11 apartment residents were rushed to the hospital this morning after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. Officials say that a faulty furnace in an apartment building may have caused the Nantucket injury accident. The 11 victims “close to death.” Four police officers and one firefighter also went to the hospital…
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Former Campers Step Forward Claiming They Were Victims of Massachusetts Child Sexual Abuse at Camp Good News in Sandwich
A number of people have come forward claiming that they were the victims of Massachusetts child sexual abuse while attending Camp Good News. The ex-campers made their allegations after US Senator Scott Brown revealed that he was molested at a Cape Cod religious camp when he was a boy. The…
Family that Obtained Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Over 2005 Plum Island Construction Accident Wants Newburyport Wrongful Death and Injury Recovery
A Plum Island construction accident lawsuit seeking Newburyport wrongful death and injury damages has made it way to the state’s Supreme Judicial Court. At issue is whether the plaintiffs, who have already received Massachusetts workers’ compensation benefits, should also be able to collect civil damages. Timothy Wentworth and his son…
Taylor Meyer’s Family Settles Norfolk Wrongful Death Lawsuit with Two of the Defendants
More than two years after 17-year-old Taylor Meyer drowned in a swamp near the abandoned Norfolk Airport, her family has settled her Massachusetts wrongful death lawsuit with Plainville siblings Brian and Paige Zuzick. Meyer died after wandering off from an underage drinking party at the old airport on October 17,…
Massachusetts Injury Accident: One Man Dead, Another Seriously Injured in Fall Out of Moving Bus
A day of drinking beer turned tragic on Saturday night after two men who were roughhousing fell out of a moving bus on Route 2. The victims are 31-year-old Thomas Johnson of Gardner, who died from his injuries, and 34-year-old Seth Davis of Winchendon, who sustained serious injuries from the…
Threat of a Massachusetts Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse Lawsuit May Not Be Enough to Improve Facility Care
Our Boston injury lawyers are familiar with the toll that Massachusetts nursing home negligence can have on a patient, and we want to remind you that if you suspect abuse or neglect, you should remove your loved one from the assisted living facility immediately. Unfortunately, are nursing homes that are…
Boston Personal Injury?: Use of Psychotropic Drugs Can Prove Fatal for Some Elderly Patients
According to information on nearly 11,000 elderly patients, those who are treated with antidepressants, conventional antipsychotic drugs, and benzodiazepines are at greater risk of adverse outcomes and death than if they were treated with atypical antipsychotic drugs. This is disturbing news, considering that nearly two thirds of dementia patients in…
Massachusetts Auto Products Liability Lawsuit Seeks Damages from Mitsubishi Over Deadly SUV Rollover in Revere
The parents of Jason Alan Foster are suing Mitsubishi for his Revere, Massachusetts wrongful death. Foster, then a 17-year-old Ipswich teen, was fatally injured in a SUV rollover crash on Route 1 on August 6, 2009. Foster and another person were riding in the rear seat of a 2000 Mitsubishi…
Massachusetts Dangerous Drug?: Women Affected by Yaz Birth Control May Have Grounds for Lawsuit
Bayer’s annual report says that as of February 1, 2011, it has been named the defendant in about 6,850 dangerous drug lawsuits over the birth control pills Yaz and Yazmin and their generic equivalents, Ocella and Gianvi. If you or someone that you love developed the following health conditions after…
Boston TBIs Highlighted During Brain Injury Awareness Month
Brain injuries affected over a million people in the US every year. March is Brain Injury Awareness month, and our Boston injury lawyers want to remind you that if someone you love has sustained a brain injury because of an accident that was caused by another party’s negligent actions, you…