An employee for the subcontractor sued the general contractor after falling at an Emmanuel College construction site. (WIKIMEDIA COMMONS) The general contractor for a Boston construction project could sue a subcontractor’s insurance carrier for delaying payment of costs incurred in litigating a jobsite personal injury claim that the carrier had agreed to defend and indemnify
The plaintiff fell approximately 80 feet while working for a tree-cutting business. He was being hoisted into the tree via crane. One defendant had provided the crane and was operating it. The other defendant had hired the plaintiff and the crane to cut trees for a homeowner in Hudson, New Hampshire. The plaintiff was unable
The defamation claim was based on an email to a Water Department official following earlier court cases that absolved the plaintiff of liability for pollution. Action: Negligence and tort Injuries alleged: Damage to reputation, emotional distress Case name: Tammaro v. Rauseo Court/case no.: Essex Superior Court/No. 2077CV01043D Jury and/or judge: Jury/Judge Kristen Buxton Demand: $100,000-plus
Sam Doran
State House News Service
A career Essex County prosecutor was tapped for the Superior Court bench Wednesday by Gov. Charlie Baker, in his first judicial nomination of the new year.
Kristen Buxton was elevated to chief homicide prosecutor in Essex County in 2019, and has been an assistant district attorney in that office since 1996 when she started out handling misdemeanor and felony cases in Lynn District Court.
The Tulane Law School graduate was also supervising attorney at Lynn District Court and has prosecuted murder, motor vehicle homicide, narcotics, rape and sexual assault cases. She worked in the Public Protection Bureau under Attorney General Scott Harshbarger in the summer of 1995 and before that she interned for the Law Offices of Jeffrey Newman and worked as a paralegal at Boston firm Craig and Macauley.