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   State Courts - Massachusetts - July 27 - July 28, 2006

  
Day v. Staples, Inc., Opinion No.: 96463, Docket Number: 2000-00279, SUPERIOR COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS, AT BARNSTABLE, July 27, 2006, Decided
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GE Capital Corp. v. MHPG, Inc., Docket Number: 03-0833B, SUPERIOR COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS, AT WORCESTER, July 27, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Because a lessor failed to support claims against a lessee and other defendants upon the lessee's default, and no other theory of liability attached to any other party, summary judgment was entered against the lessor. As a result, two individuals were granted summary judgment on their abuse of process and deceptive business practice counterclaims.

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Jackson v. Dep't of Corr., Docket Number: 03-4431, SUPERIOR COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS, AT MIDDLESEX, July 27, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Massachusetts Department of Corrections' summary judgment motion was allowed as to inmates' Mass. Const. Decl. Rights art. XXVI claim since provision of bi-weekly religious services or pat-frisks by female security guards could not be deemed cruel or unusual under contemporary moral standards because there was no allegation of malice.

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Perini/Kiewit/Cashman v. Mass. Comm'n Against Discrimination, Docket Number: 04-5322, SUPERIOR COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS, AT SUFFOLK, July 27, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination erred in holding that a worker was the victim of gender-based harassment in violation of Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 151B, § 4(1). Language her supervisor used was not so explicitly sexual as to constitute gender harassment, and it seemed to be directed at her poor performance rather than her gender.

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Torrance Van & Storage Co. v. Lyman St. Dev. Realty Trust, Docket Number: 01-1221B, SUPERIOR COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS, AT WORCESTER, July 27, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Because the case was inherently unsuitable for summary judgment relief, the expenses incurred by the storage company for pursuing it had to be for it to bear. Thus, the court deducted $ 17,837 from the fee submission.

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Wilson's Case, No. 05-P-1269, APPEALS COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS, July 27, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Massachusetts Industrial Accident Reviewing Board exclusion of claimant's settlement payments for loss of consortium suit in determining whether claimant was fully self-supporting for purposes of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, § 31 was reversed as such damages were not excludable income under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, § 38.

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Commonwealth v. Hoyle, No. 05-P-456, APPEALS COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS, July 28, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Because the evidence supporting a plea withdrawal motion failed to meet the applicable burden of proof, the pleas were not voluntarily and intelligently given, and given the passage of time, defendant was unable to show by the record that his pleas should be withdrawn because he did not sign a written jury waiver, withdrawal was reversed.

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In re Lupo, SJC-09686, SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS, July 28, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Attorney's filing of a suit against a person who filed a grievance against him was expressly prohibited by Mass. Sup. Jud. Ct. R. 4:01, § 9(1) and thus was prejudicial to the administration of justice, Mass. Sup. Jud. Ct. R. 3:07, R. Prof. Conduct 8.4(d), and adversely reflected on his fitness to practice law, Rule 8.4(h).

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