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Despite Warnings that Drinking Too Much Alcohol Can Cause Boston Car Accidents, Many People Still Overindulge

Posted on August 28, 2009
We all know that driving drunk can result in catastrophic Boston car crashes. Unfortunately, many people still continue to get behind the steering wheel of a vehicle after drinking too much and they risk their lives and the lives of others in the process...

Coroner Rules Michael Jackson?s Death a Homicide While The King of Pop's Mother Considers Filing Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Posted on August 25, 2009
The Associated Press says that a law enforcement officer has told them that the Los Angeles Coroner?s office has determined that Michael?s Jackson?s death was a homicide caused by a combination of drugs. By calling the singer?s death a homicide, this means that the pop star died as a result of another person...

Marshfield Man Dies in Massachusetts Bicycle Accident

Posted on August 21, 2009
A Marshfield man died on Wednesday morning when he was injured in a Massachusetts bicycle accident near Green Harbor Marina. The collision happened around 10:30 am when a woman driving a sedan hit him. The bicyclist, who was in his late 60?s, was not wearing a helmet...

Quincy Nursing Home Abuse Allegations: Massachusetts Nursing Assistant Accused of Assaulting Alzheimer?s Patients

Posted on August 19, 2009
A 23-year-old Quincy nursing assistant is under house arrest for allegedly beating four Alzheimer?s patients. On Friday, Kara A. Murphy pleaded not guilty to seven counts of assault and battery on a person over 60. The alleged Quincy nursing home abuse incident reportedly occurred at the Atrium at Faxon Woods where Murphy worked...

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At the Risk of Causing Boston Injury Accidents, Many Cab Drivers Still Talk on Cell Phones While Driving Despite Ban

Posted on August 17, 2009
Even though Boston cab drivers are now banned from using a cell phone while driving, the Boston Herald is reporting that many cabbies are either ignoring the rule or just don?t know about it?or so they say. This behavior is dangerous and can cause Boston injury accidents...

Man Agrees to Clinton, Massachusetts Wrongful Death Settlement Over Wife?s Stabbing Murder at KFC-Taco Bell Site

Posted on August 13, 2009
A Gardner man who lost his wife when she was murdered by a construction worker at the fast food chain where she was employed has reached a Massachusetts wrongful death settlement over the case. The plaintiff and the defendants arrived at an agreement on August 4, while the Worcester Superior Court jury was in its second day of jury deliberations over a possible verdict...

Randolph, Massachusetts Driver Who is Charged with Fatal Milton Car Accident Pleads Not Guilty

Posted on August 11, 2009
In Quincy District Court, 29-year-old Eric Lum has pleaded innocent to a number of criminal charges over the Milton, Massachusetts car accident death of a 25-year-old special needs teacher. Lum is accused of driving the sport utility vehicle that crashed into Alison Regan?s car in a head-on crash on Route 28 right before midnight on Sunday...

Scaffold Malfunction Leaves Two Boston Window Washers Dangling 37 Floors

Posted on August 06, 2009
In Boston, the lives of two window washers were left hanging 37 floors above a street in the Financial District when the scaffold they were standing on collapsed. Julio Ortiz and Kyle Redmond banged on the windows of the skyscraper they were working on, calling for help...

Deadly LA Fitness Shooting Leaves 4 People Dead and Injures 10

Posted on August 05, 2009
Four people are dead after a lone gunman entered an LA Fitness gym in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Tuesday night, shut off the lights in an aerobics room, and began shooting at patrons. He then killed himself. Three women died in the shooting and at least 10 others were injured from the 50 rounds that he fired...

New Study Says Boston Truck Accidents 23 Times More Likely When Texting and NHTSA Introduces New Truck Braking Standards

Posted on July 31, 2009
The issue of truck safety has been in the news lately. Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration introduced new braking standards for truck drivers that the federal agency says will save 227 lives a year and prevent 300 serious injuries from happening...

Wrong-Way Car Crash Kills 4 Adults and 4 Kids

Posted on July 27, 2009
A deadly wrong-way driving crash claimed the lives of 8 people in New York on Sunday afternoon after a minivan traveled the wrong way on a suburban parkway for almost 2 miles before striking another car. Killed in the deadly motor vehicle collision were the minivan?s driver, 36-year-old Diane Schuler, her 2-year-old daughter Erin, three of her nieces, Emma, 9, Alison, 7, and Kate, 5 (her three nieces are the daughters of her brother, Warren Hance, who owns the minivan), driver Guy Bastardi, his father Michael, and Daniel Longo...

Boston Police Dog Attacks Woman in the Stomach, Face, and Leg in Mattapan

Posted on July 24, 2009
In Mattapan, Massachusetts, an off-duty Boston police dog attacked a woman who was walking her Chihuahua-like pet on Wednesday. The Boston dog bite incident occurred when the police dog ran away from its handler and went after the tinier dog. As the little dog?s 60-year-old owner tried to protect it, the Boston police dog bit her in the stomach, face, and leg...

Four Massachusetts Traffic Accidents Cause Pedestrian Injuries and Deaths

Posted on July 21, 2009
In the last five days, at least two people died and one person was seriously injured in Massachusetts pedestrian accidents. On Sunday night, 17-year-old Nicholas Bitsis sustained injuries to his head and body when a car struck him in Seekonk. The driver of the motor vehicle, Margaret Whitaker, is 78...

Supreme Judicial Court Upholds $4.4 Million Wrongful Death Award for Family of Yarmouth Man Fatally Injured in Gillette Stadium-Massachusetts Bus Accident

Posted on July 16, 2009
The Supreme Judicial Court has upheld the Massachusetts wrongful death award that a jury gave to the family of a Yarmouth man who died after the bus he was riding was hit by a large security gate arm. The tragic Foxborough, Massachusetts premises liability accident happened in 2003 as the bus was driving through an empty parking lot...

2008 Newton Train Accident: Sleep Disorder May Have Caused Operator To Doze Off

Posted on July 14, 2009
According to a federal safety panel, Terrese Edmonds, the train operator who failed adhere to a red stop signal, causing the May 2008 Newton, Massachusetts train accident, may have fallen asleep because she was suffering from an undiagnosed sleep disorder...

Boston Nursing Home Negligence: Sally?s Law Would Require Massachusetts Nursing Homes to Provide Copy of Patients? Rights

Posted on July 09, 2009
A Boston woman wants Massachusetts lawmakers to pass a new law that would require local nursing homes to provide nursing home residents and their families with a copy of their rights. Rachel Geller began pushing for the law after her aunt was dismissed from a Jamaica Plain nursing home without warning...

8 People Killed in Massachusetts Car Crashes Over July 4 Weekend

Posted on July 06, 2009
The holiday weekend turned tragic for a number of Massachusetts car accident victims and their families when eight people were killed and one person was seriously injured in Quincy, Walpole, Attleboro, and Sudbury. According to the Boston Globe, Massachusetts State Police Lieutenant David Wilson said that in his more than two decades reconstructing car accidents, he doesn?t remember so many fatalities in one night...

Massachusetts Traffic Deaths Drop 16% to 363 Fatalities in 2008

Posted on July 03, 2009
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is reporting a 16% drop in the number of Massachusetts traffic deaths between 2007 and 2008. 363 people died in traffic accidents throughout the state last year. 434 people died in 2007. Worcester County and Middlesex County tied for first place as the counties with the most traffic fatalities?56 deaths each...

Two More Massachusetts Car Accidents Involving Elderly Drivers Adds Fuel to Issue of Whether the State Needs Tougher Driving Rules for Older Seniors

Posted on June 30, 2009
In Boston, lawmakers are considering whether to impose stricter driving regulations on elderly senior drivers. The debate comes in the wake of several high profile Massachusetts car accidents this month involving senior motorists. Just today, an 83-year-old Malden driver faces negligent operation charges following an accident that left a 78-year-old woman with life-threatening injuries...

Stoughton, Massachusetts Pedestrian Death: 88-Year-Old Driver Contests Charges That She Struck 4-Year-Old On Route 138

Posted on June 26, 2009
An 88-year-old Canton driver that is accused of striking and killing a child pedestrian is contesting the criminal charges that were filed against her. Ilse Horn allegedly hit Stoughton resident Diya Patel on Saturday on June 13 while the 4-year-old was crossing Route 138 on a scooter with her grandfather and siblings...

Boston MBTA Accident Attorneys: Deadly DC Train Crash Kills at Least 9 People and Injures Over 70 Others

Posted on June 23, 2009
As our Boston MBTA accident lawyers at Altman & Altman, LLP know, the injuries and damages from a serious train crash can be devastating. Just yesterday in Washington DC, at least 9 people died and over 70 people were taken to local hospitals after one subway train rammed into another train during the rush hour commute...

Boston Wrongful Death: Government Ordered to Pay $6.25 Million to Family of Revere Club Owner Murdered by Mob

Posted on June 18, 2009
In Massachusetts, US District Judge William G. Young told the federal government that it must pay the family of Richard J. Castucci $6.25 for his wrongful death. Castucci, a Revere nightclub owner, was murdered in 1976 in a mob slaying organized by FBI Informants Stephen Flemmi and James Bulger...

Stop Boston Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is June 15, 2009

Posted on June 15, 2009
Around the globe on June 15, organizations will hold events to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The day supports the United Nations International Plan of Action that recognizes elder abuse as a public health and human rights problem. Unfortunately, many people around the world still fail to recognize and/or stop elder neglect or abuse when these incidents happen...

Preventing Boston Car Accidents: Lawmakers and Groups Calling on Massachusetts to Retest Elderly Drivers

Posted on June 10, 2009
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick says he?ll support legislation mandating that drivers, 85 and older, must pass road and eye tests every year before their driver?s licenses can be renewed. While most advocates for the elderly consider such oversight based on age to be discriminatory, Safe Roads Now, which is a Massachusetts coalition of groups that are advocates for the elderly, is also calling for retesting...

Boston Wrongful Death: Families of Firefighters Killed in West Roxbury Restaurant Blaze Agree to $2.2 Million Settlement

Posted on June 08, 2009
In Massachusetts, the families of Boston firefighters Warren J. Payne and Paul J. Cahill have reached a $2.2 million Boston wrongful death settlement with defendants Tai Ho Mandarin and Cantonese restaurant, J& B Cleaning, and the restaurant?s landlord, Continental Realty LLC...

93-Year-Old Massachusetts Driver Crashes Car into Danvers Wal-Mart, Injuring a Mother and Toddler

Posted on June 03, 2009
A Massachusetts mother and her one-year-old daughter had to be taken to local hospitals for treatment of their injuries sustained after a 93-year-old driver rode his car into a Danvers Wal-Mart on Tuesday. According to police, the driver may have intended to step on the brake but instead placed his foot on the gas pedal...

Prevent Boston Pool and Spa Drowning Accidents by Installing New Drains and Implementing the Proper Safety Measures, Says CPSC

Posted on June 02, 2009
The Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that nearly 300 kids 4 ages 4 and under are killed in pool and spa accidents a year, while some 3,000 others are injured. More than 50% of the child victims are under 3 years of age. 80% of fatal drowning accidents involving child victims occur in spas and pools in private residences...

Former Student Files $1 Million Massachusetts Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Cambridge Private School

Posted on May 29, 2009
A former Buckingham Browne & Nichols student is suing the Cambridge, Massachusetts private school for the sexual abuse he says he suffered during the 80?s at the hands of an ex-English teacher. The man that Daniel Weinreib is accusing of abusing him, Edward Washburn, is now a convicted pedophile...

Boston Personal Injury Law Firm: Massachusetts Senate Approves Amendment Banning Texting and All Internet Use While Driving

Posted on May 26, 2009
Last Thursday, the Massachusetts Senate included and approved in its version of the state budget an amendment banning Internet use while driving?this includes text messaging, emailing, or surfing the Web while operating a motor vehicle. Bus drivers, train operators, trolley drivers, and the drivers of other public transit vehicles would be banned from holding a cell phone while driving and would only be allowed to carry the device for emergency purposes...

After 36 Massachusetts Motorcycle Accident Deaths in 2008, Safety Awareness Month is a Good Time to Remind Boston Motorcyclists and Other Motorists that They "Share the Roads"

Posted on May 21, 2009
The month of May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness month in the United States. This is a time to remind Boston motorcyclists and motor vehicle riders that they share the roads with each other and that both groups are responsible for taking the necessary precautions to prevent Massachusetts motorcycle accidents from happening...

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