Jeffrey S. Raphaelson

Attorney Jeffrey S. Raphaelson is a trial lawyer with over thirty years experience resolving complex, serious personal injury matters and business disputes. Mr. Raphaelson focuses his personal injury practice on medical malpractice, product liability, and automobile accidents, typically involving catastrophic injury, brain damage or wrongful death. He focuses his commercial litigation practice on partnership and shareholder disputes, unfair and fraudulent business practices, and insurance disputes.

Attorney Raphaelson’s Honors & Achievements

2010 Lawyer of the Year*
2019 Top Five Medical Malpractice Settlement*
2019 Top Twelve Jury Verdict*
2018 Top Five Medical Malpractice Settlement*
2015 Top Ten Medical Malpractice Settlement*
2011 Top Five Medical Malpractice Settlement*
2010 Top Ten Jury Verdict*
2007 Top Ten Jury Verdict*
“AV Rating” from Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating awarded to lawyers based on experience, competence and legal ethics.
Each year since 2013 selected to Massachusetts Super Lawyers list, a peer review process distinguishing only five percent of the lawyers in Massachusetts for peer recognition and professional achievement.
Recipient of the G. Joseph Tauro Distinguished Scholar Award from Boston University School of Law.
Mr. Raphaelson has been a panelist or presenter on trial advocacy for the Boston Bar Association and Worcester County Bar Association.
He is a graduate of University of Vermont (1984) and Boston University School of Law (1988).

*By Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

Jeffrey Raphaelson

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Representative Matters

**Top Twelve Jury Verdict* in Massachusetts in 2019**

Secured $4.56 million judgment for young skier against Wachusett Mountain Ski Area.

**Top Five Settlement* in Massachusetts in 2019**

Settled lawsuit against sinus surgeon who negligently caused the client to suffer a traumatic brain injury during sinus surgery.

**Top Five Medical Malpractice Settlement* in 2018**

Represented 68 year-old woman in settlement of her claims against gynecologist who misdiagnosed a cancerous tumor as a benign cyst.

**Top Ten Medical Malpractice Settlement* in 2015**

Represented a Worcester County teen and his mother in settlement of their claims against a surgeon at a leading Boston hospital.

Boston Globe Spotlight

Represented a family in two separate malpractice claims against different hospitals for negligence leading to the deaths only nine months apart of both a toddler and her mother. The Boston Globe reported that these two cases were “…a lens into the unsettling and unseen world of medication errors, faulty diagnoses, delays in treatment, and other preventable mistakes in hospitals.”

*By Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

Arbitration Award in Partnership Dispute

Represented two Worcester attorneys in arbitration of law firm partnership dispute and dissolution. Arbitrator found that the two former partners breached their fiduciary duties owed to Clients; and that Clients were entitled to receive virtually all of the relief that they sought in the arbitration, including attorney’s fees.

Shareholder Dispute and Excessive Compensation

Represented minority shareholder in an excessive compensation case against the chief executive officer of the corporation. The Court returned a favorable verdict on behalf of Client, finding the CEO and Board of Directors in breach of their fiduciary duties, struck the CEO’s bonus provision in his contract, and ordered the corporation to abide by a dividend distribution policy and to reimburse Client’s reasonable attorney’s fees.

Shareholder Dispute and Interference with Stock Sale

Represented majority shareholder in settlement of his breach of fiduciary duty claim against a minority shareholder who interfered with Client’s efforts to sell his stock to a third party.

Fraud and Breach of Fiduciary Duty

Represented Boston-area restaurant owner in claims against landlord and bank on charges of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Obtained jury verdict against landlord and summary judgment in favor of Client against bank for unfair and deceptive business practices in violation of the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act. Landlord paid double damages for deliberate misrepresentation, and bank paid over a half-million dollars in punitive damages and attorney’s fees in settlement that followed.

Insurance Dispute and Fire Loss

Represented commercial landlord after insurer refused to honor insurance policy on building destroyed by fire, claiming the Client set the fire. In the two-week trial, we successfully impeached the testimony of the insurer’s forensic experts on the cause and origin of the fire.

Insurance Dispute and Disability Claim

Represented Client in claim against insurance company that refused to pay disability policy benefits after Client became totally disabled. We proved that insurer’s agent added the disqualifying statement to Client’s insurance application after he had signed it. Judge ordered the insurer to pay benefits totaling more than $1.7 million.