Business and Construction Litigation
Brister and Zandrow, LLP litigates a wide variety of complex business cases.
The firm has represented clients in contract and land use disputes, in personal injury actions arising out of construction activities, in mechanic's lien controversies, in commercial disputes regarding the condition of goods and services, in claims under the Uniform Commercial Code, and in securities litigation at both the trial and appellate levels.
Major, reported appellate matters in which our counsel have participated include:
The firm has represented clients in contract and land use disputes, in personal injury actions arising out of construction activities, in mechanic's lien controversies, in commercial disputes regarding the condition of goods and services, in claims under the Uniform Commercial Code, and in securities litigation at both the trial and appellate levels.
Major, reported appellate matters in which our counsel have participated include:
- the validity of mechanic's liens filed against a landlord of commercial property, Madigan v. Trace Construction, Inc., 71 Mass. App. Ct. 1 (2007),
- a contractor's duty to maintain safe scaffolding at a work site, Dilaveris v. W. T. Rich Co., 424 Mass. 9, 673 N.E.2d 562 (1996) ,
- conflicts of law analysis in the context of a construction contract, New England Telephone & Telegraph C. v. Gourdeau Construction Co., 419 Mass. 658, 647 N.E.2d 42 (1995),
- a securities action against a broker, Advest, Inc. v. McCarthy, 914 F.2d 6 (1st Cir. 1990),
- multi-million dollar property damage litigation associated with the construction of the John Hancock Tower in Boston, Trinity Church in the City of Boston v. John Hancock Mut. Life Insurance Co., 399 Mass. 43, 502 N.E. 2d 532 (1987)
- breach of warranties claims between a commercial wine distributor and a retailer under the Uniform Commercial Code, Delano Growers Co-op. Winery v. Supreme Wine Co. Inc., 393 Mass. 666, 473 N.E.2d 1066 (1985).
