A judge has upheld the $20M Andover wrongful death verdict awarded to the family of a woman who died after she was injured while going down an inflatable pool slide. Robin Aleo, 29, sustained fatal injuries when the slide partially collapsed as she descended head first and she struck her…
It’s no secret that high school kids host parties with underage drinking. It’s also no secret that sometimes these parties don’t always end well-news reports of underage drunk driving accidents, and even deaths, speak for themselves. You’re all familiar with the incredibly tragic scenario. A high school party. Underage binge…
A three-alarm fire at 5:45am, apparently caused by a cigarette on the second floor porch, caused several injuries and left nine individuals homeless when it destroyed a three-story home on Harvard Avenue in Dorchester. A 13-year-old boy was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital with burns on his head. Five firefighters…
A Massachusetts in her 90’s died Sunday morning when her clothes caught fire while she was making coffee in the kitchen of her Somerville home that is located on Boston Avenue. The woman passed away before firefighters were able to arrive at the scene. According to Somerville Fire Deputy Chief…
An hit-and-run accident this week in Fall River left a 52-year-old woman with a broken leg and other serious injuries. Police allege that 32-year-old Antonio Martis hit Donna Adams as she was crossing the street after leaving a bakery, got out of the car and looked at her, then backed…
As our Boston injury lawyers have mentioned before, sometimes we cover cases and incidents occurring outside of Massachusetts. In this post, we would like to address whether or not a state can be sued for injury or death when a child placed under its supervision gets hurt. In Maine, the…
The CPSC and BSH Home Appliances Corp. are recalling approximately 835,000 Tassimo Single-Cup Coffee Makers in the US over concerns that the product poses a burn injury hazard. Some 140 reports have already been filed about the coffee makers spraying coffee grounds, hot liquid, or tea leaves onto people. Already…
According to The Telegraph, early findings from a British study on “metal-on-metal” devices indicates that using an all-metal hip implant may up the risk of a patient developing cancer and sustaining genetic damage. Per the study, conducted by orthopedic consultants in England and run by the University of Bristol, the…
A Cambridge, Massachusetts resident was killed in a snowboarding accident on Saturday when he hit his head on the ground, swerved off the trial, and crashed into a tree. He appears to have been wearing a helmet at the time. Unfortunately, according to news reports, 29-year-old Sylvan Walton suffered severe…
This week, patient advocates went to the State House to press lawmakers into backing a proposed law that mandate that the Massachusetts Department of Public Health set up minimum standards for assisted living facilities with dementia care units. This would include requiring all nursing homes that care for patients with…