In Bristol County Superior Court, the family of Grant Pearson is suing Crystal Springs, a Freetown school for the severely disabled for his Massachusetts wrongful death. They contend that staff failed to keep the 21-year-old Assonet resident safe and they did not provide him with the medical care he needed…
Articles Posted in Wrongful Death
Family of Teen Girl Who Committed Suicide Following Sexual Assault and Cyberbullying, Intends to File a Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Her Alleged Teen Assailants
The family of Audrie Pott says that they will file a wrongful death lawsuit against her alleged assailants. The 15-year-old killed herself after the three 16-year-old boys allegedly sexually assaulted her at a Labor Day coed overnight party last year and then circulated a photo of the incident via text…
FDA Chastised For Failing to Go After New England Compounding Center Years Before the Deadly Meningitis Outbreak
Republicans and Democrats in the US House say that the US Food and Drug Administration failed to better police compounding pharmacies prior to the deadly meningitis outbreak that killed over 50 people and afflicted more than 700 others with the virus, spinal infections, joint infections, stroke, and other health issues.…
Not All Boston Child Injuries in Cars Involve Actual Massachusetts Traffic Crashes
At Altman & Altman, LLP, our Boston personal injury lawyers also represent the families of kids injured in non-traffic related Massachusetts car accidents that were caused by another negligent party, including incidents involving: Backover Accidents This type of car accident often occurs when a vehicle is backing out of a…
Ex-Inmate’s Family Files Essex County, Massachusetts $2M Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Jail
In Salem Superior Court, the loved ones of former inmate Jeddy Darryl Warner is suing the Essex County jail for Massachusetts wrongful death. According to the plaintiffs, the jail allegedly kept Warner from taking the medications that he needed for several days. Now his family is seeking $2 million in…
Cambridge, MA Truck Accident Lawsuit Filed by Family of Lobbyist James Holway is Settled for $750,000
The family of lobbyist James “Jimmy” W. Holway has settled its Cambridge truck accident lawsuit over his 2006 Massachusetts wrongful death. Holway was killed on September 11, 2006 after a construction vehicle that didn’t have working rear brakes in West Yarmouth hit his car. According to the Holway family’s Cambridge…
Toyota Settles Sudden Acceleration Lawsuit Over Two Wrongful Deaths
One month after reaching a $1.1B settlement with hundreds of plaintiffs claiming that auto defects linked to sudden unintended acceleration caused the value of their vehicles to drop, Toyota Motor Corp. has reached confidential settlements in two wrongful deaths involving the same safety issue. This auto defect, which can cause…
Holyoke, Winchendon, and Chelmsford, MA Fires Claim Lives
A woman was killed in a Holyoke fire at her home on Saturday. Investigators believe that the blaze may have started close to a wood-burning stove. Firefighters that rushed to the scene were able to extricate another woman and her dog from the roof of the bungalow’s front porch. Following…
$6.7M Massachusetts Wrongful Death Award Over Northeastern University’s 2007 Boston Fall Accident in Bar Goes to State’s Supreme Judicial Court
On January 7, oral arguments are scheduled to begin in the appeal of Our House East bar and its owners over a $6.7M Boston stairwell accident death award granted to the family of Northeastern University student Jacob Freeman. The 21-year-old died in 2007 two days after he fell down the…
Massachusetts Wrongful Death/Personal Injury Lawsuit Blaming Lax Supervision at Gillette Stadium for Drunken Driving Crash Will Go to Trial
Nearly four and a half years after a Massachusetts car crash killed two friends and injured a third on the night of the 2008 New England County Music Festival, a Norfolk Superior Court judge says that the families’ Foxborough, MA persona injury/wrongful death lawsuit can go to trial. The defendants…