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$15 Million Boston Medical Malpractice Award: Jury Holds Doctors Accountable for Massachusetts Wrongful Death of 3-Year-Old Treated for Birth Defect

Posted on December 21, 2009
Five years after 3-year-old Jason Fox?s death, a Suffolk County jury has awarded his parents $15 million in Massachusetts medical malpractice damages: $5 million for wrongful death, $5 million for the boy?s pain and suffering, and $5 million for the loss of their child...

Following 8 Deaths and 16 Near Strangulations, CPSC Recalls 50 Million Roman Shades and Roll-Up Blinds

Posted on December 17, 2009
Along with the Window Covering Safety Council, Consumer Product Safety Commission is announcing another major recall?one of its largest ever?of 50 million roll-up blinds and Roman shades because they pose a possible strangulation hazard. Roman shades have been the reported cause of 16 near strangulations and 5 fatalities in just the last three years, while since 2001, the CPSC has received reports of 3 deaths because of roll-up blinds...

Massachusetts Nursing Home Violence: 98-Year-Old Dartmouth Nursing Resident Indicted for 100-Year-Old Roommate?s Homicide

Posted on December 15, 2009
In Massachusetts, a 98-year-old nursing home patient is charged with killing a 100-year-old woman. Laura B. Lundquist is accused of strangling Elizabeth W. Barrow. The two of them were roommates at Brandon Woods of Dartmouth. Lundquist has suffered from dementia...

Quincy Woman Trapped by Boston Train When Her Purse Got Caught in Door Claims MBTA Not Taking Her Injuries Seriously

Posted on December 11, 2009
Speaking exclusively to WHDH, Betty Velasquez says the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority is not taking the injuries she sustained when her purse, arm, and foot became trapped in a train door seriously. Velasquez, a Quincy resident, says the incident caused her to fall consciousness and temporarily lose feeling in her hand and arm...

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Boston College Student Injured in Massachusetts Drunk Driving Accident Involving Teen Motorist

Posted on December 08, 2009
The Boston Globe is reporting that the medical condition of Bethany Pfalzgraf, the Boston College senior who was seriously injured in a Massachusetts pedestrian accident on campus early Sunday and has improved. The 21-year-old woman was allegedly struck by Benjamin Knott, an 18-year-old driver, who is aaccused of fleeing the crash site and driving drunk...

Father Sues Harvard for Massachusetts Wrongful Death After Student who was Prescribed Medication Commits Suicide

Posted on December 04, 2009
The father of John Edwards, a Harvard sophomore who committed suicide in 2007, is suing the university and a nurse and supervisor at the school?s Health Services for Massachusetts wrongful death and medical malpractice. John B. Edwards II filed his Boston medical malpractice lawsuit in Middlesex Superior Court...

Massachusetts Teenager Injured in Waltham Pedestrian Accident In Critical Condition Even After Emergency Brain Surgery

Posted on December 03, 2009
The family of 17-year-old John Causland says he is stlll in critical condition following emergency brain surgery for injuries he sustained in a Massachusetts pedestrian accident on Sunday in Waltham. The high school senior was in a crosswalk when a driver who was allegedly drunk hit him...

Wrongful Death Lawsuit: Family of Massachusetts Woman Sues Her Husband

Posted on November 27, 2009
Even as an investigation into the ?suicide? death of a Massachusetts woman who was visiting the US Virgin Islands continues, the family of Joan Baruffaldi is suing her husband, Robert Harris, for her wrongful death. The veterinarian and mother of two, age 45, and her husband had been attending a conference at the island of St...

Mother and Two Young Children Injured in Lowell Pedestrian Accident

Posted on November 24, 2009
A mother and two of her children were transported to Lowell General Hospital after the three of them were struck by a motor vehicle while crossing the street on Sunday. The woman was pushing her kids, ages 2 and 4, in a carriage when the Lowell pedestrian accident happened...

Boston-Based Consumer Watchdog Announced 2009 List of 10 Most Dangerous Toys

Posted on November 20, 2009
When shopping for kids? toys this year, here is a list of products that World Against Toys Causing Harm, a Boston-based consumer watchdog group, is placing on its list of "most dangerous toys" because of the injury risks that WATCH says the items pose: ? Spy Gear Viper Blaster: May cause eye injuries...

Woman Files Massachusetts Wrongful Death Lawsuit Accusing Yarmouth Police Officer of Using Excessive Force to Apprehend Boyfriend

Posted on November 18, 2009
Camille Campos is alleging police brutality in the Massachusetts wrongful death lawsuit she has filed against police officer Christopher Van Ness and the town of Yarmouth. The officer fatally shot Andre Luiz de Castro Martins following a high-speed police pursuit...

Massachusetts Dog Attack: English Bulldog Seriously Injures 77-Year-Old Woman

Posted on November 14, 2009
A 77-year-old Wollaston, Massachusetts woman sustained serious bite injuries when she was attacked by an English bulldog outside her home. The dog, which will be put down, belongs to a neighbor. This was the second time the animal had bitten the elderly victim...

Parents file $4 million Massachusetts wrongful death lawsuit over 8-year-old's fatal machine gun accident

Posted on November 13, 2009
The parents of 8-year-old Christopher K. Bizilj are suing seven defendants for their son?s wrongful death. Christopher died after a Micro Uzi machine gun he was holding accidentally discharged last October at a Westfield gun fair. Charles D. and Suzanne M...

Boston Products Liability?: Kids? Fingertip Amputations Lead to Recall of Approximately 1 Million Strollers by Maclaren

Posted on November 11, 2009
Long known for the dependability of its strollers, manufacturer Maclaren may find that its reliable reputation has been tarnished following reports that 12 kids have suffered fingertip amputations while using its strollers. This week, Maclaren along with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, announced the recall of some 1 million strollers over concerns that fingertip amputations and lacerations can occur...

Boston Injury Accidents Caused by Drowsy Driving Are Preventable

Posted on November 06, 2009
A 2009 poll conducted by the National Sleep Foundation reports that in the last year, up to 1.9 million US motorists have either been in a motor vehicle accident or were nearly in an auto collision because they were drowsy while driving. 105 million motorists admitted that they?ve driven while sleepy in the last year, while 54 million drivers say they drowsy drive at least once a month...

Boston Wrongful Death Lawsuit Seeks Damages For Family of 82-Year-Old Who Was Strangled When Clothing Got Stuck on MBTA Escalator

Posted on November 04, 2009
It?s been eight months since an 82-year-old Dorchester woman died while riding an MBTA escalator. Now, the family of Helen Jackson is suing the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for Boston wrongful death. The lawsuit alleges that Jackson died of strangulation when, during a fall accident while riding the escalator, her jacket, scarf, and hair got stuck in the metal machinery...

Toxic Face Paint and Massachusetts Pedestrian Accidents Can Make Halloween Really Scary for Parents and Kids

Posted on October 30, 2009
Just when you thought ghosts and goblins were your worst worries on Halloween, now there is news that there may be other dangers lurking in the shadows on an evening that should be best known for candy, trick or treating, and costumes. The Food and Drug Administration is warning parents to be very careful when selecting a face paint for children to use...

Massachusetts Teen Driving Accidents: 18-Year-Old Charged in Boxford Car Crash that Claimed the Life of Other Teenager

Posted on October 26, 2009
A teen driver has been charged with speeding and motor vehicle homicide over a fatal Boxford car crash that killed his friend last night. The single-auto collision claimed the life of 18-year-old Michael Doherty after the car they were riding struck a tree...

Massachusetts Injuries to Minor Lawsuit Seeks Damages for 1-Year-Old Injured in Wal-Mart Car Crash

Posted on October 23, 2009
The mother of Makayla Hayes, 1, is suing the 93-year-old Peabody driver for the little girl?s injuries. Louis Vesprini accidentally drove his car into a Danvers Wal-Mart in June. Alaina Hayes, a Gloucester resident, was pushing her daughter in a stroller when the Massachusetts car accident happened...

Boston Wrongful Death Settlement Reached over Dorchester Woman?s Fatal Fall from Operating Table

Posted on October 20, 2009
A Massachusetts wrongful death settlement agreement has been reached between Boston Medical Center and the family of Catherine O?Donnell. The 86-year-old woman died on October 13, 2007 a week after she fell while being readied for transfer from an operating room table to her hospital bed...

Wrongful Death?: Police Probe of Sweat Lodge Fatalities Becomes a Murder Investigation

Posted on October 15, 2009
Police say they are now treating their probe into the deaths of two people who attended a sweat lodge for two hours as a homicide investigation. 38-year-old Kirby Brown and 40-year-old James Shore died on Friday while attending a ?Spiritual Warrior? program run by self-help expert James Arthur Ray at the Angel Valley Resort...

Worcester Boy Injured in Massachusetts Pit Bull Attack Gets Over 100 Stitches on his Face

Posted on September 28, 2009
A 3-year-old boy who was seriously injured during a Worcester, Massachusetts dog attack is reportedly so traumatized by what happened that he doesn?t want to go home. Bartolo Colon was bitten on the face by a neighbor?s pit bull on Saturday after midnight...

Father of 15-Year-old Killed in Marblehead Pedestrian Accident Accuses Essex District Attorney of Protecting Teen Driver

Posted on September 24, 2009
One month after 15-year-old Alessandra Castner was killed in a Marblehead, Massachusetts pedestrian accident while crossing the street, the investigation into the fatal traffic crash continues. However, the probe has become controversial following allegations by ?Allie?s? father, Christopher Castner, that prosecutors are engaged in a coverup...

Boston Police Brutality Allegations Gain Further Credence After Beaten Firefighter is Acquitted of Domestic Violence Charges

Posted on September 22, 2009
A Boston Police Internal Affairs investigation is expected to heat up now that the man alleging Boston police brutality has been acquitted of assaulting his girlfriend. Firefighter Wayne Abron claims that Boston cops David Santosuosso and Brian Dunford severely beat him when they arrived in his mother?s backyard while he and his then-girlfriend, Edwinna Wynn, were arguing loudly on March 23, 2008...

Gangsters ?Whitey? Bulger" and ?The Rifleman? Flemmi Ordered to Pay Victim?s Family $30 Million for Her Massachusetts Wrongful Death

Posted on September 18, 2009
In Norfolk Superior Court, Judge Patrick F. Brady has ordered Boston mobsters James ?Whitey?? Bulger and Stephen ?The Rifleman?? Flemmi to pay $30 million for the Massachusetts wrongful death of Debra Davis. Flemmi, who was the 26-year-old woman's boyfriend, testified of his reluctance to kill her...

Massachusetts Wrongful Death: Beverly Police Say They Can?t Find 911 Tape Warning Of ?Possible Suicidal Female?

Posted on September 14, 2009
Over a year ago, our Boston Injury Lawyer Blog posted a story about a $10 million Massachusetts wrongful death filed against the city of Beverly and three of its police officers over the 2005 suicide death of then-19-year-old Danielle Tarsook. The lawsuit accused the defendants of negligence in the way they handled a 911 call about a ?possible suicidal female, who happened to be Danielle...

Clergy Sexual Abuse: Defrocked Priest Paul Shanley Challenges Conviction for Indecent Assault & Battery and Child Rape

Posted on September 10, 2009
Experts are watching to determine the outcome of a clergy sex abuse case involving defrocked priest Paul Shanley. Shanley was convicted of child rape and indecent assault and battery for abusing a 27-year-old man when he was just a young boy. The victim would go on to receive a $500,000 Boston child sex abuse settlement for his personal injuries...

Four People Injured in Jamaica Plain Car Accident When Driver Strikes Boston Fire Department Vehicle After Running Red Light

Posted on September 09, 2009
Four people were injured on Monday in a Jamaica Plane car accident when a motorist ran a red light, striking a Boston Fire Department vehicle. The driver of the 1998 Audi, Victor Cowart, was trying to get to his fianc�?s home after finding out the kitchen had caught fire...

Will Boston Auto Products Liability Lawyers Push Toyota Motor Corp. To Open Previously Resolved Rollover Lawsuits?

Posted on September 04, 2009
Following allegations made by a former lawyer for Toyota that it hid key records from past rollover accident plaintiffs suing for personal injury and wrongful death, the world?s auto manufacturer could find that it will be forced to defend itself against auto products liability lawsuits that the company had already settled or won...

Teen Driver Talking on Cell Phone Injures Barrington Rider During Bedford Motorcycle Accident

Posted on September 03, 2009
A 50-year-old Barrington man was injured in a Bedford motorcycle accident on August 20 when he was hit by a motor vehicle on Route 101. Robert Heywood was treated for his injuries at a Manchester hospital and then later released. Heywood reportedly injured his leg, broke his knee, and sustained lacerations to his head and ear...

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