Legal News for Springfield, Massachusetts
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United States of America v. Urvishkumar Vipulkumar Patel
Springfield, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. In early 2024, an elderly Berkshire County resident received a pop-up message on his computer claiming that his computer was frozen and directing him to call the number provided on the computer screen, purportedly associated with Microsoft. The victim’s call was routed t... More...
(01-20-2026 - MA)Guistina Aprileo v. Cheryl Claporood, et al.
Springfield, Massachusetts, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an excessive force claim. In 2018, Guistina Aprileo requested police assistance with resolving a disagreement at her home between her adult children. Soon after the police arrived, she found herself in a dispute with one of the officers, which led to her arrest on charges including disorderly conduct. Rath... More...
(11-12-2025 - MA)Janes Doe v. City of Springfield, et al.
Springfield, Massachusetts, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff. The claims made and defenses asserted by the parties are not available.... More...
$1 (11-10-2025 - MA)Rohini Meka, et al. v. Hani Haddad, et al.
Springfield, Massachusetts, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs on a medical malpractice claim. The plaintiffs, Rohini Meka and her husband, Suresh Chirumamilla, filed suit on September 18, 2020, in the District of Massachusetts. They named as defendants Dr. Hani Haddad, Valley Women's Health Group, LLC, and Jane/John Doe (collectively, "the defendants"). The complaint, prem... More...
(10-10-2025 - MA)Nkealmay, Inc. v. Atain Specialty Insurance Company
Springfield, Massachusetts insurance law lawyers represented the parties in beach of contract action. * * * In Massachusetts, a breach of an insurance contract occurs when an insurer fails to fulfill its obligations under the policy. This can involve wrongfully denying a claim, failing to investigate a claim reasonably, or not settling a claim when liability is clear. Such breach... More...
$1 (06-18-2025 - MA)Stephen D. Woodbridge v. The City of Greenfield
Springfield, Massachusetts personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Civil Rights Act violation theory. * * * The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark US law that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. It addresses discrimination in various areas including voting, public accommodations, public education, and employment. Th... More...
$1 (06-18-2025 - MA)Robert George Gordon, Jr. v. Karen Lee Gordon
Springfield, Massachusetts family law lawyers represented the parties in a marriage dissolution (Divorce) action. Robert Gordon (husband) appeals from an April 22, 2024, order, postjudgment, which order denied his pleading designated "Motion for Leave to File Re-opening of Judgment Dated January 6, 2023 Due to Fraud and Hiding of Assets." The order denying leave to file was based upon a p... More...
(04-17-2025 - MA)United States of America v. Robbie Delgado
Springfield, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition ... More...
(10-03-2024 - MA)United States of America v. Jose Luis Lopez Genao
Springfield, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with travelling to the Worcester area to distribute approximately one kilogram of fentanyl. ... More...
(10-03-2024 - MA)United States of America v. Kent Pecoy
Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraud Conspiracy ... More...
(08-21-2024 - MA)United States of America v. David Tweed
Springfield, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child sexual exploitation ... More...
(07-25-2024 - MA)United States of America v. Daniel J. Griffin and William W. Robertson
Worcester, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy, federal programs fraud and wire fraud in connection with an overtime scheme dating back to 2015. Former Massachusetts State Police (MSP) Lieutenant Daniel J. Griffin, 60, of Belmont and MSP Sergeant William W. Robertson, 61, of Westborough, were each convicted of one count of conspiracy, ... More...
(12-14-2023 - MA)United States of America v. Jhony Cantarero-Vasquez
Worcester, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bringing in and harboring aliens in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. 2. 18 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1) provides: (A) Any person who— (i) knowing that a person is an alien, brings to or attempts to bring to the United States in any manner whatsoever such person at a place other t... More...
(12-13-2023 - MA)Michelle L. Hart v. Cook Medical Incorporated, et al.
Worcester, Massachusetts personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on product liability theories. Cook Medical Incorporated is a family-owned medical device company that works with physicians to develop devices that are less invasive for patients. "Massachusetts is a strict liability state for product liability claims, which means that a plaintiff ... More...
(11-21-2023 - MA)Hasna Yildiz v. United States of America, et al.
Springfield, Massachusetts immigration law lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking a writ of mandamus. "A writ of mandamus is a court order that commands a government official to perform a specific act. In immigration cases, a writ of mandamus can be used to compel a government official to make a decision on an immigration application or petition. To obtain a writ of mandamus in an... More...
(08-11-2023 - MA)United States of America v. Rodney Hall
Worcester, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of drugs with intent to distribute. Rodney Hall, 38, was sentenced on July 29, 2023 by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 75 months in prison and four years of supervised release. On Feb. 2, 2023, Hall pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 5... More...
(07-31-2023 - MA)Janice Progin v. UMass Memorial Health Care Inc., et al.
Worcester, Massachusetts civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued defendant on a job discrimination theory. Janice Progin filed this putative class action in Massachusetts Superior Court against UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc., UMass Memorial Hospitals, Inc., UMass Memorial Medical Center, Inc., UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital, Inc., Marlborough Hospital, and Har... More...
(07-14-2023 - MA)United States of America v. Willian Borges
Springfield, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to pay bribed payments and bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds. Willian Borges, 30, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to pay bribe payments and three counts of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds. Borges was a princ... More...
(06-30-2023 - MA)John Buccieri v. LifeLine Ambulance Service, Inc.
Worcester, Massachusetts civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Rehabilitation Act violation job discrimination claim. ... More...
(04-28-2023 - MA)United States of America v. Ravinder Arora, Jugjeeve Kharbanda, Sukhdev Singh and Jaspal Singh
Springfield, Massachusetts criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to traffic in contraband tobacco and evade taxes. Ravinder Arora, 60, of East Longmeadow, was sentenced on Oct. 7, 2022 by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to one year probation and restitution to be determined at a later hearing. In August 2015, Arora pleaded guilty to one count of ... More...
(10-11-2022 - MA)John Doe v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield
Springfield, Massachusetts personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a corporate negligence theory. The plaintiff brought suit against the Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield, a corporation sole (Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield), and church officials for the sexual abuse by church leadership that he allegedly endured as a child in the 1960s and for the... More...
(07-28-2022 - MA)Lidia Lech v. Dorothea Von Goeler, et al.
Springfield, Massachusetts personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on prison civil rights theories. Lidia Lech sued Dorothea Von Goeler, Baystate Medical Practices, Inc. and the Hampden County Sheriff's Department claiming her civil rights were violated and infliction of emotion distress as a result of the members of the jail’s medical staff and a physici... More...
(06-02-2022 - MA)United States of America v. Gregg Bigda
Springfield, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with depriving others of their rights under color of law (excessive force). Defendant was accused punching and kicking Hispanic juvenile suspects in 2016, falsifying police reports and abusive interrogation.... More...
(12-13-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Kevin Smoot
Springfield, MA: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with racketeering offenses relating to the promotion of commercial sex. Kevin Smoot, 60, was charged with one count of conspiracy to use a facility of interstate commerce to promote prostitution offenses and seven counts of use of a facility of interstate commerce to promote prostitution offenses. Between Feb... More...
(08-20-2021 - MA)Leonor Pereira v. Laurent Bernard ET Fils Inc.
Springfield, MA: Personal car wreck injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on auto negligence and respondeat superior theories claiming to have suffered more than $18,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of an accident caused by Defendant's employee. ... More...
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