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City of Methuen Reaches $600,000 Massachusetts Wrongful Death Settlement with Family of Boy Crushed by 1,600 Pound Iron Gate

Posted on May 19, 2009
In Massachusetts, the family of Timothy DiLeo will receive $600,000 for his wrongful death from the city of Methuen. DiLeo died on Labor Day 2007 at Tenney Grammar School after a 1,600-pound iron gate fell on top of him. He was 11. Two of DiLeos brothers and another boy were playing at the school when the gate fell on Timothy and his 8-year-old brother Andrew...

Quincy Couple Files Massachusetts Personal Injury Lawsuit Suing Brigham and Women?s Hospital for Destroying Embryos

Posted on May 17, 2009
A Quincy couple is suing Brigham and Women?s Hospital for Massachusetts personal injury, including negligence, emotional injury, and breach of contract. The hospital had accidentally destroyed all 13 frozen embryos that the plaintiffs, Julie and Michael Norton, had placed in their care...

Could Long Waits to Visit Boston Doctors Lead to Delayed Diagnosis?

Posted on May 15, 2009
According to the Boston Globe, a recent study reveals that patients seeking nonurgent appointments with Boston medical specialists may have to wait anywhere from an average of 50 days to up to a year before they can actually see the doctor. While delays to see some of the area?s top medical professionals are not uncommon, doctors say a 2006 health insurance law that required hundreds of thousands of people to get insurance coverage has only added to the long wait...

Boston Green Line Train Crash that Injured Dozens is A Reminder of Why Text Messaging And Driving Don?t Mix

Posted on May 12, 2009
The Daily News Tribune says that during the time it takes to compose and send a simple text message while driving (requiring the driver to take his or her eyes off the road), a motor vehicle will likely have traveled the length of a football field?enough time and distance for at least one motor vehicle crash to occur...

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Preventing Boston Car Accidents: IIHS Says The Bigger and Heavier the Motor Vehicle, the Greater the Safety Protection Provided

Posted on May 07, 2009
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently announced the results of three front-to-front crash tests it conducted. A microcar or minicar and a midsize model from the same auto maker were used for each test. IIHS president Adrian Lund says that while there are undoubtedly benefits to buying the smaller cars, including the facts that they cost less and don't use up as much gas, these latest tests show that people may be sacrificing occupant safety for financial savings...

?Whitey Bulger Victims? Families Awarded Nearly $8.5 Million for Their Massachusetts Wrongful Deaths

Posted on May 03, 2009
US District Judge William G. Young is ordering the US government to pay the families of Edward ?Brian? Halloran and Michael Donahue nearly $8.5 million for their Massachusetts wrongful deaths. The surviving family members of two men who were shot to death in Boston in 1982 by FBI informant James ?White? Bulger...

Boston Workers' Compensation Law Firm: 66 Massachusetts Workers Died Because of Work-Related Accidents and Ailments in 2008

Posted on April 28, 2009
According to a report coauthored by the Western Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health and the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, 66 Massachusetts workers died last year while at work or because of illnesses they sustained while doing their jobs...

Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Lawsuit To Be Filed By Family of Worcester Man Made to Walk Down Stairs by Paramedics

Posted on April 27, 2009
In Massachusetts, the family of Charles F. Rondeau is considering filing a Massachusetts medical malpractice lawsuit for his wrongful death. Rondeau died on May 11, 2008. UMass Memorial EMS paramedics arrived at his home after he complained that he wasn?t feeling well...

Recent Massachusetts Cheerleading Accidents Spur Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Lawsuits

Posted on April 24, 2009
The vision of athletic girls dressed in short skirts, cheering, and performing acrobatic moves is a common sight at athletic events in schools and at professional sporting events throughout the US. Yet, cheerleading can be a dangerous activity, leading to serious personal injuries and wrongful deaths for some of its participants...

GM and NHTSA Announce Recall of 1.5 Million Motor Vehicles

Posted on April 21, 2009
General Motors and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have announced the recall of 1,497,517 motor vehicles because of a a defect in the 3.8 liter engines of the autos that could lead to a car fire. The cars included in the recall are the Chevrolet Lumina (1998 to 2003 models), the Buick Regal (1997 to 2003), the Chevrolet Monte Carlo (1998 to 2003), the Chevrolet Impala (1998 to 1999), the Pontiac Grand Prix (1998 to 2003), and the Oldsmobile Intrigue (1998 to 1999)...

Clergy Sex Abuse Victim Supporters Want Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to Reveal Names of Local Priests Credibly Accused of Molestation and Sexual Assault

Posted on April 17, 2009
The Boston Voice of the Faithful, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, and BishopAccountability.org have sent letters to Cardinal Sean O?Malley of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston asking for the names of all of its priests who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse...

Quincy Wrongful Death Lawsuit Seeks $10 Million Over Deadly Blaze Inside Illegal Apartment

Posted on April 14, 2009
The Massachusetts wrongful death lawyer of a woman whose husband and two sons were killed in a fire at an illegal apartment is seeking to attach the assets of landlords Jinny Xiu Ma and Andy Huang. The two property owners are the defendants of the $10 million wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of 27-year-old Terri Knight...

Massachusetts Hospitals Rack Up Over 300 Medical Mistakes, Including Fall Accidents, Medication Errors, and Surgical Malpractice, In 2008

Posted on April 10, 2009
According to Massachusetts health officials, 338 medical mistakes occurred in hospitals throughout the state last year. Many of these errors could have been avoided. The findings are part of a study that documents ?serious reportable events? in 2008. Breakdown of the 338 serious reportable incidents occurring in Massachusetts hospitals last year: ? Fall accidents: 224 ? Retained foreign objects: 32 ? Wrong site: 24 ? Serious bedsores: 12 ? Medication mistakes: 12 ? Sexual assault: 11 ? Burn accidents: 6 ? Incorrect procedure: 5 ? Device or product malfunction: 3 ? Attempted suicide or suicide: 3 ? Air embolism: 2 ? Restraint/bedrail incidents: 1 ? Maternal death/disability: 1 ? Hyperbilirubinemia in newborn: 1 ? Wrong patient: 1 19 hospital fatalities were linked to these kinds of incidents...

Two Brockton, Massachusetts Traffic Accidents Result in Serious Injuries

Posted on April 07, 2009
In Massachusetts, two serious Brockton motor vehicle accidents have left its victims with injuries. On Friday morning, two sisters from East Bridgewater got hurt when their compact car was involved in an accident with a tractor-trailer. 19-year-old Esther Martinez sustained a fractured skull, two spinal fractures, brain contusions, serious facial factures, and a broken collar bone...

Brockton Pedestrian Accident Kills 3-Year-Old Boy and Seriously Injures His Mom and Two Siblings

Posted on April 02, 2009
Residents in Brockton are still reeling following Tuesday?s Massachusetts pedestrian accident that killed 3-year-old Christopher Mitchell and seriously injured his mom and two siblings. The family was crossing North Main Street when they were struck by a black Toyota minivan...

Massachusetts Woman Sues City of Taunton and Police Officer for Personal Injury and Police Brutality

Posted on March 30, 2009
In Massachusetts, a Taunton woman is suing the city of Taunton and police officer Robert Kramer for personal injuries she sustained from an alleged police brutality incident. In her federal lawsuit, Celine Kaye is seeking unspecified damages for broken ribs, facial fractures, and emotional trauma...

Quincy Apartment Where Fire Killed Father and Two Children Was in Illegal Basement and Didn?t Have Sprinklers or Working Smoke Alarm

Posted on March 26, 2009
According to the Quincy building commissioner, the apartment where a man and his two children were killed in a fire on Wednesday was illegally constructed in a basement that did not contain sprinklers or a working smoke detector. Three other families who live in the apartment building say that the smoke alarms in their units also do not work...

Blackstone Woman Wins $6.4 Million Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict

Posted on March 24, 2009
A woman has won a $6.4 million Massachusetts medical malpractice verdict in court. Kimberly Monson, a Blackstone resident, claims that her doctor neglected to treat her properly when she developed a potentially dangerous condition when she was pregnant and as a result, suffered brain damage...

Natasha Richardson?s Death a Reminder of How a Seemingly Minor Head Injury Can Prove Fatal

Posted on March 18, 2009
Movie Star Natasha Richardson?s death from a traumatic brain injury she sustained when she fell during a beginner?s ski lesson is a tragic reminder of not just how important it is to use a helmet when skiing or snowboarding, but of how what might appear to be a simple head injury can quickly turn into one that is catastrophic...

Surgical Fires Can Be Grounds for Massachusetts Medical Malpractice

Posted on March 16, 2009
According to the Emergency Care Research Institute, out of the 50 million medical operations that take place in the US, about 600 of them result in accidental surgical fires. The outcome can be catastrophic for the patient, who may sustain serious burn injuries...

Following Deadly Boston Fire Truck Accident Caused by Brake Failure, City Fire Department Criticized for Poor Fleet Maintenance

Posted on March 11, 2009
An outside inspection of the Boston Fire Department?s 44 fire trucks found that the department practices shoddy fleet maintenance across the board. Some of the deficiencies noted by the report: ? Not enough driver training. ? Vehicle abuse or misuse...

Massachusetts to be Sued for Wrongful Death of Couple Murdered by Convicted Killer Tavares

Posted on March 09, 2009
The families of Brian and Beverly Mauck have notified the state of Massachusetts that it is going to be one of the defendants that will be sued for the couple?s wrongful deaths. The Maucks were shot to death on November 17, 2007 by convicted murderer Daniel J...

US Supreme Court Upholds $6.7 Drug Litigation Verdict Against Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Rejects Plea that Federal Approval of Phenergan Pre-Empts Personal Injury Lawsuits

Posted on March 05, 2009

Former Sudbury, Massachusetts Nursing Home Worker Charged With Sexually Molesting Patient

Posted on March 03, 2009

Restoring to Injured Patients the Right to Sue Medical Device Makers

Posted on February 26, 2009

82-Year-Old Boston Woman Dies in MBTA Escalator Accident

Posted on February 24, 2009
In Boston, an 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead today at Massachusetts General Hospital after falling on an escalator at the MBTA?s State Street Station. Her clothing reportedly got caught in the escalator. According to Boston EMS spokesperson Jennifer Mehigan, a ?cardiac incident? and the ?escalator accident? were both factors in the elderly Boston woman?s death...

Massachusetts Student Files Slip and Fall Lawsuit Against City of Lynn

Posted on February 19, 2009
In Massachusetts, a former Breed Middle School student is suing the city of Lynn for personal injury. Ralph Ozual?s slip and fall lawsuit, filed in Salem Superior Court, is seeking $100,000 in damages. Ozual?s complaint contends that on January 14, 2002, he sustained serious personal injuries when he slipped an fell on ice and snow in the Breed Middle School yard while walking from the bus to the school entrance...

Federal Investigators Probe Cause of Continental Plane Crash That Killed 50 People

Posted on February 17, 2009
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration are trying to determine the cause of last Thursday?s deadly plane crash that killed all 49 people onboard the plane and another victim on the ground...

State Trooper Files Massachusetts Personal Injury Lawsuit Against Taser Manufacturer

Posted on February 12, 2009
In the US District Court in Worcester, a state trooper is suing Taser International, the makers of the Taser stun gun, for $1 million. James Foley, a Grafton resident, says that when the weapon was used on him during a law enforcement seminar on Tasers, the electric currents that went through his body bent a surgical screw that was in his leg...

Some 48 Massachusetts Residents Affected by Salmonella Illness that Has Spurred Mass Peanut Product Recall

Posted on February 10, 2009
Public health officials in Massachusetts say 48 residents have been afflicted by the same strain of Salmonella that has made over 600 people in the United States sick. The Salmonella Typhimurium originated from a peanut plant in Georgia that is owned by the Peanut Corporation of America...

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