Keyword Search: Statute of Limitations
SJC-10715: ANAWAN INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. & another vs. DIVISION OF INSURANCE
Argument: September 2010
Keywords: Consumer Protection - Insurance - Statute of Limitations
Question Presented: Whether a government consumer protection action “accrues” when the violation occurs, or when the government has reason to know of it.
Facts: Anawan Insurance Agency paid commissions to a broker from 1997 to 2001, even though the broker’s license had expired early in the relationship. The Massachusetts Division of Insurance discovered …
SJC-10674: JULES R. CAVADI vs. STEPHEN C. BARNES & another
Argument: Not yet scheduled.
Keywords: Civil Procedure - Fraudulent Conveyance - Statute of Limitations - Torts
Question Presented: Whether the common law theory of fraudulent conveyance survived the passed of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act.
Facts: The plaintiff brought suit against Stephen Barnes and Christina DeYeso, alleging that he was owed substantial money by Barnes that he had been unable to collect; that Barnes had transferred …
SJC-10668: COMMONWEALTH vs. JERRY DIXON
Argument: September 2010
Keywords: Criminal Law - Statute of Limitations
Question Presented: Whether the Commonwealth may indict a person identified only by their DNA profile, and then amend the indictment after the statute of limitations has run when a person with a matching DNA profile is found.
Facts: In 1991, two separate rapes were committed by an unknown person; the same DNA was recovered in both cases. Fourteen years and 360 days after the first incident, having still …
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