Retirement – Group 4 classification
BOSTON, MA - Where the State Board of Retirement denied a petitioner’s application for Group 4 classification, the board’s decision should be reversed in part and affirmed in ...More

Administrative – Registry of abusers – Disabled Persons Protection Commission
BOSTON, MA - Where the Disabled Persons Protection Commission found that a petitioner committed abuse, the commission may not place the petitioner on the registry of abusers, ...More

Retirement – Prior service
BOSTON, MA - Where the State Board of Retirement denied a petitioner’s application to purchase retirement credit for a period of non-membership service, that decision should ...More

Retirement – Accidental disability – Firefighter
BOSTON, MA - Where the Taunton Retirement Board denied a petitioner’s application to retire for accidental disability, that decision should be upheld based on the valid negative ...More

Retirement – Regular compensation – CBA
BOSTON, MA - Where police officers received pay under a compensatory leave provision in a collective bargaining agreement, the officers’ pay for compensatory leave is regular ...More

Civil practice – Statute of limitations – Chapter 93A
BOSTON, MA - Where a G.L.c. 93A complaint has been filed by a plaintiff whose grandparents established a custodial account for his benefit, the complaint must be dismissed as ...More

Patent and trademark – Anti-dilution statute – Trade dress
BOSTON, MA - Where a jury found rendered an advisory verdict, judgment should enter for the plaintiff on a claim under the Massachusetts anti-dilution statute (G.L.c. 110H, ...More