Now that summer is here, more people will be going out into the water, which will increase the likelihood of both Massachusetts boating accidents and drowning deaths happening. Throughout the state, our Boston injury lawyers at Altman & Altman LLP represent victims who have been injured or families that have…
A new report by Bloomberg News has brought to light a troubling trend in complaints received by federal regulators at the FDA. In tracking those involving metal-on-metal hip replacement systems since 2000, it became apparent that there were about 16,800 total filed and that the majority occurred over the last…
An explosion at a Pelham, N.H. home Tuesday night injured 9 people, including 3 children, according to police and neighbors. As a result of the “large amount of fireworks located in and around the home,” the house caught fire and subsequently ignited the fireworks inside. The initial report said that…
According to filings by the US government in federal court in Boston, GlaxoSmithKline has entered a guilty plea to misdemeanor charges that it illegally promoted Wellbutrin and Paxil for uses not that were not FDA-approved, as well as failed to report clinical data about the diabetes drug Avandia. As part…
Severe thunderstorms on Sunday affected much of southern New England and especially parts of Rhode Island, causing minor flooding and knocking down trees. Police also reported hail the size of golf balls in areas. The strong storms left about 1,200 National Grid customers without power due to outages Sunday evening.…
A jury has awarded Colleen Fyffe $1.2 million for injuries she sustained in the 2009 Green Line trolley crash that was caused by an operator who was text messaging. This is the first of 24 Boston personal injury lawsuits related to the accident, which injured 49 people. Nine of the…
A toddler who wandered off from his parents’ campsite in Farmington, N.H. Thursday night is safe and back with his parents today. Liam Davis wandered off from the area, which was described by police as “hilly, heavily wooded with rivers and streams,” at some point last night. Emergency crews were…
4-Year-Old Cole Michael Kelly was rushed to the hospital on Wednesday after he was struck by a vehicle that crashed into his backyard where he was playing. The car’s driver, Pedro Roias, is his neighbor. The 64-year-old motorist has been arrested on drunk driving charges in the Dartmouth, Massachusetts motor…
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services and the state’s Medicaid agency have consented to pay $1.7 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to settle possible violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Security Rule. The state’s DHSS has also agreed…
Leominster authorities are charging Fitchburg resident Ruth Allende with reckless child endangerment after she allegedly left a 5-month-old baby locked in her car in 80 degree weather while at The Mall at Whitney Field in on Sunday. The infant, who is Allende’s relative, was spotted alone in the vehicle and…