Gerald Sylvia is suing Xoma LLC and Genentech, Inc. for Massachusetts personal injury. In his dangerous drug lawsuit, he claims that the drug Raptiva caused him to develop acute retinal necrosis and meningitis. He is now legally blind. Genentech recalled Raptiva in 2009 after the drug, used to treat psoriasis,…
A jury has found an ex-certified nursing assistant guilty of assault and battery on a person 60 or older. Nancy Aiguobargueghian was accused of Massachusetts nursing home abuse in 2006. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health investigated the alleged assault on a patient at the Hunt Nursing and Retirement Home…
24-year-old Mario Rosa was shot to death in his apartment building’s vestibule in Revere, Massachusetts on Saturday. Police found him with multiple gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene. According to The Boston Globe, one of the neighbors in the area says that the building where Rosa…
Our Boston injury lawyers are aware that whistleblowers are doing a great service by reporting a wrongdoing by a company or organization when no one else will. Fortunately, there are laws, such as federal government’s False Claims Act (FCA), the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Safe Drinking…
Pharmaceutical companies, like other manufacturers, must make products that are safe for use. Medications that are defective or dangerous can prove fatal-especially if one takes too much or falls victim to serious side effects. In Massachusetts, you can file a Boston dangerous drug lawsuit over a dangerous prescription drug or…
Our Boston injury lawyers recently posted a blog about how the winter months will surely put the new Massachusetts slip and fall standard to the test. Unlike the previous standard, which required that the victim prove that “unnatural” causes and the landowner’s negligence caused the slip and fall snow hazard,…
Another chapter in the tragic death of 4-year-old Rebecca Riley has reached an end. Last night, the Massachusetts wrongful death lawyers for her estate announced that a $2.5 million Boston medical malpractice settlement was reached with her psychiatrist, Dr. Kayoko Kifuji of Tufts Medical Center. If you’ll recall, Kifuji was…
Massachusetts assisted living facilities are supposed to make sure that their residents are given the best and proper care possible all year round. Unfortunately, that is not always the case, and as our Boston nursing home neglect lawyers have reported in the past, it is the patients who end up…
25-year-old Dorzell Porter sustained serious injuries on Sunday when he was involved in a Framingham pedestrian accident. He was walking on Rte. 9 when he was struck by a Honda Civic. The driver of the vehicle is a Milford woman. Massachusetts State Police and Framingham Police are investigating the cause…
According to Massachusetts’ Division of Capital Asset Management, a worker sustained serious leg and arm injuries in the Salem construction accident at the Ruane Judicial Center site last summer because a contractor used the wrong kind of screws on a limestone panel. The 500-pound panel ended up falling four feet…