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BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – A stabbing victim who had to wait 20 minutes for help while watching her mom die will not be allowed to sue her Massachusetts hometown over the delay.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled for the City of Taunton in the wrongful death case filed by Kathleen Slavin, who was stabbed by an intruder and called 9-1-1. But Taunton’s fire truck went to the wrong address and did not get to Slavin and her mother for 20 minutes after the call.
An ambulance arrived 10 minutes after the fire truck. Ultimately, Kathleen’s mother died after she was taken to a hospital.
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - A former property manager who tried to change deposition testimony that contradicted her claims lost a bid to revive her overtime lawsuit, a Massachusetts appeals court ruled this month.
The decision also upheld the decertification of a proposed class action on behalf of other managers, because the claims of the lead plaintiffs fell apart.
Siew-Mey Tam sued Federal Management Co. in 2013, alleging a variety of labor law violations including failing to pay her overtime. A second manager joined the case and in 2015 a judge certified the case as a class action on behalf of other employees.