Michael D. Ricciuti

How Judge Ricciuti rules, drawn from 26 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
Massachusetts Superior Court
Position
state
Appointed by
Charlie Baker
Commissioned
2017-01-01
Education
Harvard College (A.B., magna cum laude); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1987)
Signed orders read
26

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Department of Massachusetts, Veterans of Foreign Wars v. Donovan Properties LLC, et al.
Suffolk Superior Court · 2025-04-29
Motion for sanctions (defendant) Granted in part

“Judge Michael D. Ricciuti decided that sanctions were warranted. But he declined to impose the drastic one the defendants had suggested: dismissal.”

Hembio, Inc. v. Fireman, et al.
Civil Action No. 2184-CV-1346 · 2023-12-21
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“Rogers' motion for summary judgment is allowed as to Counts III-VIII but denied as to Counts I and II. Fireman's motion for summary judgment is allowed as to Counts I, II, IV-VII but denied as to Count VIII. Hemera's motion is allowed as to Count IV but denied as to Count VIII.”

Walden Woods Holdings, LLC v. Hill, et al.
Civil Action No. 2084-CV-2384 · 2023-11-21
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendants' motions for summary judgment on Plaintiff's claims are allowed and Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on Hill's counterclaim is allowed.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on Hill's counterclaim is allowed.”

150 Seaport, LLC, et al. v. Lexington Insurance Company
Civil Action No. 2084-CV-801 · 2023-11-21
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“Accordingly, the Court concludes that the term Limitation of Liability encompasses both the Limitation of Remedies provision and the Waiver Provision in the H&A Contract for purposes of the Berkley Policy.”

Milanoski, et al. v. Delli Priscoli
Civil Action No. 2384CV00071 · 2023-11-19
Motion to modify injunction (defendant) Denied

“Delli Priscoli has acted inequitably and, as a result, is not entitled to the relief he seeks.”

High Tech Innovations, Inc., et al. v. Dupuis, et al.
Civil Action No. 1984CV2440 · 2023-11-22
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted in part

“the motion is allowed as to Count II on liability only, but denied as to Count III”

Paradise v. Pomerance, et al.
Civil Action No. 2284-CV-01013 · 2023-11-30
Motion for leave to amend (plaintiff) Granted

“Defendants' argument fails on this ground ... Defendants' motion to dismiss again fails.”

Perkins v. Commonwealth
Suffolk Superior Court · 2023-11-08
Motion for leave to amend (plaintiff) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff's motion to amend is denied, and the Commonwealth's motion to dismiss the Chapter 151B claim is also denied.”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“the Commonwealth's motion to dismiss the Chapter 151B claim is also denied”

Milanoski, et al. v. Delli Priscoli
Civil Action No. 2384CV00071 · 2023-09-07
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“The Defendants' contention that the ROFR is ineffectual as a matter of law is not sufficiently grounded, and their motion to dismiss grounded on this argument must be denied.”

Brammer Bio MA, LLC v. Biogen MA Inc.
Civil Action No. 2284-CV-1962 · 2023-10-09
Motion for leave to amend (defendant) Denied

“After argument, and for the reasons that follow, Biogen's motion for leave to file the TPC is DENIED.”

LogicManager, Inc. v. Wilson
Suffolk Superior Court · 2023-10-13
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Automile suggests that in the employment context, an extension of an otherwise agreed-to time frame for a restrictive covenant must be narrow in scope and carefully tailored to address the harm engendered by a violation. [The extension provision], however, is exceedingly broad.”

Zhou v. Lin, et al.
Civil Action No. 2384CV01294 · 2023-10-31
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“the parties' arguments thus do not warrant dismissal on the limited record before the Court”

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