Month: November 2019

After a week long jury trial, the TKCK Tort Group obtains a complete defense verdict! Attorneys Matthew A. Slater and Daniel W. Buckley obtained a full defense verdict for a retail store that was sued for negligent maintenance of its premises. Plaintiff alleged that she sustained a right labrum tear and low back injury when a toilet she was using…

MASSACHUSETTS DIA REVIEWING BOARD ADDRESSES “NOTICE OF AN INJURY” On August 7, 2019 the Massachusetts DIA Reviewing Board vacated the hearing decision of an Administrative Judge that had awarded Temporary Total (§ 34) followed by Permanent and Total (§ 34A) on the grounds that “the judge failed to address [the insurer’s] § 41 defense insofar as it requires that the employee…