by Sandulli Grace Staff | Jul 3, 2007 | In Our Opinion...
Under G. L. c. 126, §18A, jail employees and corrections officers are entitled to “assault pay” if injured by a prisoner or patient in their custody. The benefit is roughly analogous to injured-on-duty pay for police officers and firefighters under G.L. c.41, §111F...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Jun 28, 2007 | In Our Opinion...
The Bad News – Massachusetts Appeals Court Rules That Chief May Force Officer To Submit To Polygraph Even If Junk Science And Not Pursuant to A Criminal Investigation. In a textbook example of letting “the exception swallowing the rule,” the Massachusetts Appeal Court...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Jun 28, 2007 | In Our Opinion...
Appeals Court has held that the Massachusetts Bureau of Workers Compensation, which administers benefits to employees injured on the job, properly granted disability benefits to an injured truck driver, despite an independent medical report to the contrary. This...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Jun 8, 2007 | In Our Opinion...
In a recent decision, Ariel v. Town of Kingston (#06-P-825) (June 6, 2007), the Appeals Court affirmed that Massachusetts police officers and their public employers are protected from negligence lawsuits. The Massachusetts Tort Claims Act states that Massachusetts...
by John Becker | May 21, 2007 | In Our Opinion...
A State judge has ordered the City of Lynn to pay $270,000 to the Lynn Police Association and its members for violating written promises to reimburse police officers for lost benefits. The Lynn Police Association (“the union”) is Local 302 of the Massachusetts...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | May 21, 2007 | In Our Opinion...
Last year, the Supreme Judicial Court held that public employers must pay pre- and post-judgment interest on lost earnings when they incorrectly deny a claim for injured-on-duty benefits under Massachusetts General Laws 41, §111F. (see our previous blog entry) In...
