Legal Resources: Real Estate Litigation

Residential Real Estate Disputes

Quiet Title Actions – We represent national title insurers as well as individuals, seeking to cure title defects ranging from misidentified title plans, deed description errors, conveyancing errors, and missing elements in the chain of title. A recent action in Rhode Island Superior Court involved a plot plan that misidentified one property for another, a prior quiet title action that misidentified the property in another error, and our successful effort to expedite a hearing during the pandemic to vacate a judgment

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Variance To Build a Parking Structure in South Boston

Dorothy A. Leblanc and Denise Leblanc v. Christine Araujo, Angelo Buonopane, Peter Chin, Michael Monahan, and Robert Shortsleeve, as they constitute members of the Board of Appeal for the City of Boston and Paul McCologan, Sr. and Benjamin Forde, Suffolk Superior Court, Docket Number 07-5353F.This was a 4 day trial. It was a de novo appeal to the Superior Court of the granting of a variance to the Defendants to build a parking structure in South Boston. The Plaintiffs, whom we

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How to Avoid Exposure to Winter Weather-Related Litigation

What You Should Know About Accumulation of Snow and Ice By: Howard S. Goldman As we approach the upcoming New England Winter for 2010 and 2011, it is important for property owners and managers alike to keep abreast of the latest developments and trends in Massachusetts law to minimize the exposure to litigation from, primarily, slip and fall accidents from snow accumulation.  This Client Update discusses the recent change in Massachusetts law on the duty of care of a property owner

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Real Estate Cases

Massachusetts Real Estate Cases Types of cases handled by the Massachusetts real estate attorneys at Goldman & Pease: Conducted hundreds of evictions on behalf of landlords and property managers for non-payment of rent, drug evictions, nuisance evictions, failure to vacate after a lease termination, violation of pet policies, noise, harassment, and violation of lease terms. Engage in curative title actions in Superior Court and Land Court for title insurance companies and private owners of land, for such matters as boundary disputes,

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Real Estate Lending

Massachusetts Real Estate Lending Cases Types of lending cases handled by the Massachusetts real estate attorneys at Goldman & Pease: Successfully represented banks, mortgage companies, private lenders, buyers, and sellers in over 500 closings including, but not limited to, drafting loan documents and security agreements, purchase and sales agreements, drafting the requisite closing documents, recording the same, performing title searches, writing title insurance, and all other matters related to both residential and commercial lending. Obtained summary judgment of dismissal in defending

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Residential Real Estate Disputes

Quiet Title Actions – We represent national title insurers as well as individuals, seeking to cure title defects ranging from misidentified title plans, deed description errors, conveyancing errors, and missing elements in the chain of title. A recent action in Rhode Island Superior Court involved a plot plan that misidentified one property for another, a prior quiet title action that misidentified the property in another error, and our successful effort to expedite a hearing during the pandemic to vacate a judgment

Read More »

Variance To Build a Parking Structure in South Boston

Dorothy A. Leblanc and Denise Leblanc v. Christine Araujo, Angelo Buonopane, Peter Chin, Michael Monahan, and Robert Shortsleeve, as they constitute members of the Board of Appeal for the City of Boston and Paul McCologan, Sr. and Benjamin Forde, Suffolk Superior Court, Docket Number 07-5353F.This was a 4 day trial. It was a de novo appeal to the Superior Court of the granting of a variance to the Defendants to build a parking structure in South Boston. The Plaintiffs, whom we

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How to Avoid Exposure to Winter Weather-Related Litigation

What You Should Know About Accumulation of Snow and Ice By: Howard S. Goldman As we approach the upcoming New England Winter for 2010 and 2011, it is important for property owners and managers alike to keep abreast of the latest developments and trends in Massachusetts law to minimize the exposure to litigation from, primarily, slip and fall accidents from snow accumulation.  This Client Update discusses the recent change in Massachusetts law on the duty of care of a property owner

Read More »

Real Estate Cases

Massachusetts Real Estate Cases Types of cases handled by the Massachusetts real estate attorneys at Goldman & Pease: Conducted hundreds of evictions on behalf of landlords and property managers for non-payment of rent, drug evictions, nuisance evictions, failure to vacate after a lease termination, violation of pet policies, noise, harassment, and violation of lease terms. Engage in curative title actions in Superior Court and Land Court for title insurance companies and private owners of land, for such matters as boundary disputes,

Read More »

Real Estate Lending

Massachusetts Real Estate Lending Cases Types of lending cases handled by the Massachusetts real estate attorneys at Goldman & Pease: Successfully represented banks, mortgage companies, private lenders, buyers, and sellers in over 500 closings including, but not limited to, drafting loan documents and security agreements, purchase and sales agreements, drafting the requisite closing documents, recording the same, performing title searches, writing title insurance, and all other matters related to both residential and commercial lending. Obtained summary judgment of dismissal in defending

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