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Pfizer Settles for $400,000 the Massachusetts Dangerous Drug Lawsuit Filed by Family of Neurontin User who Committed Suicide

Posted on April 05, 2010
Pfizer has settled the Boston wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Hartley Shearer for $400,000. Shearer, 57, committed suicide 16 months after he started taking the epilepsy drug. In their Massachusetts dangerous drug complaint that they filed in federal court in Boston, the plaintiffs, Hartley's widow and son, had accused Pfizer of failing to warn doctors and patients that Neurontin can increase the risk of suicide...

Boston Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Against Rebecca Riley?s Psychiatrist to Move Forward

Posted on March 31, 2010
Now that Rebecca Riley?s parents have been convicted of her murder, the Boston wrongful death lawsuit accusing Dr. Kayoko Kifuji of Massachusetts psychiatric malpractice will move forward. Rebecca, 4, died after her parents overmedicated her with psychotropic drugs...

Massachusetts Nursing Home Negligence?: Almost 2,500 Assisted Living Facility Residents Given Antipsychotic Drugs Without Just Cause in 2009

Posted on March 31, 2010
According to the Boston Globe, close to 2,500 Massachusetts nursing home patients were given antipsychotic drugs last year even though the medication isn't recommended for treating their illness. Data gathered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shows that 28% of the state?s nursing home residents were given the powerful medications and that 22% of these patients?that?s 2,483 people?had not been diagnosed with a medical condition that warranted this type of treatment...

Injuries to Children and Infants: CPSC Recalls 1.2 Million Graco Strollers, 1 Million Infantino Baby Slings, and 150,000 Evenflo Baby Gates

Posted on March 26, 2010
Fall accidents and suffocation are two of the leading causes of injuries to young children. This is why in the last seven days, US Consumer Product Safety Commission, along with three manufacturers, have announced recalls of products that pose serious injuries to children...

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Traffic Crashes and Fall Accidents Continue to be Leading Causes of Traumatic Brain Injuries

Posted on March 23, 2010
During Brain Injury Awareness month, our Boston traumatic brain injury lawyers would like to remind you that you may have grounds for a Massachusetts personal injury lawsuit if your TBI was caused by another party?s reckless or negligent actions. Sustaining a traumatic brain injury can be extremely traumatic and challenging...

Boston Wrongful Death Lawsuit Seeking $10 Million for Wheelchair Fatality

Posted on March 19, 2010
The family of Jeffrey Thompson is suing National Seating & Mobility Inc. for $10 million. They filed their Boston, Massachusetts wrongful death lawsuit alleging negligence in Suffolk Superior Court. Thompson, who is a quadriplegic, died after his wheelchair malfunctioned while it was being repaired in 3007...

Baby Sling Carriers Can Cause Child Suffocation, Cautions CPSC

Posted on March 16, 2010
Here is a warning for Massachusetts parents and guardians. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, baby slings can be deadly for your infants. Over the years, this carrier has proved to be a popular accessory, allowing parents to ?wear? their kids while keeping them close so that they can bond or breastfeed...

Family to File Plymouth County Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Psychiatric Patient?s Homicide

Posted on March 11, 2010
The family of Joshua Messier intends to file a Massachusetts wrongful death complaint against the state now that the medical examiner?s officer has issued a homicide ruling. Messier died from blunt head impact and ?compression of the chest? last May after he was restrained by guards at Bridgewater State Hospital...

Massachusetts Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Accuses Kingston Assisted Living Facility of Contributing to 92-Year-Old Woman?s Wrongful Death

Posted on March 09, 2010
Helen T. Van Dale was a patient at Wingate?s Silver Lake Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Residence in Kingston in 2007 when she hit her head during a fall accident. The 92-year-old nursing home resident died within 24 hours. Now, in an attempt to hold the assisted living facility liable for her mother?s wrongful death, Van Dale?s 74-year-old daughter, Dottie Hammond, has filed a complaint alleging Massachusetts nursing home neglect...

Family?s Boston, Massachusetts Wrongful Death Suit Alleges Cosmetic Surgery Malpractice

Posted on March 05, 2010
In Middlesex Superior Court, family of Donna Ames has filed a Massachusetts wrongful death lawsuit seeking damages for plastic surgery malpractice. Ames, 49, died last July while trying to get a face lift. The family?s wrongful death lawyers claim that the procedure killed her...

Family Suing Toyota For Massachusetts Auto Products Liability Claims Sudden Acceleration Caused Medford Woman's Wrongful Death

Posted on March 01, 2010
The family of Marianne Murphy has filed a Massachusetts auto products liability lawsuit against Toyota seeking damages for her wrongful death. The 47-year-old Medford woman died last October when her 2010 Toyota Camry accelerated out of control, causing her husband, Gerald Murphy, to crash the vehicle into an Interstate 93 South guardrail...

Massachusetts Nursing Home Negligence?: Level 3 Sex Offenders are Working and Living in Assisted Living Facilities

Posted on February 25, 2010
According to WCVBTV 5, there are level 3 sex offenders living and working in Massachusetts nursing homes. This category of sex offender is considered the most dangerous. They can be at risk of reoffending. The idea that sexual offenders who are likely to strike again are living with other nursing home patients or providing them with nursing care is very disturbing to our Boston nursing home neglect and abuse lawyers...

Boston Wrongful Death Lawsuit Claims Big Dig Tunnel?s Handrails are a Danger

Posted on February 22, 2010
Questions are being raised over whether the handrails that line several miles of the Big Dig tunnel are a danger to Boston motor vehicle accident victims. Seven of the victims that died in the tunnel system between 2004 and 2008 were dismembered after they struck the handrails...

34 Auto Products Liability Fatalities Allegedly Were Caused by Toyota Acceleration Problem

Posted on February 18, 2010
The US Department of Transportation says that consumers have filed complaints linking 34 car accident deaths to the acceleration defect that has prompted the automaker to recall millions of motor vehicles. While previous to Toyota?s decision to stop selling eight of its autos because of the sticking gas pedal defect there had been 21 deaths in the last 10 years linked to the acceleration issue, the NHTSA says that another nine complaints reporting another 13 fatalities and 10 injuries that have occurred in the last five years have been submitted...

Boston Slip and Fall Accidents are Common Occurrence When Snow and Ice Pose Additional Massachusetts Premises Liability Hazard

Posted on February 14, 2010
SSnow and ice on the ground are not only a danger to motorists, who must drive even more carefully to prevent their vehicles from slipping and sliding so they do not become involved in a Massachusetts motor vehicle crash, but also the ice and slush can prove a danger to people walking on sidewalks, driveways, in parking lots or on wet store floors...

Father and Son File Federal Lawsuit Suing Attleboro, Massachusetts Police for Excessive Use of Force During Arrest

Posted on February 12, 2010
Robert F. Robinson and his son Mario have filed a federal lawsuit accusing two Attleboro police officers of Massachusetts police brutality. The Robinsons were arrested on July 12, 2007 in connection with a hit-and-run accident. The victim in the crash was the 13-year-old son of another cop, Detective Alex Aponte...

Family of Amity R. Kozak and Massachusetts are Close to Wrongful Death Settlement Over Her Murder by Ex-MBTA Cop

Posted on February 09, 2010
The family of Amity R. Kozak and the state of Massachusetts are close to reaching a wrongful death agreement over her brutal slaying at the hands of former MBTA cop Helder ?Sonny? Peixoto. Kozak, 29, was fatally beaten with a claw hammer and found in Peixoto?s Florida apartment on May 30, 2007, the same day that the former cop killed himself by jumping off a high-rise condo building...

Preventing Boston Motor Vehicle Accidents: Massachusetts House Passes Measure Banning Handheld Cellphones and Texting While Driving

Posted on February 06, 2010
The Massachusetts House passed a measure that would not only bar drivers in the state from talking on handheld phones, but also would prohibit them from texting while driving. The bill is the latest attempt by lawmakers to decrease the number of distracted driving accidents...

Preventing Boston Nursing Home Abuse: Many Assisted Living Facilities Still Use Antipsychotics to Control Behavioral Problems, Say New Studies

Posted on February 04, 2010
According to two new studies, many nursing home patient in the US are still being given antipsychotic drugs to regulate their problem behavior. These findings come even after the US government has attempted to curb this practice and the Food and Drug Administration issued in 2005 its ?black box? warning notifying patients that may increase their risk of death when they take these powerful medications...

US Department of Transportation Bans Commercial Bus Drivers and Truck Drivers from Texting while Driving

Posted on January 29, 2010
The federal government has issued a nationwide ban that bars commercial truckers and bus drivers from text messaging while operating their vehicles. This ban goes into effect right away and any bus operators or truck drivers who are caught texting while driving are subject to a maximum $2,750 maximum penalty...

Massachusetts Wrongful Death Lawsuit Blames McLean Hospital for Mentally Ill Aunt Carried Them into Traffic

Posted on January 27, 2010
Shane and Danielle Lambert are suing McLean Hospital for their children?s Massachusetts wrongful deaths. Kaleigh, 5, and Shane, 4, died on January 11, 2008, when their aunt, Marcelle Thibault, carried them onto Interstate 495 where the three of them were fatally struck by two motor vehicles...

Massachusetts Police Brutality?: Death of Worcester Man While In Police Custody is Ruled a Homicide

Posted on January 24, 2010
An attorney for the family of Kenneth Howe says there will be a civil rights lawsuit filed over his death. The 45-year-old man died while in police custody after he was arrested at a North Andover sobriety checkpoint on November 26. Howe was accused of striking one state trooper and trying to flee the scene...

Toyota Recalls More than Two Million Autos Over Gas Pedal Defect

Posted on January 21, 2010
Toyota Motor Corp is recalling 2.3 million vehicles over a gas pedal defect that can cause mechanism problems involving the accelerator pedal. This is the automaker?s second massive recall related to a gas pedal defect. Toyota recalled about 4.26 million autos beginning last November after four family members died because the floor mat on the driver?s side caused the gas pedal to jam down and the Lexus to accelerate to speeds of over 100 mph...

Plymouth Man Files Massachusetts Products Liability Lawsuit Against Hewlett-Packard After Laptop Fire Destroys Home and Causes Him Serious Injuries

Posted on January 19, 2010
Plymouth resident John Norrie is suing Hewlett-Packard Co. for Massachusetts products liability. Norrie?s house burned down in November 2006 when his HP Pavilion Notebook computer overheated and caught fire. Norrie was asleep at the time, but he managed to escape...

12-Year-Old's Family FIles Massachusetts Pedestrian Lawsuit Against Methuen Teen and Her Dad

Posted on January 15, 2010
The family of a 12-year-old boy who was seriously injured in a Massachusetts pedestrian accident is suing Michelle Medeiros and her dad Fernando for personal injuries to a minor. Michelle, 17, is accused of striking Kelvin Savanhmixay and then leaving the crash scene...

Taylor Meyer?s Mom Files Massachusetts Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Friends and Parent

Posted on January 13, 2010
In Norfolk Superior Court, Kathi Meyer filed a Massachusetts wrongful death lawsuit against the people that allegedly made alcohol available to her daughter Taylor on the day that she died. Taylor drowned while drunk. The body of the 17-year-old Plainville teen was found in a swamp...

Massachusetts Traumatic Brain Injury Victims Can Develop Emotional Processing Difficulties

Posted on January 07, 2010
While traumatic brain injury experts have known for some time that a TBI can cause personality changes, a new study has revealed that brain injury patients exhibit a higher incidence of emotional processing problems than previously thought. This can make recovery even challenging while causing conflicts in the TBI victim?s relationships...

Mother?s Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Accuses Springfield Hospital of Sterilizing Her Without Consent

Posted on January 05, 2010
A mother is suing Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, three doctors, and two nurses for Massachusetts medical malpractice. Tessa Savicki says that the defendants violated her reproductive rights when they permanently sterilized her without her consent...

Boston Wrong-Way Accident on Mass Pike Kills One Man and Seriously Injures His Friend

Posted on December 29, 2009
Two families? lives were changed forever on Sunday morning when a tragic head-on crash on the Mass Pike claimed the life of one man and left another without an eye. As of earlier today, it was not known whether Rene Bronfield, a 49-year-old Worcester man, would survive his Boston car accident injuries...

Family of Shrewsbury High School Senior Sues Former Bar Owner for Massachusetts Wrongful Death

Posted on December 23, 2009
Michael L. VonBehren was just 18-years-old when a Lowell drunk driver fatally struck him on Interstate 290 in December 2008. Now, his parents Dale and Kathleen VonBehren, are suing JBC of Worcester for the Shrewsbury teenager?s Massachusetts wrongful death...

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