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January 08, 2008 -
Win for SRBC Client in Rescission Dispute
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The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled in favor of an insurance-company client of SRBC in a dispute over another insurer's right to rescind an umbrella policy, based on an alleged misrepresentation by the in...
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December 07, 2007 -
Win for Professional Liability Insurer
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An SRBC insurance client has prevailed in a South Carolina dispute over interpretation of an attorneys’ professional liability policy. A real estate lawyer was sued after another party misappropriated funds fro...
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November 13, 2007 -
Settlement for SRBC Client in Medical Malpractice
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SRBC partner David Barry recently assisted a 72 year-old client in successfully settling a medical malpractice case based on her doctor's failure to promptly diagnose and treat the client's temporal arteritis, ...
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September 25, 2007 -
Win for SRBC Clients in Shareholder Dispute
Michael J. Murphy v. Clyde N. Grey, Jr., Joseph R. Onorato, and Newbury Design Associates, Inc.
In a lawsuit brought by a minority shareholder of a professional services firm whose employment had been terminated, a judge recently granted a motion for summary judgment by SRBC on behalf of its clients, the ...
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August 06, 2007 -
Win for SRBC Client in Insurance Coverage Dispute
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SRBC recently succeeded in obtaining summary judgment in favor of an insurance-company client in a dispute over an umbrella policy and responsibility for a $2 million settlement arising from an automobile ac...
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May 09, 2007 -
Appeals Court Win in Legal Malpractice Case
Bradley v. Davis Malm & D'Agostine
The Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed a favorable summary judgment ruling for an SRBC client in a legal malpractice case, agreeing that the statute of limitations barred the claim.  The case aros...
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May 02, 2007 -
Summary Judgment Victory in Employment Case
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A superior court judge has granted a motion for summary judgment filed by SRBC and dismissed a lawsuit brought by a former oil-service technician against his employer.  The employee had suffer...
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March 12, 2007 -
Victory in Arbitration-Discovery Dispute
Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. v. White Mountains Ins. Group
In a matter of first impression in the First Circuit and one on which other circuits have disagreed, SRBC has assisted an insurance client in securing the dismissal of a petition under the Federal Arbitration A...
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February 08, 2007 -
Summary Judgment Win in Insurance Dispute
Six Flags, Inc. v. TIG Ins. Co.
A federal district court judge in Boston has granted a motion for summary judgment filed by SRBC on behalf of an insurance client in a dispute over coverage between two carriers for an accident involving an amu...
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September 01, 2006 -
Favorable Settlement of Pharmaceutical Case
Broh v. Bristol-Myers Squibb
Susan Broh, a previously healthy 57 year-old woman, died in September 2001 of massive liver failure caused by Serzone, an anti-depressant manufactured and sold by Bristol-Myers Squibb, which she had begun takin...
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June 30, 2006 -
Successful Appeal in Environmental Case
Weston Forest and Trail Association, Inc. v. Fishman
SRBC successfully represented a non-profit conservation organization in enforcing a conservation restriction on privately-owned land in Weston.  After the defendant landowner built a barn in the restricted...
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June 01, 2006 -
Appellate Victory for Wastewater Commission
Friends and Fishers of Edgartown Great Pond, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Protection
On behalf of the Town of Edgartown Wastewater Commission, SRBC prevailed in defending a groundwater discharged permit issued by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.  The permit was nec...
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May 18, 2006 -
Trial Victory in Insurance Coverage Case
Hingham Mutual Fire Ins. Co. v. Mercurio
SRBC prevailed in a complex declaratory judgment action brought by one insurer against another to resolve a dispute over the question of whether an umbrella policy had been properly rescinded due to an alleg...
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May 04, 2006 -
Summary Judgment for Triathalon Organizer
Roberti v. Fiske Independent Race Management
SRBC has obtained summary judgment in favor of its client, a distinguished multi-sport event organizer, on claims brought by an athlete who suffered catastrophic personal injuries when his bicycle was s...
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March 29, 2006 -
Jury Trial Victory for Patent Lawyers
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Two patent lawyers were sued for malpractice arising in a dispute between their client, a Massachusetts biotech company, and a competitor. That dispute was settled by the client's liability insurer, which then ...
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February 02, 2006 -
Summary Judgment in Insurance Coverage Matter
Kinsella v. Insurance Company of North America
SRBC obtained summary judgment in favor of its client, an insurance company, in a consolidated personal injury and insurance coverage action arising from the drowning of a woman while on a "booze cruise." The i...
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December 21, 2005 -
Summary Judgment for Town in Development Case
Hingham Land, LLC v. Town of Rockland
SRBC obtained summary judgment for its client, the Town of Rockland, in a case involving the statutory right of municipalities to a right of first refusal on any sale for development purposes of property assess...
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