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Winter Weather Combined with Boston Nursing Home Neglect Can Cause Some Patients to Get Very Sick

Posted on January 22, 2011
Massachusetts assisted living facilities are supposed to make sure that their residents are given the best and proper care possible all year round. Unfortunately, that is not always the case, and as our Boston nursing home neglect lawyers have reported in the past, it is the patients who end up suffering...

Salem Construction Accident at Massachusetts Courthouse Last Summer Caused by Wrong Screw

Posted on January 20, 2011
According to Massachusetts? Division of Capital Asset Management, a worker sustained serious leg and arm injuries in the Salem construction accident at the Ruane Judicial Center site last summer because a contractor used the wrong kind of screws on a limestone panel...

Framingham Car Accident Leaves Pedestrian in Critical Condition

Posted on January 20, 2011
25-year-old Dorzell Porter sustained serious injuries on Sunday when he was involved in a Framingham pedestrian accident. He was walking on Rte. 9 when he was struck by a Honda Civic. The driver of the vehicle is a Milford woman. Massachusetts State Police and Framingham Police are investigating the cause of the Middlesex County, MA injury accident...

Massachusetts Student?s Family to File $120M Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Fatal Police Shooting

Posted on January 18, 2011
Three months after police shot and killed 20-year-old Massachusetts local DJ Henry in his car outside a bar, his family has filed notice of claim seeking $120 million in wrongful death damages against the New York town of Mount Pleasant and the village of Pleasantville...

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Boston Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Toddler?s Fatal North Attleboro Crib Accident

Posted on January 13, 2011
The parents of Landon Zimmerman have filed a Boston wrongful death lawsuit against Crib manufacturer Simplicity, its successor company SFCA Inc., and retailer Hayneedle Inc. over the tragic crib accident that killed the 1-year-old. Landon died from asphyxiation when he became entrapped between his Simplicity crib?s frame and mattress...

Investigators Wonder Whether Height of Trees Caused Massachusetts Airplane Accident On New Year?s Day

Posted on January 13, 2011
Investigators are trying to determine whether the height of the treetops close to the Orange Municipal Airport played a factor in the Massachusetts plane crash that claimed the life of one woman on New Year?s Day. The victim, Jessica L. Fay, was the daughter of Steven T...

Boston Medical Malpractice?: Three Wrong-Site Surgeries Performed at Beth Israel

Posted on January 11, 2011
Health officials say that during three unrelated spinal surgeries, surgeons at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center operated on the wrong vertebrae of each patient. According to the hospital?s health care quality senior vice president Dr. Kenneth Sands, each Boston wrong-site surgery (the first one occurred last September) involved surgeons who miscounted the vertebrae and instead operated on the one above or below the segment that was diseased...

Boston Products Liability Lawsuits Filed Over DePuy ASR Hip Devices

Posted on January 04, 2011
More than four months after DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. and Johnson & Johnson announced the recall of its DePuy ASR(TM) Hip Resurfacing System and ASR(TM) XL Acetabular System, our Boston hip implant defect lawyers continue to be available around the clock to offer a free consultation to those that may have reason for a claim...

Massachusetts Man Alleges Springfield Police Brutality in Federal Lawsuit

Posted on January 03, 2011
Melvin Jones III has filed a federal lawsuit against the Massachusetts city of Springfield, its police commissioner, and six officers. He is alleging the excessive use of police force and the violation of his constitutional rights. Jones, who is black, claims that he was beaten, kicked, pushed, and struck with a flashlight and called a racial epithet during a traffic stop over a faulty muffler in November 2009...

Propane Tank Involved in Deadly Norfolk Construction Blast May Have been Lacking Chemical Odorant

Posted on December 31, 2010
According to the Boston wrongful death lawyer of William Nichols? family, the propane tank that exploded to cause his fatal Norfolk, Massachusetts construction accident last summer did not have ethyl mercaptan, a chemical odorant used to warn when there is a propane leak...

General Motors Recalls Affect More than 180,000 Vehicles

Posted on December 29, 2010
General Motors Co.?s Cadillac division is recalling approximately 95,927 CTS sports sedans in its 2005, 2006, and 2007 model lines to repair a possible problem with the sensing system in the frontal passenger seats. The sensing mat is supposed to detect the relative weight of the passenger, control airbag deployment, and give warning when a briefcase or heavy handbag is on the seat...

Winter Weather Tests Massachusetts Slip and Fall Ruling by SJC

Posted on December 23, 2010
With weather conditions sure to deposit more snow in the region, property owners will have to work extra hard to make sure that Massachusetts slip and fall accidents do not happen on their premises. While preventing this type of premises liability accident is a challenge every winter, the Supreme Judicial Court recent ruling that overturned Massachusetts? legal standard for snow and ice cleanup on private property may make it easier for an injured party to hold a negligent owner liable...

$2M Worcester, Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict Awarded Against St. Vincent Hospital Over Delayed Cancer Diagnosis

Posted on December 21, 2010
A Worcester jury has awarded Laura M. Ginisi and Joseph A. Ginisi nearly $2 million for Massachusetts medical practice in their case against St. Vincent Hospital. Joseph, 63, is now legally blind and cannot walk without assistance. In their Worcester, Massachusetts medical malpractice complaint, the couple claims that the hospital misdiagnosed several of Joseph?s strokes and delayed the treatment he required for cancer...

$71 Million Boston Wrongful Death Verdict Awarded in Newport Cigarette Lawsuit

Posted on December 15, 2010
A Suffolk Superior Court judge has awarded $71 million in Boston wrongful death damages to the estate and son of Marie Evans. The 54-year-old Roxbury woman died of lung cancer in 2002. The Suffolk County wrongful death complaint blamed cigarette maker Lorillard for getting Evans hooked on cigarettes at an early age...

Water Main Break in Chelsea Leads to Icy Sidewalks

Posted on December 15, 2010
A water main broke in Chelsea around 2 a.m. on Wednesday, and workers will have to replace 12 feet of pipe. A director of Chelsea?s public works department suggested that the pipe broke because it was old and not because of the cold weather. The weather did, however, create icing conditions on Broadway and Beacon St...

Jury Awards $71 Million to Marie Evans' Family

Posted on December 14, 2010
A jury awarded $71 million Tuesday to the family of Marie Evans, a deceased smoker from Roxbury, in a legal triumph against the cigarette company Lorillard, Inc. Evans? estate was awarded $50 million in compensatory damages, and her son was awarded $21 million...

Alleged Drunk Driver Involved in Fatal Andover Car Crash Does Not Remember Striking Haverhill Pedestrian, Say Police

Posted on December 14, 2010
Police have identified the woman who was fatally struck in an Andover pedestrian accident on Sunday as Cynthia Anne Ray. The 30-year-old woman was walking to the state police barracks on Route 125 when the catastrophic incident happened. At the time of the Andover, Massachusetts car accident, Ray was going to pick up an accident report because her husband had involved in a separate collision earlier that day...

Alcohol-Infused Whipped Cream: The New FourLoko?

Posted on December 13, 2010
In the wake of the controversy surrounding FourLoko, the briefly-popular caffeinated alcoholic beverage, another contentious alcoholic product is emerging. Whipped Lightning, also known as ?whipahol,? is an alcohol-infused whipped cream manufactured by Maple Grove Products...

Massachusetts-Based Cybex International Loses $66 Million Personal Injury Case Against Woman Paralyzed by Exercise Machine

Posted on December 10, 2010
A jury has awarded Natalie M. Barnhard $66 million in her personal injury case against Massachusetts-based manufacturer Cybex International and Amherst Orthopedic Physical Center. The 30-year-old former physical therapy assisted became paralyzed six years ago when a Cybex exercise machine fell on her...

East Boston Elementary School Evacuated; Smoke in the Basement

Posted on December 10, 2010
The Donald McKay elementary school on Cottage Street in East Boston was evacuated Thursday because of ?smoke conditions.? Staff members were already leading students out of the building when firefighters arrived to discover the source. The smoke was apparently coming from the basement...

The Holiday Season Is A Great Time To Visit The Elderly and Sick As Well As Look for Signs of Possible Boston Nursing Home Neglect or Abuse

Posted on December 08, 2010
The holidays can be a lonely time for many people who are away from family and staying at Massachusetts assisted living facility. Visiting your elderly or sick relative or friend at an assisted living facility is a great way to brighten up the season for them...

State Official Warns Against 'Water Ball' Mall Rides

Posted on December 07, 2010
Tom Gatzunis, the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety in Massachusetts wants to ban water ball amusement rides. While a water ball ban would be outside this reach of his authority, he is asking the state Legislature and Governor Patrick to extend the scope of his power...

Massachusetts Wrongful Death Suit Against Tobacco Company Goes to Jury

Posted on December 06, 2010
Lawyers made their closing arguments in Suffolk Superior Court Monday in the first case targeting a cigarette-maker?s past practice of giving out free samples. The attorney for the estate of Marie Evans, a Boston woman who started smoking at 13, said that the cigarette company tried to hook black children and that Evans was seduced by the samples starting when she was 9 years old...

Plane Crash in Western Mass. Leaves 1 Dead and 3 Injured

Posted on December 05, 2010
One person was killed and three were injured when a single- engine plane crashed Sunday afternoon near Leverett, a town in Western Massachusetts. It?s not yet known whether the person who was killed was the pilot or a passenger. The injured persons have been taken to area hospitals...

Dangerous Beverage?: Massachusetts Pulls Four Loko From Store Shelves

Posted on December 03, 2010
The Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission has banned the popular Four Loko beverage from store shelves. Massachusetts is the fifth state to ban the popular caffeinated drink?a move which is likely to be adopted by the other states in due time...

As Holiday Festivities Kick Off in Boston, a Reminder to Decorate Safely

Posted on December 02, 2010
Holiday festivities have begun in downtown Boston. Among the events are Christmas tree and menorah lightings. Tonight, the official tree lighting celebration will take place at 8 p.m. in Boston Common where more 80 trees will be lit. The holiday season should be full of happiness, and holiday decorations can help people to get in the spirit...

Brookline Considers Fee to Unleash Dogs in Parks

Posted on December 01, 2010
In Brookline, Selectmen are considering a plan that would allow Brookline residents to unleash their dogs in 14 local parks for $50 per year, per dog. Persons who do not live in Brookline would have to pay $100 a year. The Park and Recreation Commission of Brookline is asking for the fee to fund a park ranger position and to pay for oversight of the Green Dog Program, Brookline?s off-leash initiative that allows dog owners to unleash their dogs during certain hours and in certain areas...

Massachusetts Dog Attack Involving Two Bulldogs Injures 10-Year-Old Girl

Posted on November 30, 2010
According to University of Colorado School of Medicine researchers, children, especially those who are unsupervised while playing with or touching dogs, are at risk of suffering dog bite injuries. Just recently, a 10-year-old girl was attacked by two American bulldogs in a neighbor?s yard during a Massachusetts dog attack...

Toyota to Fix Coolant Pump in Prius

Posted on November 30, 2010
Toyota, which is facing hundreds of lawsuits in the United States related to unintended acceleration injuries, now needs to fix coolant pumps in 650,000 Prius cars for model years 2004-07. Of those cars, 390,000 are in North America, and 378,000 are in the United States...

Person Fatally Injured on the Red Line

Posted on November 29, 2010
A person was fatally injured on the southbound side of Kendall Square station in Cambridge today, an MBTA spokesperson told the Boston Globe. It happened around 11:30 a.m., and Red Line service has now resumed. It had been shut off between South Boston and Harvard Square and shuttle buses were put into service so that Transit police could investigate and responders could reach the victim...

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