Dr. Gallison performed a hernia operation on James Petrocelli at Tobey Hospital on March 18, 1975. Mr. Petrocelli subsequently suffered a great deal of pain in his groin area and some months later visited Massachusetts General Hospital where he saw a...

Plaintiff guest brought a suit for negligent failure to warn after she was injured during an obstacle course race while on a company picnic at defendant hotel owner's resort and for failing to provide a safe apparatus for the said event. The district...

In January 1919, five persons of the Chinese race, of whom four were petitioners herein, Ng Fung Ho otherwise known as Ung Kip, et al., joined in an application for a writ of habeas corpus to the judge of the federal court. A writ issued directed to defendant...

In re Pioneer Ford Sales, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit March 6, 1984, Decided No. 83-1479 Opinion  [*28]  BREYER, Circuit Judge. The Ford Motor Company appeals a federal district court decision, 30 Bankr. 458 , allowing a...

In re Letsche United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts April 15, 1999, Decided ; April 15, 1999, Filed Chapter 13, Case No. 98-16268-JNF Opinion  [*209]  MEMORANDUM I. INTRODUCTION The matters before the Court are 1) the objection...

Baker Marine, Ltd. v. Chevron, Ltd. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit September 23, 1998, Argued ; August 12, 1999, Decided Docket Nos. 97-9615, 97-9617 Opinion  [*195]  LEVAL, Circuit Judge: Baker Marine (Nig.) Ltd. ("Baker Marine"...

Meehan v. Medical Information Technology, Inc. Appeals Court of Massachusetts May 11, 2020, Argued; January 20, 2021, Decided 1 No. 19-P-1412. Opinion  [**438]  Meade , J. The plaintiff, Terence Meehan, who had been an employee at will of the defendant...

The creditor supplied a debtor with materials to drill oil wells. The debtor subsequently conveyed its mineral lease to the assignees. The creditor filed an action against the assignees to collect on the debt owed to it by the debtor. The creditor claimed...

in 2004, plaintiff Bankers Life and Casualty Company (“Bankers Life”), an Illinois company selling insurance and financial products, hired defendant Gregory P. Gelineau as the branch sales manager responsible for its Warwick, Rhode Island...

The police officers were given information from an anonymous informant that described an individual who committed two robberies the day earlier. Approximately six hours after, the officers saw defendant Webb walking down a street approximately two miles...