Tag: Lawsuits
Twenty Wayland sues Town and Wastewater Management District Commission
The following is a press release submitted by Town Administrator Fred Turkington: Twenty Wayland, LLC, the developers of the Town Center project under construction…
Engineering firm found not liable for flood repairs
Wayland Town Crier 10/19/10: Engineering firm found not liable for flood repairs. A Suffolk Superior Court jury has found that civil engineering firm BSC Group may have been negligent in not alerting town officials to possible flooding problems during construction of the public safety building but isn't responsible for repairs, according to a BSC executive. BSC Group President and Chief Financial Officer Richard Long said yesterday that the jury found that BSC didn't warn the town of possible future flooding, but that lack of warning did not cause the damages to the building, and the firm isn't responsible for paying the town.
Wayland Town Center suit is settled
Wayland Town Crier 10/13/10: Wayland Town Center suit is settled. A long and contentious stalemate between the Historic District Commission and developers of the Town Center project has ended with a compromise that will allow Twenty Wayland to move forward more quickly with traffic improvements. The commission voted unanimously last night to approve an agreement that settles a lawsuit brought by Twenty Wayland, and to issue a revised certificate of hardship, which will allow the developer to begin roadwork on the intersection of routes 20, 27 and 126 before Town Center construction begins.
Town unhappy with finding
Boston Globe 10/10/10: Town unhappy with finding. A Suffolk Superior Court jury has found a civil engineering firm negligent in its design of the drainage…
State sides with Wayland officials on Open Meeting Law
Wayland Town Crier 10/5/10: State sides with Wayland officials on Open Meeting Law. In one of its first decisions as the new overseer of the state's Open Meeting Law, the attorney general's office has sided with Wayland town officials in a complaint filed by former selectman George Harris.
Litigation in Wayland Public Safety Building design defect case concludes
A twelve person jury found BSC negligent in its design of the drainage system at the town's Public Safety Building, but declined to hold the…
Wayland selectmen admit wrongdoing with meeting
Wayland Town Crier 8/17/10: Wayland selectmen admit wrongdoing with meeting. Selectmen last night admitted they were wrong to chat about potential appointees to town boards outside of a formal meeting after the exchange was recorded on public access television.
The Board of Selectmen's statement is available here.
