A Boston jury returned an $83 million verdict Sept. 18 against an Indianapolis-based pottery clay manufacturing company, with jurors agreeing that a Massachusetts woman’s mesothelioma death was caused by the company’s asbestos-laden products.
A judge in Boston is holding a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in contempt after he detained a suspect while the man was on trial.
Voters in Arizona and Massachusetts will decide in November whether it’s good policy to continue to let employers pass some of their labor costs to consumers.
The top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, who has announced her resignation, tried to use her position to influence the outcome of a race for Boston’s district attorney by leaking information aimed at sabotaging the campaign of her candidate’s rival.