According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a child who underwent a blood vessel transplant at Children’s Hospital in Boston contracted hepatitis C because the donor was infected. The disease was transmitted because of a testing error that occurred at a tissue bank, as well as delays in…
Last week, our Boston injury lawyers published a blog post about a new National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study on text messaging and cell phone use while driving. As evidenced by the number of distracted driving fatalities that happened in 2010, too many people are dying because there are drivers…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has published its 2010 Fatality Analysis Reporting System, and our Boston injury lawyers are pleased to report that the latest figures show that last year saw a drop in Massachusetts motor vehicle crash deaths. There were 314 traffic fatalities in the state in 2010,…
A Framingham woman claims Massachusetts police Sgt. Dennis Bertulli was negligent when he struck her with his motorcycle and drove off during the 2007 Boston Marathon. Norma Shulman, an avid marathon watcher, is now suing state police over the alleged assault and battery and the violation of her civil rights.…
The National Transportation Safety Board says that Massachusetts ranks among the worst states when it comes to adopting federal drunk driving recommendations because it has only put into effect just 4 of the agency’s 11 recommendations for keeping repeat drunk drivers off the streets. This news raises the question, is…
The family of Vincent Cilia has settled their Boston wrongful death lawsuit against the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and a number of contractors for $9 million. Cilia, a Massachusetts state trooper, suffered fatal injuries July 2005 when he was thrown off his motorcycle and struck the handrails in a Big Dig…
This past week, A Bristol County jury awarded $500,000 in damages to a New Bedford man who suffered injuries in a 2006 motorcycle accident. ( note to readers – the plaintiff was not represented by Altman and Altman LLP) As a result of the crash, which occurred four years ago,…
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. One Massachusetts traffic…
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…
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…