Two-and-a-half years after suffering severe electrical burns during a construction accident, Dallas Wiens has received a complete face transplant. Over 30 doctors, anesthesiologists, and nurses at Brigham and Woman’s Hospital in Boston conducted the procedure to give the 25-year-old construction worker a new face. After the boom lift he was…
A judge has approved a $7M Worcester, Massachusetts medical malpractice settlement for Ran Zhuang and Ziru Guo. The couple had sued two doctors, a genetic counselor, and a nurse practitioner after their daughter was born with cri-du-chat on November 11, 2007 at UMass Memorial Medical Center – Memorial Campus. Annie,…
Two woman sustained leg and arm injuries in a Haverhill, Massachusetts dog attack involving two German Shepherds last month. Laurie Adams, a 49-year-old Haverhill woman, and her friend got hurt on April 15 as they protected Adams’ granddaughter Avery from the animals. Adams says the animals bit them and then…
The father of a teenager who was injured three years ago when the homemade bomb he made exploded is suing the store that sold explosive caps to his son boy for Massachusetts personal injury. The defendants in the case are Dee’s Corner LLC, which owns Dee’s Corner Convenience Store in…
The family of Samantha Mattei is suing MBTA and trolley operated Aiden Quinn for Boston personal injury. Mattei is one of 68 people who were injured in the 2009 MBTA green line trolley accident caused by Quinn, who was text messaging. Mattei, who was a freshman at Merrimack College at…
According to The Berkshire Eagle, over the last 2 ½ years, three workers at two Pittsfield nursing homes have been convicted of crimes involving Massachusetts nursing home abuse. One worker was convicted of rape and two others for assault. Two of the people who were convicted already had prior criminal…
A little over one month after the death of a 4-year-old Dudley Boy who fell in an Auburn Massachusetts escalator accident, the Boston Globe says that state Public Safety Department records of inspection show that only 44 out of 188 shopping mall escalators in Massachusetts were inspected annually over the…
In a tragic police shooting that’s made national headlines, Danroy Sr. and Angella Henry are suing New York police officer Aaron Hess and the village of Pleasantville where he works for their son’s wrongful death. Hess shot and killed Danroy DJ” Henry last October outside a bar at a shopping…
The parents of the mental health counselor who was allegedly murdered by a patient at the North Suffolk Mental Health Center is suing the clinic and others for her Revere wrongful death. Stephanie Moulton, a 24-year-old Peabody woman, died on January 20. Now, Robert Moulton and Kimberly Flynn are seeking…
Two days after 21-year-old Justin Amorratanasuchad fell four-stories to his death in a Boston fall accident from the top of a South End apartment building, the city is warning landlords to secure their buildings’ rooftops. The Emerson college student was working on a film project on the roof when he…