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The following is a compilation of recent lawsuits involving area businesses and organizations. These are strictly allegations that have yet to be proven in a court of law. Readers are advised to contact the par- ties listed, or the court, for more information concern- ing the individual claims.
Court Dockets
HAMPDEN SUPERIOR COURT
Roman Bodner and Alla Bodner v. City of Spring- field and Walter Washington
Allegation: Negligence, vicarious liability, negligent retention and supervision, loss of consortium, unfair and deceptive acts or practices, knowing and willful violation, failure to make a reasonable offer of settle- ment, personal injury, property damage, tortious action involving municipality: $90,965
Filed: 10/17/22
Armando Gonzalez v. Thomas Martin Brown, City
of Springfield, and City of Springfield Department of Public Works
Allegation: Breach of duty, reasonable safety viola- tion, liability pursuant: $16,702.82
Filed: 10/19/22
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nity,” Coach said. “Our average age has gone down to 26 years old because
of that program; it was at 27.5 to 28 depending on the semester.”
One program that has also taken
off since its start seven years ago is the Second Chance Pell program in local prisons. When COVID hit, visitors were restricted from entering prisons, but within the last semester, Asnuntuck has been able to reach 145 students in that setting.
“We’re looking at expanding next semester,” Coach said. “We have a new
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than 4.8 million players. A growing interest in the sport is attributed to sev- eral factors, including a short learning curve, appeal to a wide range of demo- graphics, and low startup costs.
“It’s beyond what we expected. We knew it was going to be popular, but had no idea how popular,” said Rogers, adding that there has been discussion of further fundraising to expand the courts.
While pickleball has been compared to tennis without as much running — one of the reasons it’s so attractive to people of all ages and fitness levels — Stewart has often described it to people as a giant ping-pong table. But he’s also adept at explaining the connection to tennis, and how it’s subtly different.
“Tennis players are used to the rack- et doing the work, because the string so stuff, but with pickleball, you do more
Ashlee Salvador v. WW Staffing LLC, SixSails LLC, and Daniel Dunalsky
Allegation: Employment discrimination: $100,000+ Filed: 10/20/22
Carolyn Wilson v. McDonald’s Corp. and P&D Man- agement Group LLC
Allegation: Negligence resulting in personal injury: $30,892.05
Filed: 10/20/22
Juana Duran v. JCPenney Corp., Copper Retail JV LLC, Penny Intermediate Holdings LLC, 3 Phase/ Excel Elevator Corp., Excel Elevator Corp., and 3Phase Excel Elevator LLC
Allegation: Negligence resulting in personal injury: $750,000
Filed: 10/25/22
Carlos Benitez v. McDonald’s
Allegation: Negligence; slip and fall resulting in per- sonal injury: $50,000+
Filed: 10/26/22
Angel Garcia and Carmen Figueroa v. Hailey Alysse Tucker, Robert Cabral, and American Medical Response Inc.
Allegation: Motor-vehicle negligence resulting in personal injury, negligent entrustment: $16,104.50 Filed: 10/27/22
Selective Insurance Co. of the Southeast v. GG’s Ink Allegation: Breach of insurance contract, unjust enrichment: $57,538
Filed: 10/31/22
Chelan Brown v. MGM Springfield and Michael Mathis
Allegation: Employment discrimination, race dis- crimination in employment, retaliation, breach of contract: $307,500
Filed: 11/10/22
HAMPSHIRE SUPERIOR COURT
Michael Hakim, MD; Hakim Medical P.C.; Hakim & Safi MDs, LLC; and Cold Spring Medical LLC v. Elam Safi, MD and Safi MD LLC
Allegation: Usurpation of corporate opportunities, breach of fiduciary duty, injunctive relief, conver- sion, tortious interference with advantageous busi- ness relationships: $59,712.16
Filed: 11/9/22
Advanced Warehouse Systems Inc. v. New England Treatment Access, LLC
Allegation: Breach of contract: $500,000
Filed: 11/15/22
Paul Moryl and Gail Moryl v. Town of Ware Zoning Board of Appeals and its members, Lewis Iadarola, Jodi Chartier, Charles Dowd, Gregory Eaton, Phillip Hamel, David Skoczylas, and Shaun Robinson Allegation: Zoning appeal, gross negligence: $725,000 Filed: 11/23/22
project that’s coming with them, and it’s focusing on some manufacturing classes ... looking at blueprint read- ings, looking at some manufacturing math. And then there’s money that’s been dedicated to a project called Vocational Village. That will potentially bring some opportunities into the pris- ons to do some hands-on work.”
Asnuntuck has been part of Enfield for the past 50 years and is looking forward to celebrating that milestone during the 2023 graduation. Reminisc- ing on the past, Coach told Business- West a story of how the then-president received the memo that the college was
work with the paddle; it’s not wound as tight. But they pick it up fairly quickly.” Players often attack lob shots on the
fly — as noted earlier, the serve and the return both have to bounce, but after that, lobs are fine, just not in the kitchen — making it a game of hand- eye coordination, he added. “You’re not going to get the groundstroke game you get with tennis. Advanced play-
ers may groundstroke for a while, but mostly what I see is serve and volley.” Royal said the courts have cre-
ated more access to, and interest in, the Bartley Center. “We already have
a lot of people that utilize the facili- ties for basketball or for working out in our fitness room. Here’s another way we can open up our campus to the community.”
Stewart, who serves on the board of regents for the National Junior College Athletic Assoc., noted that tennis is a
moving to its current location on 170 Elm St.
“He said, ‘if you hear me running and shouting down the hallways, it’s because we got the approval.’” And the rest is history — literally. The school is looking forward to the vignettes and memories that will be shared among alumni and faculty emeriti.
“Things like that are what we want to embrace and enjoy with our campus community,” she added. “We’re small; we all know each other. We don’t live in silos. We really have a good, close com- munity here — a close family feel.”
dying sport at the junior-college level. “There are no junior colleges in New England that have tennis anymore. Tennis used to be so popular, you couldn’t get on a court. Now people are having a harder time getting courts for pickleball, particularly indoors.”
If You Build It, They Will Come
Stewart and Royal both envision HCC hosting pickleball leagues and tournaments.
“In addition to my own passion for the sport, there’s a real opportunity here from an economic-development perspective for our region to draw more visitors to the area for pickleball,” Royal said. “That creates all sorts of business opportunities.”
When the Bartley Center went up at HCC 22 years ago, Stewart recalled,
Bottom Line
With a population just over 42,000, Enfield might be a large town, but the community is close and tight-knit, Whitten said. And officials are looking forward to a new year of growth and community.
“We just work the best we can with all developments,” she said, “whether it be the small mom-and-pop or the developer of Enfield Square.” u
Kailey Houle can be reached at [email protected]
then-President David Bartley told him, “make sure this place is open and being used.” That mission has been accomplished, he added. “We’ve been pretty successful for 22 years, and this just adds to it.”
Municipalities like South Hadley are having the same experience.
“We had the lights on until 10 dur- ing Daylight Savings,” Rogers told BusinessWest. “We still have people out there if it’s above 32 degrees and the balls aren’t cracking. One family has three kids under 13, and they’re there all the time, mixing in with people a couple generations older. You can play for a long time because it’s not that tax- ing. It’s great exercise, but it’s not run- ning you ragged, so you can come back and do it again tomorrow.” u
Joseph Bednar can be reached at [email protected]
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