Affirmed. Parties may voluntarily agree to binding arbitration in divorce disputes. Judicial review of arbitration awards is narrow, examining only whether the arbitrator exceeded authority or engaged in fraud or procedural irregularity.
Affirmed convictions for unlicensed firearm possession and assault. Grand jury testimony of witness feigning memory loss properly admitted; witness remained available for cross-examination.
Issue preclusion barred a misrepresentation claim where the prior case had established the plaintiffs' knowledge of facts central to reasonable reliance.
Appeals Court reverses conviction where police destroyed booking room video recording; Commonwealth failed to preserve material, potentially exculpatory evidence without requiring defense request.
Conviction for stabbing affirmed despite defendant's challenge to victim impact testimony and prosecutor's closing argument rhetoric.
Irrevocable trust provides no circumstances for distributing principal to grantor; annuity income portion only available for distribution, not return of capital.
Injury at airport gate not subject to exclusive statutory remedy when plaintiff alleges negligent human operation rather than physical way defect.
Chiropractor denied PIP benefits after failing to coordinate benefits between auto insurer and patient's health insurer before seeking payment of unpaid balance.
Nonconforming structure destroyed in 1991 and demolished that year; original owners obtained reconstruction permit but never rebuilt; property sold in 1993; new owner waited nine and a half years before seeking building permit. Abandonment as matter of law affirmed.
Defendant's guilty plea was knowingly voluntary despite unequal judicial procedures. Armed career criminal is sentencing enhancement, not separate offense.
