Rulings and Decisions

Heather Rowell obtained a defense jury verdict in favor of tow truck company in negligence case

Heather Rowell obtained a defense jury verdict in favor of tow truck company in negligence case. – Galante v. All Cape Towing, Inc., Barnstable Superior Court, Civil Action No. 1972CV00638, 1/26/23 (Buckley, J.). In this case, plaintiff had accepted a ride as a passenger in defendant’s tow truck, after sustaining a flat tire. When she […]

Patricia Noyes-Corrigan Secures Jury Verdict for Defendant in Motor Vehicle-Bicycle Collision Case

Patricia Noyes-Corrigan secured a verdict for the Defendant in a motor vehicle-bicycle collision following a trial to a jury in the Plymouth Superior Court. The basic facts of the case were that Plaintiff, then 68 years old, was riding his bicycle on Route 53 in Duxbury, MA. He collided with the passenger side of the […]

Heather Rowell obtained a summary judgment in favor of defendants in negligence case involving a trip and fall over a bush in a landscaping island in a parking lot

Heather Rowell obtained a summary judgment in favor of defendants in negligence case involving a trip and fall over a bush in a landscaping island in a parking lot. – Lewis v. RAM MLC Holdings, Inc. f/k/a Maffei Landscape Contractors, Inc. and The Wilder Companies, LTD, Barnstable Superior Court, Civil Action No. 2072CV00330, 10/28/22 (Perrino, […]

Elise Marshall Obtains Directed Verdict for Defendant

Jury Trial – In November of 2021, Elise Marshall successfully obtained a judgment in favor of her client during Jury Trial, after moving for Directed Verdict. The negligence action involved Plaintiff’s claim of personal injuries and damages stemming from a motor vehicle accident with the Defendant. At the close of Plaintiff’s evidence, the defense moved […]

Marielise Kelly succeeds in having Judgment Affirmed in the Appeals Court on the Basis of Sudden Medical Emergency Doctrine

Marielise Kelly was successful in the Massachusetts Appeals Court in having judgment of dismissal affirmed in her client’s favor on the basis of the sudden medical emergency doctrine in a case involving serious personal injuries sustained to a mother and her child after a high speed collision where the defendant driver suffered a seizure prior […]

Marielise Kelly and Elise Marshall obtain Defense Verdict in Civil Rights case

Jury Verdict – Marielise Kelly and Elise Marshall successfully defended Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority in civil rights case tried in federal court. Kevin Brooks v. Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority; Transit Connection, Inc. and James Taylor, 19-11119-WGY, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The case involved alleged violations of the Massachusetts Public Accommodations […]