According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a child who underwent a blood vessel transplant at Children’s Hospital in Boston contracted hepatitis C because the donor was infected. The disease was transmitted because of a testing error that occurred at a tissue bank, as well as delays in…
Police have charged Lisa Leavitt with motor vehicle homicide while intoxicated and negligent driving in the Haverhill pedestrian accident that claimed the life of Karen LaPierre early Sunday morning. At the time, LaPierre, 63, was loading her car with doughnuts she had picked up to bring to church for morning…
Michael Phillips has filed a Massachusetts child sex abuse lawsuit against the city of Waltham. The 20-year-old says that school officials neglect to look into complaints accusing Robert Dacey of child molestation. This alleged negligence allowed the coach and teacher to abuse more kids. Dacey would later be charged with…
At a House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee subcommittee hearing earlier this month, whistleblower Richard West testified about how Medicaid fraud affected the quality of care he received. West, who has muscular dystrophy and qualifies for 16 hours of in-home nursing care every day, said he didn’t receive over 700…
Last week, our Boston injury lawyers published a blog post about a new National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study on text messaging and cell phone use while driving. As evidenced by the number of distracted driving fatalities that happened in 2010, too many people are dying because there are drivers…
Police say that a teacher’s assistant at the Harbor Pilot School in Dorchester is facing charges of engaging in lascivious and lewd behavior with a student who is disabled and non-verbal. The school employee has been placed on paid administrative leave. According to MassLive.com, the student, 14, is autistic. The…
Jean S. Mui, who is the landlord of the Worcester apartment building that burned down during a three-alarm fire on Thursday, is expected in court tomorrow. Mui faces allegations that the building, at 49 Arlington St., was in violation of 30 building and sanitary codes. Building inspectors had identified the…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has published its 2010 Fatality Analysis Reporting System, and our Boston injury lawyers are pleased to report that the latest figures show that last year saw a drop in Massachusetts motor vehicle crash deaths. There were 314 traffic fatalities in the state in 2010,…
According to the Boston Globe, Segway accidents have resulted in at least 10 injuries in this city in the last 12 months. Nine of the incidents involved fall accidents off the Segways. A tenth incident involved a person on a Segway getting hit by a car. Four of the Boston…
Police and Andover High School officials are investigating allegations that some of the more senior members of the boys’ basketball team goaded younger players into consuming a cookie that was covered in bodily fluid. The alleged hazing incident is said to have taken place at Stonehill College last summer during…