Selling a home—especially when preparing to move out of state—can be extremely stressful and requires trust and coordination among multiple parties and institutions. Before accepting an offer and signing a purchase and sale agreement, sellers often require a prospective buyer to provide a mortgage pre-approval letter from a reputable lender or bank. But what liability, […]
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Under Massachusetts law, Chapter 93A and Chapter 176D encourage the settlement of insurance claims and discourage insurers from forcing claimants into unnecessary litigation. Specifically, Chapter 93A bars insurers from committing “unfair or deceptive acts or practices” and creates a private right of action for consumers injured by those practices. Chapter 176D defines fourteen specific actions […]
Jim Rudolph, the firm’s managing partner and a construction litigator, was quoted in “Building contractor’s suit against insurer revived” in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly on April 13. The article discusses the Appeals Court’s decision in John Moriarty & Associates, Inc. v. Zurich American Insurance Co., where the court ruled the general contractor for a Boston construction […]
