Phone: 617-482-0333

Email: bbarrett@ebelaw.com

Bar Admission: Massachusetts, 1988.

Education: Boston University School of Law, J.D., 1988. Bill Barrett specializes in civil litigation, including automotive, products liability, construction, medical and professional malpractice, and premises liability disputes, and has experience in local and state regulatory matters, administrative law issues, and complex litigation. A graduate of Boston University School of Law, Mr. Barrett served as an Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County before joining the firm in 1990. Mr. Barrett is a member and past Treasurer (1997-2000) of the Middlesex Bar Association, and belongs to both the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. He is also a member on the Concord zoning Board of Appeals. Mr. Barrett has extensive trial experience in both the state and federal courts, has practiced at both trial and appellate levels, and has lectured on tort-related subjects both to the bar and to the public.

A tort is a private or civil wrong or injury (other than breach of contract) for which a court of law may provide a remedy through a lawsuit for damages (compensation). When a person violates his/her duty to others created under general (or statutory) law, a tort has been committed.

The four elements present in a typical tort lawsuit are:

(1) The existence of a legal duty owed by a person to others

(2) The breach of the duty by one person (negligence)

(3) The breach of the duty being the "proximate cause" of damages suffered by a person

(4) Damages incurred by a person.

Each of the four elements of a tort typically must be present to be compensated.

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