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File your complaint in the clerk's office of the District Court, Boston Municipal Court (BMC), or Superior Court in the county where you'll be filing your case.
Draft the Complaint: Prepare a detailed complaint outlining your legal claims against the company. This document should include a statement of facts, the legal basis for your claims, and the relief or damages you seek. Service of Process: Properly serve the company with the complaint and summons.
Typically, in order to sue a company for damages in Massachusetts, you must first draft your civil lawsuit. Then, you must file your civil lawsuit in the proper venue. The appropriate venue is generally the district court in the county that you live in, but it may also be the court where your injury occurred.
The complaint must be filed using the Open Meeting Law complaint form available on the Attorney General's website. Public bodies, or in the case of local public bodies the municipal clerk, should provide members of the public with a copy of the complaint form upon request.
Claims for negligence are subject to a three-year limitations period, and also subject to the discovery rule. But – as in a number of states – Massachusetts has a statute of repose, which cuts off claims for negligence, concerning design or construction projects, six years after substantial completion of the project.
Since its foundation in 1983, the Society of Construction Law has worked to promote for the public benefit education, study and research in the field of construction law and related subjects (including adr, arbitration and adjudication), both in the UK and overseas.
Here are the basic steps towards becoming a lawyer specializing in construction law. Step 1: Complete a Bachelor's Law Degree. Step 2: Take the LSAT. Step 3: Join an ABA-Approved Law School. Step 4: Intern at a Firm. Step 5: Earn Your Juris Doctor Degree. Step 6: Sit and Pass the Bar Exam.
If you want to pursue a career in construction law, you will first have to complete all the educational requirements to become a lawyer in your state, then get licensed as an attorney. Afterward, you can specialize in construction law. Here are the basic steps towards becoming a lawyer specializing in construction law.