Arbitrator ordered town to restore prior copayment rates and compensate firefighters after unilateral increase. Superior Court wrongly vacated remedies based on misapplied statute.
Public trial right violated when courtroom closed during jury selection; trial counsel failed to object. Defendant must show prejudice on collateral review despite structural nature of error.
DNA evidence, consciousness of guilt, and circumstantial evidence supported conviction for murder during armed robbery and extreme atrocity or cruelty.
Medical provider rejected insurer's late tender of disputed PIP benefits and continued lawsuit. Court held unpaid party may refuse tender and pursue judgment with attorney's fees.
Insurer's reimbursement of insured's expenses does not bar Chapter 93A claim, but eliminates contract damage claims after acceptance of payment.
Defendant's ambiguous statements about possibly needing a lawyer during police interviews did not constitute an unequivocal invocation of right to counsel.
Defendant charged with murder after girlfriend's death from beating. Court affirmed conviction, finding statements admissible despite ambiguous references to needing lawyer.
Witness validly invoked Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination regarding drug use; prosecutor's intent not to prosecute insufficient to override privilege; compelled testimony did not constitute waiver.
Candidate's right to solicit nominating signatures extends to area outside supermarket entrance under Article 9 ballot-access right, but mere policy announcement does not constitute actionable coercion under Massachusetts Civil Rights Act.
Murder conviction vacated where police violated Miranda rights by continuing interrogation after defendant invoked right to silence, prosecutor improperly used erroneously admitted statements and made character attacks in closing, and judge's mental impairment instruction omitted required limitations on extreme cruelty theory.
