Our Most Notable New England Cases
Over the past four decades, Melick & Porter’s attorneys have been involved in a number of notable cases. Some of our significant cases are listed below:
- American Home Assur. Co. v. First Specialty Ins. Co., 73 Mass.App.Ct. 1 (2008) (trucking coverage)
- Amoah v. McKinney, 875 F.3d 60 (1st Cir. 2017) (trucking accident)
- Carr v. Howard, 426 Mass. 514 (1998) (medical peer review privilege)
- Coombes v. Florio, 450 Mass. 182 (2007) (medical malpractice claim brought by a non-patient)
- Fletcher v. Littleton, 68 Mass.App.Ct. 22 (2007) (wrongful death)
- Global NAPs, Inc. v. Federal Ins. Co., 336 F.3d 59 (1st Cir. 2003) (malicious prosecution)
- Hammerberg v. Boy Scouts of America, Corp., et al., 33 Mass.L.Rptr. 54 (Mass Supr. Ct. 2015) (negligent hiring, summary judgment)
- HipSaver, Inc. v. Kiel, 464 Mass. 517 (2013) (commercial disparagement)
- Juliano v. Simpson, 461 Mass. 527 (2012) (liquor liability, duty of party host)
- LeBlanc v. Logan Hilton Joint Venture, et al., 463 Mass. 316 (2012) and 78 Mass.App.Ct. 699 (2011) (negligence claims against architect and engineer)
- Mitchell v. Sky Climber, 396 Mass. 629 (1986) (product liability)
- Morrissey v. New England Deaconess Assn., et al., 86 Mass.App.Ct. 1112 (2014) (indemnification under construction contract)
- Nevor v. Moneypenny Holdings, LLC, 842 F.3d 113 (1st Cir. 2016) (admiralty)
- Newton v. Krasnigor, 404 Mass. 682 (1989) (intentional act exclusion)
- Panagakos v. Walsh, et al. 434 Mass. 353 (2001) (social host liability, duty to adult guest)
- Speers v. H.P. Hood, Inc., 22 Mass.App.Ct. 598 (1986) (indemnity agreements)
- Utica Mut. Ins. Co. v. Amity Ins. Agency, Inc., 84 Mass.App.Ct. 1111 (2013) (errors and omissions insurance)
- Woodward v. Emulex Corp., 714 F.3d 632 (1st Cir. 2013) (age discrimination)
- Young v. General Star Indem. Co., 84 Mass.App.Ct. 1112 (2013) (claim against insurance broker)
