Client Update On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court overruled Chevron, a case which for 40 years provided the framework for courts to interpret statutes administered by federal agencies. The Chevron doctrine informed judicial review of agency interpretation of ...

MMMK is happy to announce that associate attorney Jane Hodell has joined our firm. Jane earned her dual Master of Public Health and Law Degree from Saint Louis University with a concentration in health law. She focuses her practice on toxic torts, product liability, regulatory compliance, and ...

Bryanna Greenwood Bryanna is a rising 3 rd year law student at Suffolk University Law School. At Suffolk, she is a continuity editor for the Journal of Health and Biomedical Law, where she published a note about ADA compliance in correctional facilities. Bryanna is an alumna ...

Martin, Magnuson, McCarthy & Kenney attends the MassDLA 2024 Annual meeting. Our Product Liability and Medical Malpractice teams enjoyed a day of networking and programming in many areas of defense practice at the MassDLA 2024 Annual meeting at Intercontinental Boston. We’re already ...

Our firm had the privilege of sponsoring Boston College Law on BC Law Day in its continued efforts to create outstanding lawyers and celebrate the important work of its alumni! As the alma mater of many of our attorneys, we hold considerable gratitude for the opportunity to offer our support to ...

During oral arguments on January 4, 2023 in a conspiracy action for which an amicus brief authored by MMM&K's Jennifer Creedon and Lauren Mankowski was submitted on behalf of the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association ("MassDLA"), the Supreme Judicial Court appeared willing to further ...

This year the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) solicited amicus briefs in the matter of CP 200 State, LLC v. CIEE, Inc. to assist in determining whether an immediate interlocutory appeal lies under the doctrine of present execution from an order denying a motion for enforcement ...

On February 26, 2021, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled on the issue of causal determination in Seth Doull & Others v. Anna C. Foster, N.P. & Another (SJC-12921). The SJC's groundbreaking decision adopted a factual cause of harm standard under the Restatement (Third) ...

On October 5, 2020, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) heard oral arguments in Seth Doull & Others v. Anna C. Foster, N.P. & Another, (SJC-12921). This case involves a medical malpractice claim against two medical providers for alleged negligent treatment of the ...

MMMK's Jennifer A. Creedon, an active member of the MassDLA, recently collaborated with MGH and other MassDLA members to help support families of MGH ICU nurses during the COVID-19 crisis. The project involved sending packages with school supplies to the MGH ICU nurses to help them with ...

An amicus brief authored by MMM&K's Jennifer Creedon and submitted on behalf of the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association ("MassDLA") was favorably cited in a pair of cases decided by the Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday, February 27, ...

On Friday, October 4, 2019, the Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments in two cases of significant import to tort law in Massachusetts.  In the first case, GGNSC Admin. Servs., LLC v. Schrader, SJC-12707, a nursing home resident signed an arbitration clause prior to her death limiting ...

On January 4^th, 2019, Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued a ruling in Roch v. Mollica (2019 WL 97904) which signals that the state will likely preserve greater Daimler jurisdictional protections for corporations under state law. The SJC acknowledged ...

Attorney Jennifer Creedon a Partner with Martin, Magnuson, McCarthy & Kenney recently participated in a live webcast speaking engagement entitled “The Latest Medicare Advantage Decision: Its Significance and Loopholes”.  Attorney Creedon along with a panel of other distinguished ...

Martin, Magnuson, McCarthy & Kenney invites you to attend The Knowledge Group’s Live Webcast: Cutting Edge Issues in the Environmental, Asbestos, and Talc Due Diligence Arenas. The panel of experienced product liability and environmental litigators includes:

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On August 14, 2018, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled in favor of a defendant hospital, finding the hospital owed no duty of care to unidentified third parties who were harmed by a patient twenty-two days after the patient was released from the hospital. The decision affirmed the trial court’s ...

WARNING: Are You 2018 Compliant?

MMMK Client Alert – Proposition 65 Clear and Reasonable Warnings

May 1, 2018

Proposition 65, an ...

Widow can't sue truck maker, parts manufacturer for fatal accident Appeals Court nixes exception to 'component parts doctrine' The manufacturer of a truck and the maker of a component used in an “auxiliary power system” that converted the vehicle ...

MMM&K Partner, Jennifer Creedon was appointed as Chair of the MassDLA Products Liability Committee.  Jennifer has also served on the MassDLA Board of Directors. MMM&K Associate, Stephanie M. Gazda recently joined the MassDLA Young Lawyers Division Committee.  The Young Lawyers ...

MMM&K is pleased to announce the selection of six of the firm’s attorneys as New England’s Best Lawyers for 2017.  The six honorees are: Daniel Griffin Jr., Paul Keane, Edward Mahoney, ...

In October of 2016, MMM&K, in conjunction with Reminger Co., had the honor of hosting a roundtable discussion regarding catastrophic damages. The panel was hosted by Jennifer Creedon, a partner at MMM&K, which included the following speakers: Paul McTague (MMM&K), Ted Mahoney ...

MMM&K attorney, Paul McTague, obtained a defense verdict in favor of his client in a Suffolk Superior Court jury trial. The defendant, a Boston-based urologist, was monitoring the results from a patient’s prostate cancer-screening test, and the Plaintiff alleged that the defendant was ...

On January 27, 2017, MMM&K partner, Jennifer Creedon spoke on a panel for The Knowledge Group, entitled The Latest Medicare Advantage Decisions: Their Significance and Loopholes, Analyzed.  Jennifer gave an overview of the various parts of Medicare and addressed recent decisions ...