Gardner & Rosenberg represents a class of over 200 employees terminated without notice when the maternity and parenting education and services company they worker for suddenly shut its doors in 2014. The company never paid the employees “back...
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Insurance Coverage: Massachusetts Insurers Cannot Recoup Defense Costs Provided Under Reservation of Rights
A Massachusetts Superior Court last month issued a significant victory for policyholders. In the case Holyoke Mutual Insurance v. Vibram, the court ruled that an insurer that provides a defense under a reservation of rights may not later recoup attorney fees from the...
Delay in Responding to Lawsuit Not a Waiver of Arbitration Provision
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled in favor of Gardner & Rosenberg’s client, reversing the trial court’s denial of his request to compel arbitration of a fee dispute with prior counsel. After obtaining an award and subsequent settlement in favor of the client...
Gardner & Rosenberg “SLAPPS” Back for Clients
In two recent cases, Gardner & Rosenberg won motions to dismiss under the so-called Anti-SLAPP statute. The law is designed to prevent lawsuits brought to stifle participation in petitioning activities to the government. The statute is a powerful shield against...
Gardner & Rosenberg Obtains Judgment Against Boston-area Attorney Accused of Dropping the Ball
Gardner & Rosenberg this week obtained a $490,000 judgment against a Boston-area attorney in a legal malpractice case. Gardner & Rosenberg’s client – a regional commercial supply company – accused its prior attorney of neglecting numerous commercial collection matters...
Civil Settlement with Attorney General Over Alleged Mortgage Violations
After over two years years of litigation, Gardner & Rosenberg’s client this week favorably resolved a civil lawsuit suit brought by the Massachusetts Attorney General under the state’s consumer protection statute. The Attorney General alleged that the client, along...
Settlement For Client Against Long Term Care Insurance Company
Gardner & Rosenberg secured a settlement of its client’s lawsuit against a national insurance company arising from its denial of coverage to a policyholder under a long-term care policy. Read the Complaint… [REDACTED FOR PRIVACY] COMMONWEALTH OF...
Massachusetts Appeals Court Sides With Gardner & Rosenberg On Enforceability of Settlement Memo
The Massachusetts Appeals Court sided with Gardner & Rosenberg and overturned a Superior Court decision that had found a settlement memo enforceable. The Appeals Court agreed with Gardner & Rosenberg’s arguments on behalf of its client that the memo was not...
Settlement for Homeowner in Claim Against Insurance Company
Arguing that home insurer wrongfully denied coverage for home destroyed by fire, Gardner & Rosenberg favorably settled lawsuit against insurance company for its client. Read a copy of the Complaint. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS SUPERIOR...
Josh Gardner and Nick Rosenberg Author MCLE Chapter on Foreign Discovery
Partners Josh Gardner and Nick Rosenberg are pleased to be included alongside distinguished Massachusetts lawyers in contributing to the latest edition of Massachusetts Discovery Practice, published by MCLE. Gardner and Rosenberg authored Chapter 18: Discovery...