Personal Injury Law

Sterling Man Sues Strip Club for Worcester Personal Injury Over Alleged Beating By Club Employee

Posted on March 31, 2011
Patrick Blanchard is seeking Massachusetts personal injury damages from the Platinum Premier Gentleman?s Club in Worcester. The 25-year-old Sterling resident contends that he was beaten and robbed by a club employee last May. In his Worcester personal injury complaint, Blanchard claims that strip club employee Easton Byfield brought him to the men?s room, wrongfully accused him of selling drugs to dancer, struck his face four times, and stole $300 from him...

Massachusetts Auto Products Liability Lawsuit Seeks Damages from Mitsubishi Over Deadly SUV Rollover in Revere

Posted on March 29, 2011
The parents of Jason Alan Foster are suing Mitsubishi for his Revere, Massachusetts wrongful death. Foster, then a 17-year-old Ipswich teen, was fatally injured in a SUV rollover crash on Route 1 on August 6, 2009. Foster and another person were riding in the rear seat of a 2000 Mitsubishi Montero when the driver, an inexperienced teen, lost control of the SUV, which rolled over on a curve...

Massachusetts Dangerous Drug Case: Women Affected by Yaz Birth Control May Have Grounds for Lawsuit

Posted on March 27, 2011
Bayer?s annual report says that as of February 1, 2011, it has been named the defendant in about 6,850 dangerous drug lawsuits over the birth control pills Yaz and Yazmin and their generic equivalents, Ocella and Gianvi. If you or someone that you love developed the following health conditions after taking any of these pills, you may have grounds for a Massachusetts products liability case against the drug manufacturer...

Boston TBIs Highlighted During Brain Injury Awareness Month

Posted on March 25, 2011
Brain injuries affected over a million people in the US every year. March is Brain Injury Awareness month, and our Boston injury lawyers want to remind you that if someone you love has sustained a brain injury because of an accident that was caused by another party?s negligent actions, you may have grounds for a Massachusetts brain injury lawsuit...

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Inadequate Rear Guards May Be Doing a Poor Job of Preventing Boston Underride Truck Crash Deaths

Posted on March 22, 2011
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the federal government needs to mandate that stronger rear guards be used on tractor-trailers and other big rig trucks. The underride guards are supposed to prevent smaller vehicles that rear-end large trucks from ending up under the larger vehicle...

4-Year-Old Dudley Boy Dies in Auburn, Massachusetts Escalator Fall Accident

Posted on March 16, 2011
State officials are ordering a statewide investigation of escalators, after 4-year-old Mark DiBona fell two stories down an escalator in a Sears store at the Auburn Mall on Friday. The Dudley boy landed on a store display and sustained serious injuries during the Massachusetts escalator accident...

Family Wants the Right to Sue Bank of America for Waltham Man?s Massachusetts Wrongful Death

Posted on March 15, 2011
Nearly two years after Waltham resident Philip Grossman checked into a Woburn hotel and committed suicide, his family wants to sue Bank of America for his Massachusetts wrongful death. The 65-year-old computer consultant killed himself after he and his wife lost over half their savings...

Medication Overdose: Boston Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Claims Massachusetts General Hospital Gave 76-Year-Old Woman the Wrong Blood Thinner

Posted on March 10, 2011
The family of Geraldine Oswald believes that she died because of a medical mistake. The 76-year-old Revere woman died last year after she was given too much blood thinner while in the care of Massachusetts General Hospital. Now, they are suing for Boston wrongful death and medical malpractice...

Did You Know That If A Massachusetts Hospital Loses Your Medical Records You Have the Right to Sue?

Posted on March 08, 2011
Last year, South Shore Hospital in Weymouth admitted to losing more than 800,000 patient health records. While the hospital admitted this mistake to Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and the public, it never directly notified each person whose medical records had been lost...

Boston Medical Malpractice?: Former Needham Doctor and Nurse Practitioner Blamed for Six Drug Overdose Deaths

Posted on March 03, 2011
In federal court today, Dr. Joseph Zolot and nurse practitioner Lisa Pliner were indicted on charges they conspired to illegally distribute controlled substances to patients and that this resulted in six fatalities. Drugs that they allegedly distributed included oxycodone, methadone, and fentanyl...

Craigslist Murder: Victim?s Mother May Sue Copley Marriott Hotel for Boston Wrongful Death

Posted on March 01, 2011
According to the Boston Globe, the mother of Julia Brissman, the alleged victim of the man dubbed the Craigslist Killer, is considering filing a Boston wrongful death lawsuit against the Copley Marriott Hotel and a New Hampshire gun shop. Brissman was shot numerous times at the Back Bay hotel in 2009...

$6.8 Million Boston Wrongful Death Judgment Awarded Over NU Student?s Fatal Fall Down Bar Stairs

Posted on February 28, 2011
A judge has awarded the family of Jacob Freeman $6.8 million in Boston wrongful death damages. Freeman, a Northeastern University Student, died nearly four years ago after falling down a flight of stairs at Our House East, a Boston bar on Gainsborough Street...

Injured last Month in New Bedford Oil Truck Accident, 84-Year-Old Wheelchair-Bound Man Dies from His Injuries

Posted on February 25, 2011
Last month, we reported on our Boston Car Accident Lawyer Blog that 84-year-old Joao Amaral, who is wheelchair-bound, was injured when he was involved in a New Bedford truck accident. Amaral was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital in serious condition...

Toyota Motor Corp. Recalls Another 2.17 Million Vehicles Over Floor Mat/Accelerator Pedal Entrapment Concerns

Posted on February 25, 2011
Upping the number of vehicles recalled since 2009 to over 14 million globally, Toyota Motor Corp. says it is recalling another 2.1 million motor vehicles in the US because of concerns that the accelerator pedal might get stuck in the driver?s side floor mat or carpeting...

Boston Nursing Home Negligence Can Lead to Food Choking Accidents

Posted on February 22, 2011
Massachusetts nursing homes house many patients with special dietary and eating needs. While some patients cannot be fed certain foods as a result of food allergies, diabetes, high cholesterol and other health issues, still others have certain disabilities, problems swallowing, no teeth, problems or suffer from dementia and need helping eating, cutting up, liquefying, blending, or straining their food...

Bicycle Injury Rates Go Down When Cities Have Bikes-Only Lanes, Says Study

Posted on February 20, 2011
According to a new study published in Injury Prevention, there is a 28% lower injury rate for bicyclists when they cycle in bike-only tracks that are physically separate from street traffic than when they ride right next to motor vehicles. Considering that designated bike lanes are not common in the United States?usually a painted stripe in the road is what separates a bicycle lane from the rest of traffic?these findings are important to consider...

Electrical Issue May Have Cause Fatal Westfield, Massachusetts Fire that Killed Elderly Couple

Posted on February 18, 2011
The Boston Herald is reporting that according to fire safety officials, an electrical problem appears to have caused the fire that claimed the lives of 82-year-old Douglas Anderson and his 84-year-old Gladys. The two were found inside their burning home in Westfield, Massachusetts yesterday afternoon...

Ex-Children?s Hospital Boston Pediatrician Sued for Boston Medical Malpractice and the Sex Abuse of Child Patients

Posted on February 17, 2011
Former Children's Hospital Boston pediatrician Dr. Melvine Levine is the defendant of a class action complaint accusing him of Boston medical malpractice and Massachusetts child sex abuse. The lawsuit blames the hospital for failing to properly supervise him during 40 cases over two decades and of knowing (or that it should have known) that Levine was not fit to treat minor boy patients or care for them without supervision...

Boston Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against American Medical Response After Ambulance Patient is Dropped on Her Head

Posted on February 16, 2011
Peter Zacarelli is suing American Medical Response for Boston wrongful death. Zacarelli is the brother of Barbra Grimes. The 68-year-old woman died from a brain bleed five days after an ambulance crew allegedly dropped her head-first on the ground. At the time of the Boston fall accident, Grimes was being taken to a Plymouth hospital for her dialysis treatment...

Boston Personal Injury Lawsuit Accuses Police Motorcyclist of Assault and Battery in ?07 Marathon Pedestrian Accident

Posted on February 15, 2011
A Framingham woman claims Massachusetts police Sgt. Dennis Bertulli was negligent when he struck her with his motorcycle and drove off during the 2007 Boston Marathon. Norma Shulman, an avid marathon watcher, is now suing state police over the alleged assault and battery and the violation of her civil rights...

Is the State Doing Enough to Prevent Massachusetts Car Crashes By Discouraging Drunk Driving?

Posted on February 12, 2011
The National Transportation Safety Board says that Massachusetts ranks among the worst states when it comes to adopting federal drunk driving recommendations because it has only put into effect just 4 of the agency?s 11 recommendations for keeping repeat drunk drivers off the streets...

Two Infant Deaths Spur Recall of 1.7M Summer Infant Video Baby Monitors

Posted on February 11, 2011
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling approximately 1.7 Summer Infant baby monitors following two infant deaths by strangulation. Included are over 40 different models of digital, handheld, and color models. The company issuing the recall is called Summer Infant, which will provide users with better instructions...

Pharmacy Error: Pregnant Woman is Accidentally Given Abortion Pill

Posted on February 09, 2011
As you know, our Boston personal injury lawyers sometimes reports on stories making the national headlines. One unfortunate incident that has recently garnered a lot of media attention involves a pregnant woman who was accidentally given an abortion pill by a Safeway pharmacist...

Massachusetts Dangerous Drug Lawsuit Says Raptiva Caused Serious Infections

Posted on February 08, 2011
Gerald Sylvia is suing Xoma LLC and Genentech, Inc. for Massachusetts personal injury. In his dangerous drug lawsuit, he claims that the drug Raptiva caused him to develop acute retinal necrosis and meningitis. He is now legally blind. Genentech recalled Raptiva in 2009 after the drug, used to treat psoriasis, was linked to three suspected cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a deadly brain infection that can turn fatal...

Danvers, Massachusetts Nursing Home Abuse: Lynn Woman Convicted of Assault and Battery on an Elderly Person

Posted on February 05, 2011
A jury has found an ex-certified nursing assistant guilty of assault and battery on a person 60 or older. Nancy Aiguobargueghian was accused of Massachusetts nursing home abuse in 2006. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health investigated the alleged assault on a patient at the Hunt Nursing and Retirement Home in Danvers...

Revere Man is Fatally Shot in His Apartment Building

Posted on February 01, 2011
24-year-old Mario Rosa was shot to death in his apartment building?s vestibule in Revere, Massachusetts on Saturday. Police found him with multiple gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene. According to The Boston Globe, one of the neighbors in the area says that the building where Rosa was shot has a huge turnover rate and police have been to the property on a number of occasions...

Whistleblowers Lawsuits Can Lead to Financial Compensation for Those Brave Enough to Speak Out

Posted on January 30, 2011
Our Boston injury lawyers are aware that whistleblowers are doing a great service by reporting a wrongdoing by a company or organization when no one else will. Fortunately, there are laws, such as federal government?s False Claims Act (FCA), the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and several Massachusetts laws, which provide whistleblowers some protections, including protection retaliation from an employer...

Boston Dangerous Drug: Taking Darvocet or Darvon Can Cause Heart Problems

Posted on January 28, 2011
Pharmaceutical companies, like other manufacturers, must make products that are safe for use. Medications that are defective or dangerous can prove fatal?especially if one takes too much or falls victim to serious side effects. In Massachusetts, you can file a Boston dangerous drug lawsuit over a dangerous prescription drug or over-the-counter med that caused you or a loved one to fall seriously ill, develop serious health issues, or die...

Boston Slip and Fall Accidents Usually Require the Attention of an Experienced Injury Attorney

Posted on January 26, 2011
Our Boston injury lawyers recently posted a blog about how the winter months will surely put the new Massachusetts slip and fall standard to the test. Unlike the previous standard, which required that the victim prove that ?unnatural? causes and the landowner?s negligence caused the slip and fall snow hazard, now, a person injured in the slip and fall only has to prove that the landowner was negligent or failed to use reasonable care to remove the ice or snow that became a slip hazard...

Rebecca Riley?s Estate Reaches $2.5M Boston Medical Malpractice Settlement with Tuffs Medical Center Psychiatrist

Posted on January 25, 2011
Another chapter in the tragic death of 4-year-old Rebecca Riley has reached an end. Last night, the Massachusetts wrongful death lawyers for her estate announced that a $2.5 million Boston medical malpractice settlement was reached with her psychiatrist, Dr...

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