Case law

Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. Wangs Alliance Corporation

District Court, D. Massachusetts · Dec 11, 2017

(noting that “[a] disclosed structure is a ‘corresponding structure’ only if the specification or prosecution history clearly links or associates that structure to the function recited in the claim”). … Philips’ proposed construction also reflects the specification in qualifying the filter to reflect that it is “conducted on the line input between the control unit and the converter” which reflects Figure 1.

Hussey v. City of Cambridge

District Court, D. Massachusetts · Mar 12, 2024

City of Phila., 70 F.4th 151, 166 (3d Cir. 2023) (“[A]n employer must still establish likely disruption through record support, and courts have long required more than ‘unadorned speculation as to the impact of speech. … In Fenico, the Third Circuit reversed the dismissal of a First Amendment retaliation claim brought by a group of police officers who had made social media posts that were clearly “offensive, racist, and violent.”

Casso v. Kijakazi

District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jan 30, 2024

Guenther's opinions for two clearly expressed reasons. First, Dr. Guenther repeatedly noted the difficulty of obtaining complete and consistent information from Plaintiff, so that, the ALJ found, Dr. … If a latent conflict exists – and Plaintiff has not established that any such latent conflict exists – an ALJ need not resolve it if the conflict is not identified at the hearing. Id. (quoting Zblewski v.

Dacosta v. Berryhill

District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jan 31, 2019

The hypothetical questions should reflect the specific capacity /limitations established by the record as a whole. … The ALJ’s reasons for doing so were clearly explained and well-grounded in the record. Seee.g., Bourinot, 95 F.

O'Connor v. Berryhill

District Court, D. Massachusetts · Mar 29, 2019

The hypothetical questions should reflect the specific capacity/limitations established by the record as a whole. … App'x at 6 ("While the record arguably could support a different conclusion, there is clearly substantial evidence to support the ALJ's findings.") (citing Rodriguez Pagan v.

BRT Management LLC v. Malden Storage LLC

District Court, D. Massachusetts · Sep 10, 2021

Whether a breach qualifies as material “turns on several factors, such as the absolute and relative magnitude of default, its effect on the contract’s purpose, willfulness, and the degree to which the injured party has … Supp. 2d 518, 522 (S.D.N.Y. 2003)).21 For such a claim to be viable, plaintiff must establish “a legal duty separate and apart from contractual duties.”