The Donald McKay elementary school on Cottage Street in East Boston was evacuated Thursday because of “smoke conditions.” Staff members were already leading students out of the building when firefighters arrived to discover the source. The smoke was apparently coming from the basement. No injuries have been reported, and students…
World Against Toys Causing Harm Inc., a Boston nonprofit, has identified the 10 toys it the marketplace that it considers to be the worst in terms of hazards they pose to kids. The list is out just in time for the holiday shopping season. Our Boston personal injury law firm…
Happy Halloween! With more children than normal likely to be wandering through the residential streets of Boston after dark tonight, there are steps that motorists can take to avoid striking a young ghoul or witch walking on the road, including: • Don’t pass stopped vehicles. There may be a young…
With car crashes as the leading cause of teenager deaths, this week has been designated “National Teen Driver Safety Week.” The theme for this year is distracted driving, which is no surprise considering that teen drivers are the ones at highest risk of becoming involved in a distracted driving-related accident.…
Fisher-Price Inc. and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission are recalling over 10 million children’s toys because they pose a serious injury risk to kids. Included in the recall: • About 7 million Fisher-Price Trike and Tough Trike toddler tricycles: Fisher-Pricea nd CPSC know of at least 10 injury incidents,…
A man who claims he was sexually molested by the headmaster of St. John’s School for the Deaf when he was a student there is suing the Vatican and Pope Benedict for clergy sexual abuse. Terry Kohut, who is deaf, says he was molested and assaulted by Father Lawrence C.…
Our Boston lawyers have discovered that a 12-year-old boy was airlifted to Children’s Hospital for treatment of the injuries he sustained at the Whitman town pool. At approximately 12:30 on Monday afternoon, the boy reportedly slipped into the pool, striking his back on the pool ladder in the process. Following…
The attorneys at Altman & Altman have learned that a toddler fell from a second story back porch in Lynn this past Sunday. The child was at a Lynn daycare facility when the accident occurred. The toddler is currently in stable condition at Massachusetts General Hospital. The 22-month-old child was…
CPR was performed on a 13-year-old boy on Monday night at the Holiday Inn on Jones Road in Falmouth. The boy nearly drowned while in the hotel pool. Now that summer is here, the number of drowning and near drowning incidents for the year will undoubtedly go up. It is…
Three teenage residents in a Canton Group home had to be taken to the hospital on Friday after they were injured during a group brawl. About six staff members were also involved in the altercation. The home is run by the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, which is known for using…