Insurer's lien under workers' compensation law does not reach employee's pain and suffering damages or spouse's loss of consortium damages recovered in third-party settlement.
Mandatory life without parole for juveniles violates state and federal constitutional prohibitions on cruel punishment and must be vacated retroactively; discretionary imposition also unconstitutional.
Discharged jail officer entitled to full back pay despite unemployment period; sheriff waived mitigation defense by raising it years after arbitration award; sovereign immunity bars post-judgment interest.
Supreme Judicial Court affirms dismissal of mandamus petition as moot where trial court clerk, responding to petition, dockets previously missing pleadings in prisoner's motion for new trial.
Account debtor liable for full value of misdirected payments under UCC Article 9, not limited to assignee's actual damages.
