6 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 2009–2025 5 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance v. Morelgreen2 sentences2025LEXIS 811 , *3 - 4 (2011) (citing Vaiarella, 409 Mass. at 527 – 529); see also Morel, 60 Mass. App. Ct. at 383 (observing that, “[a]mong the nonexclusive factors mentioned in Vaiarella are whether the putative member of the household has an established connection to it; whether he receives mail at that address; whether he keeps possessions there; and whether his relationship to other household members involves financial support.”). 2009Id. | 1 | 2 |
Iamele v. Asselingreen1 sentence2023"Among the nonexclusive factors the judge should consider are 'the defendant's violations of protective orders, ongoing child custody or other litigation that engenders or is likely to engender hostility, [and] the parties' demeanor in court.'" Id., quoting Iamele v. Asselin, 444 Mass. 734, 740 (2005). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Vaiarella v. Hanover Insurance
green
1 sentence2025LEXIS 811 , *3 - 4 (2011) (citing Vaiarella, 409 Mass. at 527 – 529); see also Morel, 60 Mass. App. Ct. at 383 (observing that, “[a]mong the nonexclusive factors mentioned in Vaiarella are whether the putative member of the household has an established connection to it; whether he receives mail at that address; whether he keeps possessions there; and whether his relationship to other household members involves financial support.”). | 1 | 2025–2025 |
Chambers v. RDI Logistics, Inc.
green
1 sentence2024Chambers includes a brief discussion of such factors; for example, Chambers spoke approvingly of the fact finder's being able to consider whether "the services of the alleged independent contractor are not actually available to entities beyond the contracting entity, even if they purport to be so." Chambers, 476 Mass. at 109 . | 1 | 2024–2024 |
Callahan v. Callahan
green
1 sentence2023"Among the nonexclusive factors the judge should consider are 'the defendant's violations of protective orders, ongoing child custody or other litigation that engenders or is likely to engender hostility, [and] the parties' demeanor in court.'" Id., quoting Iamele v. Asselin, 444 Mass. 734, 740 (2005). | 1 | 2023–2023 |
Blanchard v. Steward Carney Hospital, Inc.
green
1 sentence2022In a comprehensive memorandum and order, the judge applied the augmented framework Page 645 delineated in Blanchard I, 477 Mass. at 159-161, and the nonexclusive factors enumerated in Blanchard II, 483 Mass. at 206-207 . | 1 | 2022–2022 |
Commonwealth v. Pina
green
1 sentence2021Although this settles whether a search occurred in this case, we nonetheless discuss whether there is an objectively reasonable expectation of privacy in an ICU room.7 When determining whether society is willing to recognize an expectation of privacy as reasonable, we consider the following nonexclusive factors: (1) the nature of the place searched, (2) whether the defendant owned the place searched, (3) whether the defendant controlled access to the place searched, (4) whether the defendant owned the item seized or inspected, and (5) 6 Because no search in the constitutional sense occurred, w | 1 | 2021–2021 |
Lepiscopo v. Hopwood
green
1 sentence2021Although this settles whether a search occurred in this case, we nonetheless discuss whether there is an objectively reasonable expectation of privacy in an ICU room.7 When determining whether society is willing to recognize an expectation of privacy as reasonable, we consider the following nonexclusive factors: (1) the nature of the place searched, (2) whether the defendant owned the place searched, (3) whether the defendant controlled access to the place searched, (4) whether the defendant owned the item seized or inspected, and (5) 6 Because no search in the constitutional sense occurred, w | 1 | 2021–2021 |
Commonwealth v. PORTER P.
green
1 sentence2021Although this settles whether a search occurred in this case, we nonetheless discuss whether there is an objectively reasonable expectation of privacy in an ICU room.7 When determining whether society is willing to recognize an expectation of privacy as reasonable, we consider the following nonexclusive factors: (1) the nature of the place searched, (2) whether the defendant owned the place searched, (3) whether the defendant controlled access to the place searched, (4) whether the defendant owned the item seized or inspected, and (5) 6 Because no search in the constitutional sense occurred, w | 1 | 2021–2021 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.