Temporary worker sued client company for negligence despite receiving workers' compensation benefits. Alternate employer endorsement naming client as additional insured in staffing company's policy provides immunity under Workers' Compensation Act exclusivity provisions.
Double jeopardy bars resentencing on completed sentences; permits resentencing on uncompleted sentences if aggregate punishment unchanged, with limits on probation revocation.
Federal disability payments and property tax abatements for disabled veterans, not contingent on financial need, do not qualify a litigant as "indigent" under Massachusetts's fee-waiver statute.
Ineffective assistance claim for failure to investigate and interview corroborating witness to self-defense claim. Credibility of such witness properly belongs to jury, not trial judge.
Conviction reversed where trial court admitted evidence of defendant's prior acquittal on unrelated sexual assault charge. Massachusetts Constitution bars such evidence in subsequent criminal prosecutions.
Construction management at risk contracts include an implied warranty of design sufficiency, but the CMAR's recovery is limited to reasonable reliance on defects.
District Court wrongly dismissed firearms complaints with prejudice based solely on frustration with continuances when no prejudice to defendants was shown.
Convictions for two counts of robbery from same victim in single episode violate double jeopardy. One indictment dismissed.
Assault and battery conviction vacated due to reversible error in admitting clerk-magistrate proceedings that undermined defendant's self-defense claim, though evidence was legally sufficient.
City ordinance prohibiting sex offenders from living near schools or parks violated Home Rule Amendment as inconsistent with comprehensive state regulatory scheme.
