Attorney Deborah Ecker successfully defended the City of Amesbury at arbitration relating to the Fire Department’s decision to assign firefighters rather than permanent lieutenants to the 55 position, which included their sitting in the right front seat of the ladder truck.  After hearing, Arbitrator Timothy Hatfield found that the... read more

Attorney Brian Maser successfully defended the Reading Municipal Light Department in an important case at arbitration relating to the Department’s decision to bypass a first class lineworker for promotion to the position of Leader Lineworker in favor of a first class lineworker with less seniority.  After a two day... read more

Attorneys Jackie Cowin and Gregg Corbo secured Summary Judgment in favor of the Town of Plymouth in a suit brought by the County of Plymouth for alleged harm arising from the Town’s prior operation of a landfill on property owned by the County.  The Town had operated the landfill,... read more

In the case of Town of Swansea v. Maura Healy, Suffolk Superior Court, C.A. No. 1784CV03269, Attorney Gregg J. Corbo successfully prosecuted the Town of Swansea’s appeal of a determination by the Attorney General’s Division of Open Government that the Town’s Board of Selectmen violated the Open Meeting Law with respect to... read more

In the case of Miramar Park Association, Inc. v. Town of Dennis, SJC-12449, Attorney Gregg J. Corbo successfully defended the Town of Dennis in an important case before the Supreme Judicial Court relating to the Town’s obligation to provide sand for the nourishment of privately-owned beaches. The plaintiffs are... read more

Attorney Brian Maser successfully defended the Town of Braintree in an important case before the Department of Labor Relations relating to a charge of prohibited practice. The Town’s patrol officers’ union filed a charge concerning the Police Chief’s decision to reduce minimum staffing levels on weekend day shifts starting... read more

Following a 3-day trial in Suffolk Superior Court, attorney Jackie Cowin obtained a verdict in favor of the defendant Boston Housing Authority on a tenant’s claim that a defective window fell and injured him, due to the negligence of the BHA.  In response to special verdict questions, the jury... read more

Attorney Jackie Cowin obtained a Judgment on behalf of the Town of Granville in the amount of $146,050 against the Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District, based on the District’s breach of the Regional School District Agreement with respect to the closure of a school building in Granville. Specifically, the Agreement... read more