A Suffolk Superior Court judge has awarded $152 million in punitive and compensatory damages to the estate of Marie Evans for her Boston wrongful death. The 54-year-old Roxbury woman died of lung cancer in 2002. $71 million is for compensatory damages. $21 million of this is for her son William.…
A water main broke in Chelsea around 2 a.m. on Wednesday, and workers will have to replace 12 feet of pipe. A director of Chelsea’s public works department suggested that the pipe broke because it was old and not because of the cold weather. The weather did, however, create icing…
A jury awarded $71 million Tuesday to the family of Marie Evans, a deceased smoker from Roxbury, in a legal triumph against the cigarette company Lorillard, Inc. Evans’ estate was awarded $50 million in compensatory damages, and her son was awarded $21 million. A hearing on punitive damages is set…
Police have identified the woman who was fatally struck in an Andover pedestrian accident on Sunday as Cynthia Anne Ray. The 30-year-old woman was walking to the state police barracks on Route 125 when the catastrophic incident happened. At the time of the Andover, Massachusetts car accident, Ray was going…
In the wake of the controversy surrounding FourLoko, the briefly-popular caffeinated alcoholic beverage, another contentious alcoholic product is emerging. Whipped Lightning, also known as “whipahol,” is an alcohol-infused whipped cream manufactured by Maple Grove Products. A Public Health professor from Boston University told the Daily Free Press that the product…
A jury has awarded Natalie M. Barnhard $66 million in her personal injury case against Massachusetts-based manufacturer Cybex International and Amherst Orthopedic Physical Center. The 30-year-old former physical therapy assisted became paralyzed six years ago when a Cybex exercise machine fell on her. She is now a quadriplegic. The catastrophic…
The Donald McKay elementary school on Cottage Street in East Boston was evacuated Thursday because of “smoke conditions.” Staff members were already leading students out of the building when firefighters arrived to discover the source. The smoke was apparently coming from the basement. No injuries have been reported, and students…
The holidays can be a lonely time for many people who are away from family and staying at Massachusetts assisted living facility. Visiting your elderly or sick relative or friend at an assisted living facility is a great way to brighten up the season for them. It also is an…
Tom Gatzunis, the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety in Massachusetts wants to ban water ball amusement rides. While a water ball ban would be outside this reach of his authority, he is asking the state Legislature and Governor Patrick to extend the scope of his power. Gatzunis issued…
Lawyers made their closing arguments in Suffolk Superior Court Monday in the first case targeting a cigarette-maker’s past practice of giving out free samples. The attorney for the estate of Marie Evans, a Boston woman who started smoking at 13, said that the cigarette company tried to hook black children…