Rulings and Decisions

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 […]

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 […]

Summary Judgement – Marielise Kelly obtained a partial summary judgment in favor of Defendant Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority on Plaintiff’s claims under M.G.L.c. 93A; 42 U.S.C. §1981, as well as a count alleging negligent infliction of emotional distress. The court ruled, as a matter of law, that M.G.L.c. 93A did not apply to the actions […]

Jury Verdict – John H. Bee obtained a defendant’s verdict for the Defendant John Nagle Company, a company that supplied salmon to Captain Marden’s Seafood, Inc., a seafood market. Captain Marden’s sold the salmon to The Cottage Restaurant which grilled the salmon and served it to three people who became ill. Plaintiff alleged that Defendant […]

Jury Verdict – Marielise Kelly successfully defended an excavation subcontractor at trial in connection with a construction site accident alleging negligence against defendant. Plaintiff was operating a Caterpillar 330 excavator at a construction site adjacent to an excavation that he had dug in the days prior to the accident. The excavator was found on its […]