Nicholas C. Cramb

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Member

  Firm Name

  Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Real Estate: Successfully appealed to the Department of Housing
  Community Development a municipality's determination that it had achieved an affordable housing statutory minimum
  Obtained summary judgement on behalf of developer in action challenging of municipality's inclusionary zoning determination
  Argued an appeal of a comprehensive permit before the Supreme Judicial Court, which affirmed our client's comprehensive permit for a residential development of approximately 150 units
  Defended developer of a mixed use project, which included over 60 residential units, in an appeal brought by a competing shopping center
  Defended mall owners in an appeal by neighboring entities of a subdivision approval
  variances issued in connection with development for a new anchor tenant, obtaining summary judgment on st
  ing grounds
  Brought an appeal of a special permit issued to allow construction of a wind turbine on behalf of nearby l
  owners
  Represented a college
  a private secondary school in suits by neighbors challenging permitting for athletic fields
  Represented the purchaser of a large residential complex in a lawsuit concerning the termination of a purchase
  sale agreement
  Insurance/Reinsurance: Defended insurer against claim that it had a duty to defend antitrust action, obtaining dismissal of complaint, which was affirmed by the Massachusetts Appeals Court
  Defended an insurer against breach of contract
  bad faith claims in suit arising out of a catastrophic explosion of a manufacturing facility, obtaining summary judgment
  Represented an insurer in a complex coverage action concerning contamination of an urban neighborhood by a dry cleaning chemical distribution center
  Defended a reinsurer on the grounds that its cedent violated retention warranties, obtaining partial summary judgment
  Represented a foreign reinsurer in an action brought by its alleged cedent concerning a cross-border fronting arrangement, obtaining summary judgment
  Represented a cedent in a complex claim relating to its cession of losses stemming from asbestos
  silica claims, obtaining summary judgment
  Obtained a court order for reinsured compelling consolidation of arbitrations
  the appointment of an umpire