Law Offices of Samuel A. Segal

By Brandon Calton, Esq. Most people injured on a Massachusetts construction site work for a subcontractor. Workers' compensation pays their medical bills and part of their lost wages, but under G. L. c. 152, § 24 it is the only claim they have against their own employer, and it pays nothing for what the injury actually costs them. The case that makes someone whole, when there is one, is usually against the general contractor. In August 2026, the Supreme Judicial Court made th

By: Brandon Calton, Esq. A jury in Middlesex Superior Court awarded $56 million to a 78-year-old retired realtor named Malcolm Carnwath in Carnwath v. Amazon Logistics Inc, et al on July 22, 2026, as reported by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. In November 2024, an Amazon delivery van driver fell asleep at the wheel, crossed the center line, and hit Mr. Carnwath's car. He went into cardiac arrest and suffered a series of strokes that left him with a permanent brain injury. His l

On Wednesday, July 22, 2026, attorney Sam Segal threw the opening pitch at the Worcester Red Sox game in Worcester, MA. Attorney Segal was there with the Massachusetts Bar Association as part of a sponsored event that the MBA hosts annually. It was an honor for attorney Segal to stand in front of a crowd of thousands to throw out the opening pitch in support of Worcester’s local team. Heading into his Presidential Year (which begins officially in September), attorney Segal

The message from Massachusetts Courts is clear: Beware doing legal research/strategizing using AI. For the first time, Massachusetts Courts have spoken, and they have adopted the recent New York ruling in Heppner finding that a person’s private use of AI to do legal evaluations of their claims is discoverable by the other side in litigation (see our excellent summary of Heppner at this link). The case is Shealy, et al. v. Seaside Investments, et al., and a dispute arose afte

On June 4, 2026, attorneys Sam Segal and Brandon Calton from the Law Offices of Samuel A. Segal ran the Lawyers Have Heart 5K to raise money for the American Heart Association. The event brings together attorneys and other professionals from across the Greater Boston Area to raise money to support life-saving research and CPR trainings. With a time of 23:47, attorney Sam Segal kept a pace 7 minutes, 39 seconds per mile. All of us at the Law Offices of Samuel A. Segal look fo

On June 4, 2026, attorney Sam Segal will run in the annual Lawyers Have Heart 5k to help fight heart disease and stroke by raising money for the American Heart Association. You can help by donating to the American Heart Association in support of the run to help save lives at this link: https://www2.heart.org/site/TR?pg=personal&px=3541868&fr_id=12771

On May 1, 2026, attorneys from across Massachusetts gathered in the Boston Common to re-take their oaths to uphold the Constitutions of the United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Law Day of Action was part of a national effort by the Nation of Laws Coalition with events in over 70 cities across the country. Hosted by president-elect Samuel A. Segal of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the event featured speeches by the Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court Alli

On May 1, 2026, attorney Samuel A. Segal, as President-Elect of the Massachusetts Bar Association, is co-hosting the second annual Boston, MA Law Day of Action 2026 event. This is part of a national effort to bring attorneys, judges, and other legal professionals together to rally in support of the free and fair right to practice law, represent clients of all types, and be free from harassment and threats. As stated by the Law Day of Action organization: When court rulings

MBA President Elect Samuel Segal with Senator Ed Markey, MBA President Michael Hayden, and MBA Chief Legal Counsel Marty Healy On March 25 and 26, 2026, attorney Sam Segal went to Washington, D.C. to meet with the Massachusetts congressional delegation to advocate in support of access to justice and the rule of law as part of the American Bar Association’s ABA Day 2026 . Attorney Segal went down in his capacity as President Elect of the Massachusetts Bar Association and was

The Federal Court recently fired a warning shot to all attorneys and clients who use AI. In the case U.S. v. Heppner , the Southern District of New York found that the federal government could access all of a person’s Claude AI search history relative to the case the government brought against them. This ruling means that a person may be forced to disclose their AI searches and results relative to any potential legal claim, so everyone should be very careful how they use Cl