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. … To read more, please visit Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, where the article first appeared.