Senator John Kerry wants the families of Brian Halloran and Michael Donahue to receive the $8.5 million in Massachusetts wrongful death damages that a US district judge had awarded them in 2009. Donahue and Halloran were both victims of James “Whitey” Bulger, the infamous Boston mafia head of the Winter…
The state’s highest court is getting ready to take a formal look into whether Massachusetts drunk driving acquittal level at the district court level is too high. The announcement of the inquiry comes following a report by the Boston Globe that the judges had a 30% greater acquittal rate than…
In Sisson et al. v Lhowe et al., the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a plaintiff can modifiya medical malpractice lawsuit to seek damages for wrongful death rather than personal injury even though the expiration date to make the claim has already passed. However, this change can only…
A man who was sexually abused by two clergymen when he was a teenager during the 1960’s will receive $100,000 from the Augustinian Order. His abusers, Rev. Alfred Murphy and a Brother John, are also accused of molesting other boys. The victims belonged to the St. Mary parish Catholic Youth…
The family of 58-year-old delivery man who was murdered in 2010 is trying to hold Domino’s Pizza and Deutsche Bank liable for his Boston wrongful death. Nova was dispatched by a franchisee of Domino’s to a broken down residential structure on September 1, 2010. Deutsche Bank owns that property. Nova,…
Two adults who were sexually abused by a former priest have been awarded $3 million-$2M and $1M judgments, respectively- in their Boston clergy sex abuse case against John Dority. The two victims were 10 and 13 when the ex-clergyman molested them during the early’s 70’s and late ’60’s while they…
Pfizer Inc. has agreed to pay $14.5 million to the federal government, the District of Columbia, and 49 states to settle claims that the drug manufacturer not only improperly marketed its bladder control medication Detrol but also cheated Medicaid. The allegations were made by former sales representatives Marci Drimer and…
A city worker died this morning after the bucket truck he was working in was hit by an 18-wheeler truck. The impact of the Quincy truck crash caused Robert DeCristofaro to fall out of the bucket and into the road. The 58-year-old Braintree man was taken to Boston Medical Center…
A jury has awarded the family of Robin Aleo $20.6M in its Essex County, Massachusetts wrongful death verdict against Toys “R” Us. Aleo died after she hit her head on the end of a swimming pool. The injury accident occurred in 2006 when the Banzai Falls in-ground slide she was…
In the wake of securities lawsuits accusing Bank of New York Mellon Corp. of defrauding investors and overcharging them on billions of dollars in currency trades over 10 years, now comes news that the government had been working with a secret whistleblower. Grant Wilson, who worked at the bank’s small…