Massachusetts State Police say that all 13 people riding a 15-passenger van were injured on Thursday when the vehicle crashed into a tollbooth barrier after driving onto a median. The accident victims were transported to Tufts Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Boston Medical Center following the collision. The accident…
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its preliminary report on the August 12 plane crash that left three people dead in South Easton, Massachusetts. Cancer patient Robert Gregory, his wife Donna, and pilot Joe E. Baker were killed in the aviation accident when the aircraft, a Beech G35, crashed…
An Andover resident and his family are suing the town for personal injuries he suffered when he was hit by a police car. Christopher “Gerry” Lohan was shoveling snow in his driveway last December when the accident happened. Officer Daniel Devine was driving the police cruiser. Lohan, 39, suffered a…
The Massachusetts family of Sean Lavalle, the Brookfield teenager who sustained second- and third-degree burn injuries on his right thigh during a 4th of July fireworks event at the beach on Walker Pond says that the exhibit, held by the Walker Pond Association, was handled by nonprofessionals. Lavalle and his…
In Massachusetts, 38 elderly residents and eight workers at the Taunton Nursing Home complex were sent to local hospitals after high levels of carbon monoxide was found in the building. Firefighters had to removed approximately 80 people from the building, evacuating the home’s north and old wings. Fire Chief Leman…
In Massachusetts, Steven J. Huard, a prisoner at the Middleton jail in has filed a $9.9 million personal injury lawsuit in federal court against the Massachusetts State Prison System, the Middlesex sheriff, other Massachusetts officials, and several doctors. Steven J. Huard says that jail officials have denied him the proper…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that the greatest number of deadly accidents involving 15-passenger vans take place from June through August each year. The NHTSA issued its latest report this month. According to the NHTSA, 31% of deadly 15-passenger van rollovers happen during this time because the summer…
In Massachusetts, Fall River resident Alyssa Bolduc, is suing Massachusetts State Trooper Allyson Powell for compensatory damages over a strip search that took place during a traffic stop in Dartmouth in March 2007. Bolduc, 18, says that she and three friends were pulled over because of an unlit headlight. Bolduc…
A federal judge is allowing a $105 million wrongful death lawsuit against Dateline NBC: “To Catch a Predator” to proceed. The lawsuit, brought by Patricia Conradt, alleges that her brother, Dallas prosecutor Louis William Conradt Jr. committed suicide because a sting operation accused him of having an online sexual conversation…
In Suffolk County Superior Court in Massachusetts, the civil trial between a Boston couple and J.S. Waterman and Sons funeral home began on Thursday. Robert and Therese Bellisimo Benedict are suing the Boston funeral home for losing their stillborn son’s remains and possibly cremating him with the body of an…