was injured by a bus driver, whether the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is immune from suit.
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Video for this month has not been posted.
Mack v. Quinn
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