One-year filing deadline for claims against estates under Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code applies; general savings statute permitting refiling after dismissal does not override shorter probate limitations period.
Defamation claim by detailing broker against trade association and attorney for published warnings to members about DOL investigation dismissed as conditionally privileged and substantially true.
Leaving-the-scene convictions duplicative where multi-vehicle collision occurred in single stream of conduct at one scene; knowledge standard affirmed; one personal injury and two property damage convictions vacated.
Conviction reversed where prosecutor improperly urged adverse inference from missing witness without required jury instruction, despite sufficient circumstantial evidence of operation.
Sub-subcontractor's email notice of unpaid work does not satisfy statutory notice requirement for payment bond claims when it fails to express intent to claim against the general contractor's bond.
Medical device supplier cannot revoke acceptance of goods after customer rejects them; contract terms control payment obligations.
Conviction reversed where state trooper's hearsay testimony about registry database check was sole evidence of license suspension, an essential element of the crime.
Vacated and remanded. Tree-destruction case where government field inspector mistakenly authorized removal without property owner's written permission required jury determination of whether agency policies limited statutory authority.
Affirmed punitive damages award against boom lift rental company for gross negligence resulting in death from unsafe equipment.
Parking agreement between neighboring condominiums enforced as valid contract despite condominium statute claims and unconscionability defense.
