$5M malpractice suit vs. Choate Hall heads to BLS
The law firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart is accustomed to putting up a good fight from the counsel table in Boston’s Business Litigation Session.
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Foreign manufacturer subject to lawsuit
A Massachusetts resident who was injured when his ski binding broke on a mountain in Utah could bring a products-liability suit in the commonwealth against the French company that made the binding, a Superior Court judge has ruled.
U.S. Supreme Court takes up HIV privacy case
At recent oral arguments, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court tried to determine whether emotional distress constitutes “actual damages” under the federal Privacy Act. Their decision on the issue will determine whether a pilot can sue government agencies for disclosing his HIV status.Verdict reflects trend in employment disputes
Although an accusation of workplace discrimination can do serious damage to a company’s reputation, the claim that an employer illegally retaliated against a former employee can really cost it in the courtroom.
Benefit denial not warranted by video
A plan administrator could not terminate an employee’s long-term disability benefits despite covert surveillance video showing the employee driving, walking, jogging, bending over, flying a kite and lifting her 3-year-old child, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
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Recent developments in FLSA litigation
On the somewhat arcane topic of paying non-exempt employees under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s “fluctuating workweek” method, there have been some significant developments in 2011.