According to officials, a mechanical issue may have caused the Jeep serving as the Gauntlet Haunted Night hayride vehicle at Harvest Hill Farms to go down a hill at rapid speed, strike a tree, and overturn earlier this month in Maine. 17-year-old Cassidy Charette sustained fatal injuries in the crash.…
Last year more than three million American employees experience a work-related injury. For employers this represented around $1 billion per week, in addition to the employees’ social costs. Aside from the financial loses, employees may also be face other disadvantages because of their injuries: if employees are off work for…
According to state investigators, a metal clip that was supposed to hold 10,000 pounds in weight is the cause of a circus injury accident that sent Ringling Brothers performs plunging at least 20 feet to the ground during a performance. Eight female acrobats and one dancer sustained numerous fractures and…
A jury in Washington State awarded electronics technician Verl Lee $3.8 million for painful and unusual injuries sustained in an electrical explosion. Lee was working with Advanced Electrical Technologies of Longview when he was contracted to help repair a damaged Variable Frequency Drive at an Oakville, Washington chip mill on…
An industrial worker was killed on Monday when he was fatally struck by a 12,000-pound steel beam that fell on him at Boston Bridge & Steel Inc., an East Boston plant. The victim, 46-year-old Marco Antonio Huezo Mancea, leaves behind a wife and three children in El Salvador. According to…
Work injuries can be devastating for individuals and families. Getting workers’ compensation benefits after an injury can be a difficult task too. Even with workers’ compensation benefits, some victims may not be fully compensated for their financial, personal and professional hardships. It’s especially important to get full compensation for work…
A Framingham construction worker was seriously injured when a truck weighing close to 140,000 pounds slid backwards, rolling over and crushing the legs of a worker with its tires. The Andover, MA construction accident took place in the Shawsheen River area off Lupine Road. At the time of the Massachusetts…
At least 18 people were hurt during a natural gas blast in Springfield, Massachusetts’s entertainment district at around 6 pm tonight. The explosion at the Scores Gentlemen’s Club, leveled the local strip club, and also damaged a five-story building and a nearby day care. A tattoo parlor a block and…
It’s happened to all of us at times, being just a few seconds too late to catch the bus pulling away from the curb. On the night of August 23, 2012, Paul S. Kouroyen, 33, took the sting of missing the bus a little closer to heart. The 455 cruised…
If you’ve been injured in a Boston slip and fall accident, you could be entitled to both Massachusetts workers’ compensation benefits and third party compensation. Our experienced Boston injury lawyers can help with both types of claims. Although you generally cannot sue your employer for injuries sustained on the job,…