The Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that nearly 300 kids 4 ages 4 and under are killed in pool and spa accidents a year, while some 3,000 others are injured. More than 50% of the child victims are under 3 years of age. 80% of fatal drowning accidents involving child…
In Massachusetts, the family of Timothy DiLeo will receive $600,000 for his wrongful death from the city of Methuen. DiLeo died on Labor Day 2007 at Tenney Grammar School after a 1,600-pound iron gate fell on top of him. He was 11. Two of DiLeos brothers and another boy were…
According to the Quincy building commissioner, the apartment where a man and his two children were killed in a fire on Wednesday was illegally constructed in a basement that did not contain sprinklers or a working smoke detector. Three other families who live in the apartment building say that the…
In Boston, an 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead today at Massachusetts General Hospital after falling on an escalator at the MBTA’s State Street Station. Her clothing reportedly got caught in the escalator. According to Boston EMS spokesperson Jennifer Mehigan, a “cardiac incident” and the “escalator accident” were both factors in…
In Massachusetts, a former Breed Middle School student is suing the city of Lynn for personal injury. Ralph Ozual’s slip and fall lawsuit, filed in Salem Superior Court, is seeking $100,000 in damages. Ozual’s complaint contends that on January 14, 2002, he sustained serious personal injuries when he slipped an…
In Massachusetts, three children and three adults were taken to Boston-area hospitals for evaluation after a heating malfunction at their Dorchester apartment building released carbon monoxide into their rooms. The sound of carbon monoxide detectors going off prompted a fast evacuation of the premise. The CO levels at the building…
Unicef and the World Health Organization say that 830,000 children are killed around the world in accidents. Their report, the World Report on Child Injury Prevention, is the first report to gather all known information on child injuries and deaths around the globe. The report’s estimates are acknowledged to be…
The attorney for the family of Jdimytai Damour, a seasonal Wal-Mart maintenance employee who died after being trampled by shoppers that were scrambling to enter the store during last week’s Black Friday sale, says that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. could have done more to prevent the 34-year-old’s death. Damour died of…
Massachusetts state troopers are investigating the circumstances surrounding the accidental shooting death of 8-year-old Christopher Bizilj at a gun show in Hampden County over the weekend. Bizilj was attending the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo, an annual event at the Westfield Sportsman’s Club, when he accidentally shot himself in…
A Medford mother is suing East Elite Cheer Gym for her daughter’s 2005 wrongful death. Ashley Burns, then 14, died from a lacerated spleen after she fell during a routine cheerleading stunt at the gym. Ashley was taking cheerleading lessons at the gym, along with other members of the Medford…