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8-Year-old Boy Dies After Accidentally Shooting Himself with Machine Gun at Massachusetts Gun Show

Posted on October 29, 2008
Massachusetts state troopers are investigating the circumstances surrounding the accidental shooting death of 8-year-old Christopher Bizilj at a gun show in Hampden County over the weekend. Bizilj was attending the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo, an annual event at the Westfield Sportsman?s Club, when he accidentally shot himself in the head with a 9mm micro submachine gun...

Massachusetts Construction Worker Sustains Crush Injuries After Getting Trapped Under Machinery in Whitman Accident

Posted on October 27, 2008
A Massachusetts construction worker sustained moderate crush injuries after getting hurt at T & K Asphalt Sealing in Whitman on Monday. The worker, 32, was under the cab of a bobcat when the bucket arms of the heavy machinery came down and crushed him...

Mother of Medford Cheerleader Sues Tewskbury Gym for Wrongful Death in Massachusetts

Posted on October 23, 2008
A Medford mother is suing East Elite Cheer Gym for her daughter?s 2005 wrongful death. Ashley Burns, then 14, died from a lacerated spleen after she fell during a routine cheerleading stunt at the gym. Ashley was taking cheerleading lessons at the gym, along with other members of the Medford High School cheerleading team when the accident happened...

Appeals Court Upholds Quincy Family?s $3.1 Million Award For FBI Leak that Led to Fisherman?s Death

Posted on October 20, 2008
Last week, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $3.1 million award against the US government for the wrongful death of a Massachusetts fisherman who was murdered in Boston by Winter Hill gang leaders Stephen Flemmi and James ?Whitey? Bulger after an FBI agent leaked information to them...

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NHTSA Records 61 Pedestrian Deaths in Massachusetts

Posted on October 16, 2008
Out of the 417 Massachusetts traffic deaths in 2007, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that 61 of those fatalities were pedestrians. Nationally in the US, there were 4,654 pedestrian deaths last year, with one pedestrian dying every 13 minutes...

One Massachusetts Construction Worker is Dead and Another is Injured in Fall Accident From Lift at a Waltham Job Site

Posted on October 13, 2008
In Massachusetts, a construction accident on the AstraZeneca campus in Waltham on Sunday has left one worker, 40, dead and another, age 30, with serious injuries. According to Waltham Police, the work accident occurred at around 11 in the morning while the men were installing aluminum panels to the side of the lab that is under construction...

Widow of Massachusetts Doctor Killed When Patient Drove Car Into Brockton Hospital Sues the Driver?s Doctors for His Wrongful Death

Posted on October 09, 2008
In Massachusetts, a wrongful death lawsuit filed in Plymouth County Superior Court alleges that the doctors of the woman who accidentally drove her car into Brockton Hospital last year are also responsible for her husband's wrongful death. Kathleen Vasa is suing Compass Medical, Dr...

Cape Code Hospital Loses Key Evidence in Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleging Surgical Malpractice

Posted on October 08, 2008
Key evidence in the Massachusetts medical malpractice case filed by a woman who went blind after undergoing sinus surgery at Cape Code Hospital has disappeared. The medical malpractice trial is slated to begin next week. The missing evidence consists of absorbent gauze, sutures, and a latex glove finger that were involved in the surgical malpractice incident...

Massachusetts Family to Receive $28 Million For Wrongful Death of Woman Killed When Big Dig Tunnel Ceiling Collapsed

Posted on October 06, 2008
The Boston widower and children of a woman that died in July 2006 when 26 tons of concrete fell from the Big Dig tunnel ceiling onto the car she was riding, will receive over $28 million for her wrongful death. The settlement resolves the family?s claim against all the defendants, including the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, Modern Continental Co...

Two Massachusetts Men Seriously Injured in Multi-Crash Near Mendon Town Line

Posted on September 30, 2008
A Massachusetts three-car collision close to the Mendon town line this weekend left two Milford men with serious injuries, while four others were also treated for minor injuries at a local hospital. The auto crash happened on Saturday afternoon on Hartford Avenue when a Ford pickup truck hydroplaned, colliding with two cars...

US Coast Guard Reports 9 Massachusetts Recreational Boating Accidents in 2007

Posted on September 24, 2008
The US Coast Guard has released the latest statistics involving boating accidents in Massachusetts and throughout the United States. Statistics Include: ? 685 boating fatalities throughout the US in 2007. ? 9 of these deaths occurred in Massachusetts, where 36 boating accidents occurred...

Federal Drug Regulators Investigate Whether Certain Medications Used to Treat Physical Illnesses Pose a Suicide Risk

Posted on September 22, 2008
While the Food and Drug Administration has done extensive study on psychiatric drugs to see whether they increase the risk of suicide, they are now taking a look at whether other medications, such as drugs to treat seizures, smoking, and asthma, also pose a similar risk...

Rock Band Great White To Pay Injury Victims Of 2003 Club Fire $1 Million

Posted on September 18, 2008
Five years after a pyrotechnics display at a nightclub killed 100 people during a rock concert, the Great White band has reached a $1 million settlement agreement with survivors and victims families. Over 200 people were injured in the fatal fire. Great White band member Ty Longley also died in the blaze, which has been called the 4th worst nightclub blaze in US history...

$3 Million Massachusetts Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Teen?s Death Following Freak Chimney Collapse

Posted on September 16, 2008
The Massachusetts family of Visar Luzha, a 19-year-old teenager who died in a chimney collapse accident at a party in 2005, is suing the party host for wrongful death. The plaintiffs, who are seeking $3 million in damages on behalf of Luzha?s estate, filed their lawsuit in Salem Superior Court in August...

Massachusetts Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Seek to Leave Nursing Homes

Posted on September 09, 2008
Some 2,000 Massachusetts nursing home residents suffering from traumatic brain injuries may soon leave the homes. The move could be the result of an all-but-final court settlement stemming from a lawsuit filed last year by advocates estimating that at least 25% of the 8,200 TBI patients residing in nursing home want to live somewhere else...

Nantucket Police Admits that Officers Used Excessive Force Against Massachusetts Teens that Filed Lawsuit

Posted on September 08, 2008
A group of Massachusetts teenagers that say Nantucket police officers applied ?excessive force? when arresting them without probable cause have filed a federal lawsuit. Troy Sullivan, Nicholas Phillips, David Loveberry, Adeane Watty, and Terrance Johnson, ages 13 to 18 and all African-American, say they were riding their bikes on August 8, 2007 at around 10:30 at night in Nantucket when Police Officer Taylor Noll told them to ?move to the other side of the street...

Fire Hazard Prompts General Motors to Recall 944,000 Motor Vehicles

Posted on September 03, 2008
General Motors has announced the recall of 944,000 motor vehicles due to concerns that a fire could break out in the vehicles? heated windshield washer fluid system. 850,000 of the vehicles recalled are in the US. According to GM, If the circuit board that controls the system experiences a short circuit, a grounding wire could overheat...

15-Passenger Van Accident on Massachusetts's Tobin Bridge Leaves 13 People Injured

Posted on September 01, 2008
Massachusetts State Police say that all 13 people riding a 15-passenger van were injured on Thursday when the vehicle crashed into a tollbooth barrier after driving onto a median. The accident victims were transported to Tufts Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Boston Medical Center following the collision...

To Prevent Massachusetts Drunk Driving Accidents Over the Labor Day Weekend, Officials and Police Warn Motorists Against Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs

Posted on August 28, 2008
Officials in Massachusetts came together on Wednesday to warn motorists of the dangers of operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The warning comes two days before the start of the three-day Labor Day holiday and is part of the state?s "Drunk Driving...

NTSB Issues Preliminary Report on Easton Plane Crash that Left Three People Dead

Posted on August 27, 2008
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its preliminary report on the August 12 plane crash that left three people dead in South Easton, Massachusetts. Cancer patient Robert Gregory, his wife Donna, and pilot Joe E. Baker were killed in the aviation accident when the aircraft, a Beech G35, crashed into a shopping center parking lot...

Massachusetts Construction Worker Suffers Serious Head Injuries from Fall Accident in Salem

Posted on August 22, 2008
A construction worker sustained serious head injuries on August 13 after falling 20 feet from the roof of a construction site onto the cement floor of a building under construction. He was ?unconscious and unresponsive? after the work accident and was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital...

NHTSA Releases 2007 Traffic Accident Statistics

Posted on August 19, 2008
This month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its 2007 Annual Assessment of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Fatalities and People Injured data. Statistics for last year indicate a 3.9% percent decrease in traffic accident fatalities between 2006 and 2007...

Town of Andover Sued for Personal Injury After Massachusetts Man is Struck by Police Car

Posted on August 15, 2008
An Andover resident and his family are suing the town for personal injuries he suffered when he was hit by a police car. Christopher ?Gerry? Lohan was shoveling snow in his driveway last December when the accident happened. Officer Daniel Devine was driving the police cruiser...

Medical Malpractice Accidents More Likely to Happen When Doctors Engage in ?Medical Road Rage?

Posted on August 13, 2008
The Joint Commission, a US hospital accreditation group, is trying to get healthcare facilities, including hospitals and nursing homes, to prevent angry outbursts by doctors. There is concern that swearing, throwing objects, and yelling can increase the chances that a medical mistake will occur...

Two Former Nursing Home Owners Say They Neglected Patients

Posted on August 12, 2008
In Norfolk Superior Court, Joel K. Logan and Todd Logan, have pleaded guilty to neglecting patients and stealing funds at five nursing homes they used to own. The two men had been charged with medical assistance fraud, larceny, embezzlement, conspiracy, and patient neglect, and they have been ordered to serve five years probation and pay $150,000 in restitution...

Bill Banning Lead and Phthalates in Kids? Products Now Goes To President Bush

Posted on August 08, 2008
A bill banning lead and six kinds of phthalates has been sent to US President Bush. The bill, called the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, was passed by both the House and the Senate last week?both times by overwhelming majorities. Despite objections by the Bush Administration to parts of the bill, the President is expected to sign it...

Family of Clark University Professor Question Whether Massachusetts Hospital?s Alleged Negligence Led to Suicide

Posted on June 12, 2008
In Massachusetts, the family of Winston Napier, a 55-year-old Clark University Professor that committed suicide inside his St. Vincent Hospital room last month, is wondering why he wasn?t under close watch even after he had threatened to commit suicide...

Beverly, Massachusetts Police Officers Sued For Failing To Prevent Suicide of Ex-Cop's Daughter

Posted on June 09, 2008
The estate of Danielle Tarsook, the daughter of a Beverly, Massachusetts retired police officer, is suing three Beverly cops for $10 million. They are accused of failing to stop her suicide. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed in Boston in federal court last month...

First Massachusetts Train Accident Lawsuit Against MBTA in Canton Runaway Train Crash is Filed

Posted on June 05, 2008
In Suffolk Superior Court in Massachusetts, three people who were injured on March 25 when a runaway freight train hit an MBTA commuter train in Canton, have filed a personal injury lawsuit against the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Co...

MBTA Two-Train Crash Kills Train Operator and Seriously Injures Several Passengers

Posted on May 29, 2008
In Newton, Massachusetts, eleven National Transportation Safety Board investigators are examining the Green Line Trolley that rear-ended another train yesterday. The deadly Massachusetts train accident left an MBTA operator dead, seriously injured seven passengers, and had emergency medics treating five other people at the crash scene for cuts and bruises...

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