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Notable & Quotable: MBA members in the news and more

Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019

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  • News report. WBUR (Nov. 5). MBA member Peter Elikann was quoted for a radio story previewing a State House hearing on a proposed bill requiring the use of interlock devices for first-time drunk driving offenders.

  • "NBC10 Boston Responds: Under-covered for your car? Couple's case highlights under-insurance," NBC10 Boston (Nov. 4). MBA Past President Marsha Kazarosian and MBA member Walter Costello explained why the financial limit on a couple's under-insurance policy has prevented them from receiving a payout to compensate for injuries they suffered in a 2017 crash.

  • "SJC: no fiduciary duty owed to IRA beneficiary," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Nov. 4). MBA member Richard M. Gelb discussed a Supreme Judicial Court decision, which found that the commercial custodian of non-discretionary individual retirement accounts did not owe a fiduciary duty to a named beneficiary, but that the beneficiary could maintain a Chapter 93A claim alleging that the beneficiary had unreasonably withheld funds.

  • "$14M forfeiture order upheld in fraud case," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Nov. 4). MBA member John A. Tarantino commented on a 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, which found that a businessman convicted of defrauding clients of his property exchange company was not entitled to have a jury decide the amount of his criminal forfeiture. 

  • "Solve it 7: Car wash calamity," 7News Boston (Oct. 31). MBA Past President Robert W. Harnais was interviewed for an investigative piece focused on the issue of liability for vehicle damage sustained in a car wash.

In Other News

Articles, blogs and other news recently shared on the Massachusetts Bar Association's social media sites.

"Showdown over shortage of lawyers for poor heading to SJC," CommonWealth Magazine (Nov. 5), via @CommonWealthMag.

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