An aggressive defense (including aerial surveillance) turned up a family conspiracy of slips and falls.
After the judge threatened plaintiff with federal criminal prosecution, his lawyer voluntarily dismissed the Jones Act/Unseaworthiness suit on the morning of trial.
Sullivan v. Keystone Shipping Co., (D. Mass. 1994).
In another curious case, on learning that plaintiff had just been through Chapter 7, we got his personal injury claim dismissed because he had concealed it from the bankruptcy court.
Monteiro v. Mormac Marine Transport, Inc., (D. Mass. 1997).
