Reported Cases

In re Bonin, 375 Mass. 680 (1978)   The Chief Justice of the Superior Court was publicly censured for improper conduct which created the appearance of bias, impropriety and special influence.

In re Ring, 427 Mass., 186 (1998)  Attorney who repeatedly disobeyed court orders in a divorce action initiated by his wife disciplined.

Irwin v. Commissioner of Dep’t of Youth Services, 388 Mass. 810 (1983)  The Commonwealth, by enacting G. L. c. 258, has not waived its Eleventh Amendment right of immunity to suit in Federal courts.

Karlin v. Massachusetts Turnpike Auth., 399 Mass. 765 (1987)  Sugarman lawyers won appeal which established that the Turnpike Authority was not immune from suit where it caused a quadriplegic injury and that the amount of recovery was not limited by statute.

Lang v. Edward J. Lamothe Co., 20 Mass. App. Ct. 231 (1985)  Where the defendant did not pay worker’s compensations benefits to the plaintiff, the defendant did not receive the benefit of the workers’ compensation exemption of employers from tort liability.

Leibovich v. Antonellis, 410 Mass. 568 (1991)  Upheld jury verdict won by Sugarman lawyers for injury to teenaged son injured in a car crash and allowed parents to recover damages for their injuries caused by their son’s physical injury.

Maillet v. ATF-Davidson Co., 407 Mass. 185 (1990)  Jury verdict for a worker whose hand was injured in a press. The verdict was upheld on appeal with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court holding that negligence and breach of warranty by a product manufacturer was a violation of the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Statute (G. L. 93A, § 9(4)).

Mark v. Obear & Sons, Inc., 313 F. Supp. 373 (D. Mass. 1970)  The court had jurisdiction over the defendant under the long-arm statute where the defendant was a California corporation which manufactured and sold its products in Massachusetts and the plaintiff resided in Massachusetts. The decision allowed Sugarman lawyers to bring a claim in Massachusetts for our client.

McStowe v. Bornstein, 377 Mass. 804 (1979)  Established precedent allowing legal malpractice suit to continue after defendant-attorney’s death.

Metropolitan Leasing, Inc. v. Pacific Employers Ins. Co., 36 Mass. App. Ct. 536 (1994)  An excess insurance policy held not to “drop down” to fill a gap created by the insolvency of an insurer issuing a policy providing intermediate coverage between the primary and excess insurer.