Case Results

This page contains preliminary information about some notable cases that the experienced attorneys at Reardon & Reardon, PC, have successfully handled for our clients. Please contact Lawyer Reardon for more information about these cases, and how our lawyers can help you.

Worcester Superior Court - 1st Degree Murder trial. Defendant acquitted. The defendant was charged with first degree murder by shooting the alleged victim with a firearm. The defendant was also shot by the alleged victim during an altercation. After trial, the defendant was acquitted. The expert forensic evidence in the case from firearms experts demonstrated that the alleged victim shot the defendant first, and the defendant only returned fire in self-defense.

Worcester Superior Court - Child Rape trial. The defendant was charged with rape of the seven year old daughter of his girlfriend. The defendant was acquitted at trial. The evidence demonstrated that the defendant had an excellent relationship with the mother and child while he was living with them, and the charges only came to light months after the defendant and mother had a falling out and their relationship ended.

Worcester Superior Court - Armed Robbery trial. The defendant was acquitted at trial of armed robbery. Cross-examination of the alleged victim demonstrated that the physical evidence did not support the victim's description of how the assault and robbery occurred.

Worcester Superior Court - Assault and battery of a child causing serious, permanent injury. Defendant acquitted after trial of charge of assault and battery of a child causing serious, permanent injury. The defendant was convicted of the lesser included charge of assault and battery on a child causing injury. The defendant was accused of breaking the ribs of his one month old daughter by squeezing her. The child's mother was also accused. The mother fled the jurisdiction before trial; the defendant was tried alone.

Expert testimony at trial demonstrated that the rib fractures were not detectable by visual examination, nor had they been detected during routine visits to the child's pediatrician. The defendant accompanied the new born to the pediatrician for well baby visits before any injury was discovered. Expert testimony also demonstrated that the rib fractures healed completely and the child had no permanent injuries. The defendant received a significantly lower jail sentence than he would have had he been convicted of the most serious charges.

Worcester Superior Court - Home improvement suit. Clients sued improvement contractor for failure to properly remodel their home and build an addition. An expert witness was retained who was prepared to testify that the renovations done did not comply with the building code, and the addition was unsafe. On the verge of trial, a settlement was reached, after which the client was able to pay for the necessary repairs to be done by a different contractor.

Worcester Probate Court - Divorce. Parties had a long-term marriage and owned a successful business together. Wife sued the husband (our client) for divorce,alleging cruel and abusive treatment and seeking the business and the major portion of the marital estate. She also took out a a civil restraining order against him.

After hearing, the court refused to extend the restraining order. After extensive litigation, including depositions and expert analysis by accountants, a settlement was reached under which the husband received the business and a divorce was granted on grounds of irreconcilable differences.

Worcester Superior Court - Hit and Run accident. We recently settled an automobile accident involving a hit and run driver for the limits of the insurance policy. The victim was a nine-year old girl. Her parents tried for more than three years to settle the claim. Although the statute of limitations for these claims is normally only three years, we were able to file suit and pursue a recovery because the victim was a minor. This case demonstrates the importance of consulting with an attorney soon after any accident, to insure that your rights are protected.

CALL LED TO GRISLY FINDING \ DECAPITATION TRIAL UNDER WAY

Published on September 28, 2000, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

WORCESTER -- When Mary A. Boudreau was awakened early on the morning of July 13, 1998, a hysterical and nearly incoherent William J. Battaini Jr. told her he had been in an accident and a person was dead.

The phone call led to the discovery of the head of Deborah L. McCassie of Orange in the bed of a damaged pickup truck that Mr. Battaini had driven from the accident site in Royalston to his home in Athol. Her torso was found in woods off Athol Road in Royalston, where the accident...

AREA HAS ITS SHARE OF "DREAM TEAMERS'

Published on October 6, 1995, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

They're Central Massachusetts' "Dream Team," a small army of local lawyers noted for their tenacious ability to help their clients out of criminal jams.
Some hang out their own shingles. Others are associated with high-powered firms. Some defend the penniless. Others command fees that might require their clients to take out second mortgages.

Some use passion and bluster to stir juries. Others are more methodical in trying to prove their...

MISTRIAL DECLARED IN ATHOL PRIEST CASE

Published on October 28, 1994, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

GREENFIELD - With the jury in hopeless deadlock, Judge Francis X. Spina declared a mistrial yesterday on the charge against the Rev. Brion Ares of Athol of indecent assault and battery. The judge then dismissed the jurors.
It is up to the Northwestern district attorney's office in Northampton to decide whether to seek a new trial on this count, with a new jury. The same Franklin County Superior Court jury cleared the 37-year-old Roman Catholic priest Wednesday of the more...

ATHOL PRIEST ACQUITTED OF RAPING PETERSHAM MAN \ JURY STILL

Published on October 27, 1994, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

GREENFIELD - The Rev. Brion Ares of Athol was found not guilty of rape yesterday in Franklin County Superior Court.

But the jury remained deadlocked on a charge of indecent assault and battery. The 12 jurors will try again this morning at 9 to reach a verdict on that lesser charge. The jury presented its rape acquittal in writing to Judge Francis X. Spina at 2:45 p.m., after 11 hours of deliberations over two days.

It came on the fifth day of the trial, in which the 37-year-old priest...

MILLBURY HACKER ARRAIGNED

Published on September 9, 1994, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

New England News Service

BOSTON - A Millbury man who was indicted last week on charges he transmitted copyrighted computer software to members of his computer bulletin board service was arraigned yesterday in U.S. District Court.

Richard D. Kenadek of 46 South Oxford Road, Millbury, pleaded not guilty to charges that he infringed on copyrighted software of some 50 computer packages. "This is a 2-year-old case that was settled," said Worcester defense attorney...

"FRIAR TUCK' WINS HIS POINT \ BENEDICTINE MONK SIDESTEPS LEGAL

Published on May 20, 1994, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

In courtrooms, clothes have power and meaning. There are the police-like outfits of the court officers, those gate-keepers of the sacred bar; the dark, well-pressed suits of the endlessly verbose lawyers, whose ties are never loosened and whose jackets never come off; and, perched high above the proceedings, the black bogeyman robes of the judge.

Recent years have seen other, less-secular garb in the courtrooms, most noticeably the Roman collar of the Catholic clergyman...

NO NEW TRIAL SET IN CHILD'S DEATH \ CRAMER CASE ENDED AS MISTRIAL

Published on October 13, 1995, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

WORCESTER - The district attorney's office has decided not to prosecute a former Worcester woman whose 1992 trial on a charge of murder in the scalding death of her infant son ended in a hung jury and mistrial.

Assistant District Attorney Thomas E. Landry has filed a nolle prosequi in the Worcester Superior Court case of Teresa D. Cramer, who had been accused of murdering 11-month-old Joseph R. Cramer in 1989. A nolle prosequi, commonly called a nol pros, is a court entry...

MALPRACTICE SUIT SETTLED FOR BOY WITH INJURED EYE

Published on November 18, 1994, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

WORCESTER - A settlement has been reached in a malpractice suit against a Worcester doctor accused of failing to properly diagnose and treat a 5-year-old boy's eye injury.

The amount of the settlement was kept confidential, but Courthouse sources said the case was settled for $350,000.

PUNCTURE WOUND Dolores Mays of 18 Freedom Way filed the suit against Dr. Dennis J. Arinella in connection with treatment of Mays' son, Spencer Mays, who is now 11 years old and…

WEBSTER MAN IS AWARDED $650,000

Published on August 13, 1992, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

WORCESTER - A 22-year-old Webster man with muscular dystrophy who was injured four years ago when his wheelchair went off a lift on a specially equipped van was awarded $650,000 yesterday by a Worcester Superior Court jury.

Jeffrey Alan Gauvin of 3 Negus St., Webster, had filed a negligence suit against Kunkel Bus Co., Inc. in connection with the May 2, 1988, accident, which occurred as Gauvin was being dropped off at Bartlett High School in Webster. Gauvin suffered compound fractures of...