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Commonwealth Superior Court Rules Favorably, Strikes Down "Lineman's Statute"
Our client, a major electricity distribution operation, obtained a favorable summary judgment from Judge Gants of the Business Law Session of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Court declared the so-called Lineman's Statute, a Massachusetts Statute establishing minimum staffing and safety requirements for work on high tension wires, unconstitutional because it conflicted with and was preempted by parallel Office of Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations.