| Legal ForumsRegisterSign inBankruptcyBusinessCriminalEmploymentFamilyImmigrationReal EstateMore... | ChatUpcomingArchiveHelpAsk a LawyerMost Recent Q&AAsk a QuestionAsk a Lawyer Archive |
Little did I know that when I entered law school, four decades ago, that the very first case we studied in Civil Procedure would have great relevance to my law practice today. In that September day, we studied a 1941 United States Supreme Court decision known as Sibbach v. Wilson. It involved an auto accident in which the plaintiff did not want to submit to a... Read More
Insurance companies have a right in personal injury actions to perform a physical exam of the injured party. This right is spelled out in Rule 35 of the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure. The notion behind this is that the injured party has put his physical or mental condition, at issue in the action, and that fairness dictates that a defendant, in actuality usually a liability insurer, has a right to evaluate that person.
Given that the right to an exam is not in... Read More
