Attorney’s lien survives challenge by judgment creditor


By Pat Murphy, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (September 22, 2023)

A personal injury plaintiff awarded $10 million for sexual assault in state court could not proceed with collection against that portion of a $288,000 judgment obtained by the defendant in an unrelated employment action that represented a federal judge’s assessment of attorneys’ fees and costs, the Appeals Court has determined.

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