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Voir dire experiences
"Lawyers shouldn't get frustrated with judges
putting parameters around it. The court needs to maintain control
over her session and the overall case. Otherwise, if you don't have
these parameters as set forth in the standing order, which some may
argue are conservative, you're going to have a free-for-all and
justice wouldn't be served."
MBA Chief Legal Counsel and
Chief Operating Officer Martin W. Healy, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, March
26, 2015
Healy was quoted in a Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
story on what lawyers have experienced thus far with
attorney-directed voir dire in Superior Court cases. "The
bench has to remember that as far as voir dire is
concerned, everyone is a first-year lawyer out of law school. The
judges shouldn't forget that. They should be willing to give the
bar a chance to get good at it," said Healy.
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Plow damage claims
"It's much easier to deny then it is to
investigate."
MBA President-elect Robert W.
Harnais, New England Cable News, March 31
Harnais was interviewed by NECN as part of a story on the high
number of plow damage claims in Boston this winter. According to
the story, the city has received 100 claims from Jan. 1 through
March 25. Sixty cases are pending, three have been settled and at
least 37 have been denied.
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Of note:
- MBA members Paula Almgren of Lenox and Janice Cook of North
Adams were quoted in a Berkshire Eagle article on about elder law,
"The Business of Our Aging: Elder law helps seniors plan for the
future," (March 29). The MBA was also cited as a source.