Appeals Court
Change to Standing Order

MASSACHUSETTS APPEALS COURT
CHANGE TO STANDING ORDER

The Appeals Court has rescinded its Standing Order Governing Appeals from the Industrial Accident Reviewing Board; the Supreme Judicial Court has approved the rescission. The effect of the rescission is that appeals taken from decisions of the Reviewing Board pursuant to G. L. c. 152, § 12(2), will go directly to a panel of the Appeals Court, not to a single justice. Preparation of briefs and record appendices will be governed by the Massachusetts Rules of Appellate Procedure.

The rescission is effective July 1, 2005, and will apply to an appeal taken on or after that date from a decision of the Reviewing Board. An appeal taken before July 1, 2005, will continue to be governed by the Standing Order, and will go to the single justice.