SRBC has a deep history of work on high-stakes and complex appeals. For a detailed description of our appellate practice, look here. Because we think this heritage exemplifies the depth of experience and sophistication we bring to bear for every client, we offer below a list of published decisions in appeals we have handled during the past five-plus decades. The list is, of course, not all-inclusive, as cases are often resolved on appeal before a decision is issued. But it may serve as a useful guide nonetheless.

• Friends and Fishers of the Edgartown Great Pond Inc. v. Department of Environmental Protection, et al., 2006 WL 1487012 (June 2006) (environmental law – groundwater discharge permit)
• National Casualty Co. v. First State Ins. Group, 430 F.3d 492 (1st Cir. 2005) (reinsurance - Federal Arbitration Act)
• Safety Ins. Co. v. Day, 65 Mass. App. Ct. 15 (2005) (insurance law - estoppel)
• Sevigny v. Employers Insurance of Wausau, 411 F.3d 24 (1st Cir. 2005) (reinsurance - insolvency)
• Phelan v. May Dept. Stores, 443 Mass. 52 (2004) (employment law - defamation)
• Gillespie v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 386 F.3d 21 (1st Cir. 2004) (products liability – table saw)
• Clarendon Nat. Ins. Co. v. Arbella Mut. Ins. Co., 60 Mass. App. Ct. 492 (2004) (insurance coverage)
• Levenson v. Feuer, 60 Mass. App. Ct. 428 (2004) (probate litigation/professional liability)
• Lavalee v. Justice in Hampden Superior Court, 442 Mass. 228 (2004) (pro bono– right to counsel, amicus brief)
• Chicago Insurance Co. v. Lappin, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 769 (2003) (insurance law - rescission of professional liability policy)
• Massachusetts Prisoner Ass’n Political Action Committee v. Acting Governor, 435 Mass. 811 (2002) (pro bono, challenge to prohibition against fundraising in prisons)
• McCracken v. Sears, Roebuck & Co, 51 Mass. App. Ct. 184 (2001) (employment law - worker’s compensation claim)
• Grant v. Hexalon Real Estate, Inc., 51 Mass. App. Ct. 1111 (2001) (business – interpretation of subcontractor indemnity statute)
• In re: Canavan, 432 Mass. 304 (2000) (product liability – admissibility of expert testimony, amicus);
• In re Admission to Bar of Com., 431 Mass. 678 (2000) (bar admissions)
• Graham v. Malone Freight Lines, Inc., 201 F.3d 427 (1st Cir. 1999) (commercial trucking liability –ICC regulations)
• Jones v. Walter Kidde Portable Equipment, Inc., 183 F.3d 67 (1st Cir. 1999) (products liability – medical device)
• New Hampshire Ins. Co., Inc. v. McCann, 429 Mass. 202 (1999) (professional liability – assignability of legal malpractice claims)
• Lord’s & Lady’s Enterprises v. John Paul Mitchell Systems, 46 Mass. App. Ct. 262 (1999) (breach of contract - franchise and joint venture);
• Demoulas v. Demoulas, 428 Mass. 555 (1998) (business litigation - breach of fiduciary duty, closely held corporation)
• Demoulas v. Demoulas Super Markets, Inc., 428 Mass. 543 (1998) (recusal of trial judge)
• Chute v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., 143 F.3d 629 (1st Cir. 1998) (products liability - radial arm saw)
• Lally v. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, 45 Mass.App.Ct. 317 ( 1998) (products liability – automobiles, crashworthiness)
• Ionics, Inc. v. Elmwood Sensors, Inc., 110 F.3d 184 (1st Cir. 1997) (commercial litigation – UCC “battle of forms”)
• Demoulas v. Demoulas Super Markets, Inc., 424 Mass. 501 ( 1997) (business litigation - shareholder derivative suit)
• Matter of Corliss, 424 Mass. 1005 ( 1997) (bar admission)
  U.S. v. Vega, 102 F.3d 1301 (1st. Cir. 1996) (criminal law, pro bono ) ;
• Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Ass’n of Massachusetts v. Goldberg, 425 Mass. 46  ( 1997) (insurance law - insurer’s right to reimbursement of settlement payment)
• Miley v. Johnson & Johnson Orthopaedics, Inc., 41 Mass. App. Ct. 30 (1996) ( construction law, indemnity)
• U.S. Fidelity & Guar. Co. v. Baker Material Handling Corp., 62 F.3d 24 (1st Cir. 1995) (products liability – fork lift)
• Canal Ins. Co. v. Carolina Cas. Ins. Co., 59 F.3d 281 (1st Cir. 1995) (insurance coverage);
• Getty Petroleum Corp. v. Aris Getty, Inc., 55 F.3d 718 (1st Cir. 1995) (trademark infringement);
• U.S. Aviation Underwriters, Inc. v. Fitchburg-Leominster, Flying Club, Inc., 42 F.3d 84 (1st Cir. 1994) (aviation liability policy) ;
• Scotti v. Arrow Electronics, Inc., 37 Mass. App. Ct. 954 (1994) (employment discrimination);
• Merrimack Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Nonaka, 414 Mass. 187 (1993) (insurance coverage - estoppel and waiver)
• Chandler v. FMC Corp., 35 Mass. App. Ct. 332 (1993) (products liability - fire truck)
• Frohberg v. Merrimack Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 34 Mass.App.Ct. 462 ( 1993) (insurance coverage)
• Comeau v. Currier, 35 Mass. App. Ct. 109 (1993) (tort - assault)
• Alperin v. Eastern Smelting and Refining Corp., 32 Mass. App. Ct. 612 (1992) (shareholder repurchase agreement)
• Harrison v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., 981 F.2d 25 (1st Cir. 1992) (products liability - expert testimony)
• Rosenberg v. Rosenberg, 33 Mass. App. Ct. 903 (1992) (family law)
• Bolton v. Massachusetts Bay Transp. Authority, 32 Mass. App. Ct. 654 (1992) (evidence - spoliation)
• Liberty Mutual v. McLaughlin, 412 Mass. 492 (1992) (insurance coverage)
• Riley v. Presnell, 409 Mass. 239 (1991) (professional liability - psychiatric malpractice)
• Manning v. Nobile, 411 Mass. 382 ( 1991) (“dram shop” liability - intoxicated patron’s own injuries)
• Price v. Cole, 31 Mass. App. Ct. 1 (1991) (personal injury action - automatic stay in bankruptcy)
• Knowlton v. Deseret Medical, Inc., 930 F.2d 183 (1st Cir. 1991) (products liability - medical devices)
• Worcester Ins. Co. v. Fells Acres Day School, Inc., 408 Mass. 393 ( 1990) (insurance coverage - lack of coverage for sexual-abuse claim)
• Foley v. Rust Intern., 901 F.2d 183 (1st Cir. 1990) (workplace safety - liability of employer of independent contractor)
• Sanford v. Vinal, 28 Mass.App.Ct. 476 ( 1990) (land use - standing)
• Barshak v. Buccheri, 406 Mass. 187 ( 1989) (fiduciary duty, fraud)
• Meehan v. Shaughnessy, 404 Mass. 419 (SJC 1989) (law firm dissolutions - standard for duties owed)
• Leavitt v. Mizner, 404 Mass. 81 ( 1989) (professional liability)
• Ossinger v. City of Newton, 26 Mass.App.Ct. 831 ( 1989) (municipal law, employment)
• Babets v. Secretary of Executive Office of Human Services, 403 Mass. 230 (SJC 1988) (pro bono, “executive privilege”)
• Jad v. Boston &Maine Corp., 26 Mass.App.Ct. 564 ( 1988) (premises liability)
• Bacon v. Bacon, 26 Mass.App.Ct. 117 (1988) (family law)
• Driscoll v. Boston Edison Co., 25 Mass.App.Ct. 954 ( 1988) (employment law )
• N.A.A.C.P. v. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 817 F.2d 149 (1st Cir. 1987) ( Title VII, pro bono );
• Williams v. City of Boston, 784 F.2d 430 (1st Cir . 1986) ( civil rights)
• Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Gibbs, 773 F.2d 15 (1st Cir. 1985) ( reinsurance law)
• Filippone v. Mayor of Newton, 392 Mass. 622 ( 1984) (municipal law, civil rights )
• International Marathons, Inc. v Attorney General, 392 Mass. 376 ( 1984) (breach of contract, public charity )
• Attorney General v. International Marathons, Inc., 392 Mass. 370 ( 1984) (breach of contract, non-profit )
• Boston Athletic Ass’n v. International Marathons, Inc., 392 Mass. 356 ( 1984) (commercial litigation )
• Pollock v. Marshall, 391 Mass. 543 ( 1984) (professional liability/business - business dealings between attorney and client )
• Filippone v. Mayor of Newton, 16 Mass.App.Ct. 417 (1983) (public officials, indemnity )
• DeMedeiros v. Koehring Co., 709 F.2d 734 (1st Cir.( 1983) (products liability - machinery )
• Toman by Toman v. Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., 707 F.2d 620 (1st Cir  1983) ( products liability - indemnity)
• Zeller v. American Safety Razor Corp., 15 Mass.App.Ct. 919 ( 1983) (products liability/medical malpractice defense )
• Shain Inv. Co., Inc. v. Cohen, 15 Mass.App.Ct. 4  ( 1982) (commercial litigation, joint venture )
• Kravetz v. Merchants Distributors, Inc., 387 Mass. 457 ( 1982) employment law )
• Egbert v. Freedom Federal Sav. and Loan Ass’n, 14 Mass.App.Ct. 383 ( 1982) (commercial lending, foreclosure )
• Andruskevics v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 13 Mass.App.Ct. 941 ( 1982) (tort )
• Cape Cod Nursing Home Council v. Rambling Rose Rest Home, 667 F.2d 238 (1st Cir. 1981) (nursing home, constitutional law )
• DiBenedetto v. Continental Assur. Co., 11 Mass.App.Ct. 910  ( 1981) ( insurance law - rescission)
• McKinnon v. Skil Corp., 638 F.2d 270 (1st Cir 1981) ( products liability – evidence)
• Com v. Vickey, 381 Mass. 762 ( 1980) (criminal law )
• Garbincius v. Boston Edison Co., 621 F.2d 1171 ( 1st Cir. 1980) ( tort - indemnity)
• U.S. v. Lieberman, 608 F.2d 889 (1st Cir. 1979)
• N.A.A.C.P., Boston Chapter v. Harris, 607 F.2d 514 (1st Cir. 1979)
• McStowe v. Bornstein, 377 Mass. 804 (1979)
• Liberty Mut. Ins. co. v. Agrippino, 375 Mass. 108 (1978)
• Harbor Schools, Inc. v. Board of Appeals of Haverhill, 5 Mass.App.Ct. 600 (1977)
• Zayre Corp. v. Attorney General, 372 Mass. 423 (1977)
• Church of God in Christ, Inc. v. Congregation Kehillath Jacob, 370 Mass. 828 (1976)
• Finance Commission of Boston v. Mayor of Boston, 370 Mass. 693 (1976)
• Carpenter v. Suffolk Franklin Sav. Bank, 370 Mass. 314 (1976)
• Trustees of Stigmatine Fathers, Inc. v. Secretary of Administration and Finance, 369 Mass. 562 (1976)
• Com. v. O'Neal, 369 Mass. 242 (1975)
• DiGesse v. Columbia Pontiac Co., Inc., 369 Mass. 99 (1975)
• Church of God in Christ, Inc. v. Congregation Kehillath Jacob, 3 Mass.App.Ct 420 (1975)
• In re Hiss, 368 Mass. 447 (1975)
• Rogers v. Massachusetts Bay Transp. Authority, 3 Mass.App.Ct. 720 (1975)
• Com. v. Brown, 367 Mass. 24 (1975)
• Abbot v. Wingaersheek Turbine Co., Inc., 2 Mass.App.Ct. 908 (1974)
• In re Morrissey, 366 Mass. 11 (1974)
• Osvaldo Varane, Inc. v. Liberty Mut Ins. Co., 362 Mass. 864 (1972)
• Hayeck Bldg. & Realty Co. v. Turcotte, 361 Mass. 785 (1972)
• Lindahl v. Sullivan, 361 Mass. 863, 281 N.E.2d 231 (1972)
• Transamerica Ins. Co. v. Norfolk & Dedham Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 361 Mass. 144 (1972)
• Bunte v. Mayor of Boston, 361 Mass. 71 (1972)
• Zilewicz v. Truehart, 360 Mass. 862 (1971)
• Berkshire Apparel Corp. v. Stogel, 360 Mass. 863 (1971)
• Priestley v. Hastings & Sons Pub. Co. of Lynn, 360 Mass. 118 (1971)
• Corn. v. Jarrett, 359 Mass. 491 (1971)
• Drescher v. Travelers Ins. Co., 359 Mass. 458 (1971)
• Travelers Ins. Co. v. Aetna Ins. Co., 359 Mass. 743 (1971)
• Stewart v. Roy Bros. Inc., 358 Mass. 446 (1970)
• Three Sons, Inc. v. Phoenix Ins. Co., 357 Mass. 271 (1970)
• Haak v. McGlame, 357 Mass. 764 (1970)
• U. S. v. Spook, 416 F.2d 165 (1st Cir.1969)
• McLaughlin v. Bernstein, 356 Mass. 219 (1969)
• U. S. for Use of Wrecking Corp. of America v. Edward R. Marden Corp., 406 F.2d 525 (1st Cir. 1969)
• Melrose Appliance Center, Inc. v. Eastern Erection Co., 354 Mass. 771 (1968)
• Wheatley v. Peirce, 354 Mass. 573 (1968)
• Bane v. Spencer, 393 F.2d 108 (1st Cir. 1968)
• Bousquet v. Transportation Ins. Co., 354 Mass. 152 (1968)
• Adamian v. Three Sons, Inc., 353 Mass. 498 (1968)
• School Committee of Boston v. Board of Ed., 352 Mass. 693 (1967)
• Healey v. Bedrick, 352 Mass. 772 (1967)
• Comeau v. Phoenix Assur. Co. of New York, 350 Mass. 769 (1966)
• Martin v. State Bd. of Parole, 350 Mass. 210 (1966)
• Springfield School Committee v. Barksdale, 348 F.2d 261 (1st Cir. 1965)
• Scott v. Guschov, 348 Mass. 75 (1964)
• Burns v. Tedeschi's Super Markets, Inc., 347 Mass. 773 (1964)
• Magoun v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 346 Mass. 677 (1964)
• Blais v. Biagi, 346 Mass. 766 (1963)
• Clark v. Turke, 345 Mass. 516 (1963)
• Doleva v. Bramley, 345 Mass. 767 (1963)
• Gilman v. Metropolitan Transit Authority, 345 Mass. 202 (1962)
• Hamilton v. Sullivan, 345 Mass. 758 (1962)
• Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. A. C. Martinelli Rogers Plastic Corp., 344 Mass. 498 (1962)
• Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination v. Colangelo, 344 Mass. 387 (1962)
• Sullivan v. Goulette, 344 Mass. 307 (1962)
• Weinstein v. Chief of Police of Fall River, 344 Mass. 314 (1962)
• Salamoff v. Godfrey, 344 Mass. 750 (1962)
• Joseph E. Bennett Co. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., 344 Mass. 99 (1962)
• Saldi v. Brighton Stock Yard Co., 344 Mass. 89 (1962)
• Quintin Vespa Co. v. Construction Service Co., 343 Mass. 547 (1962)
• Nichols & Co. v. Travelers Ins. Co., 343 Mass. 494 (1962)
• Harrington v. H. F. Davis Tractor Co., 342 Mass. 675 (1961)
• Murray Realty, Inc. v. Berke Moore Co., 342 Mass. 689 (1961)
• Ratner v. Rockwood Sprinkler Co., 340 Mass. 773 (1960)
• Klapacs v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 340 Mass. 732 (1960)
• Wessinger v. H. Werner Sons Co., 340 Mass. 102 (1959)
• Demers v. Illinois Cent. R. R., 339 Mass. 247 (1959)
• Sullivan v. Hamacher, 339 Mass. 190 (1959)
• Gauss v. H. N. Hartwell Co., 338 Mass. 353 (1959)
• McPadden v. W. J. Halloran Co., 338 Mass. 189 (1958)
• Cassidy v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 338 Mass. 139 (1958)
• Ries v. Rome, 337 Mass. 376 (1958)
• Polito v. Galluzzo, 337 Mass. 360 (1958)
• Young v. Food Fair, Inc., 337 Mass. 323 (1958)
• O'Kane v. Travelers Ins. Co., 337 Mass. 182 (1958)
• Morrill v. Hamel, 337 Mass. 83 (1958)
• Messina v. Richard Baird Co., 337 Mass. 8 (1958)
• Brown v. Commissioner of Correction, 336 Mass. 718 (1958)
• Lydon v. Warehouse 13, Inc., 335 Mass. 729 (1957)
• Brown v. Corn., 335 Mass. 476 (1957)
• Schallinger v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., 334 Mass. 386 (1956)
• Dalton v. Demos Bros. General Contractors, Inc., 334 Mass. 377 (1956)
• Sutherland v. Scardino, 334 Mass. 178 (1956)
• Corn. v. Gilbert, 334 Mass. 71 (1956)
• Century Indent. Co. v. Jameson, 333 Mass. 503 (1956)
• Freedman v. Sidrich Realty Corp., 333 Mass. 261 (1955)
• Charest v. St. Onge, 332 Mass. 628 (1955)
• Rines v. Gilmore, 332 Mass. 755 (1955)
• Warren v. Howe, 332 Mass. 213 (1955)
• Dragone v. Dell'Isola, 332 Mass. 11 (1954)
• Petition of Rines, 331 Mass. 714 (1954)
• Eisenstadt v. Suffolk County, 331 Mass. 570 (1954)
• De Marzo v. Vena, 330 Mass. 118 (1953)
• McManus v. Muzyka, 329 Mass. 770 (1953)