On Wednesday, the Massachusetts Supreme Court issued a ruling that doctors can be held liable for medical malpractice if they do anything to lessen a patient’s chance of survival. The ruling upholds the “loss of chance” doctrine that holds medical professionals liable even if a patient’s recovery odds were already…
The family of Fernando Vargas, an East Boston teenager who died after his ventilator turned off during a power shortage last week, wants to know if his death occurred because the medical device was defective. A preliminary police probe found that the ventilator’s backup battery failed during the two-hour power…
In Massachusetts, Michael Faria, the man charged in connection with a fatal hit and run accident in Easton on Saturday may have been text-messaging when the accident occurred. According to a Bristol County prosecutor, Faria told a friend that he was texting on his cell phone when his car struck…
In Massachusetts, 38 elderly residents and eight workers at the Taunton Nursing Home complex were sent to local hospitals after high levels of carbon monoxide was found in the building. Firefighters had to removed approximately 80 people from the building, evacuating the home’s north and old wings. Fire Chief Leman…
A recent WCBV report discussed the possibility that there could be over 30 million defective tire valve stems on motor vehicles currently in use. A valve stem is a rubber part that is inserted into a tire so that air can be pumped into it. If there is a flaw…
Two people riding a 1995 Harley-Davidson were injured on Monday in Bridgewater after they were hit by a car while stopped at a red light at the intersection of Main and High streets. The driver of the motorcycle, Valdemar Cordeiro, sustained head trauma, and his passenger, Kelly O’Brien, sustained leg…
In Norfolk Superior Court, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston filed a products liability lawsuit against Whirlpool seeking $10 million for compensation related to a seven-alarm refrigerator-caused fire that destroyed the Sacred Heart Church in Weymouth on June 9, 2005. The lawsuit accuses Whirlpool of negligence and knowing that it…
Min Perry, a woman who sustained serious injuries in the last month’s Green Line train crash in Newton is suing the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for personal injury. Perry sustained leg fractures and other injuries after she was pinned underneath scrap metal when the Green line trolley she was riding…
A well-known Massachusetts retired music professor has reached a settlement agreement with five plaintiffs-four students and a consultant-that sued him for sexual abuse. Former Atlantic Union College choir director Francisco de Araujo reportedly settled the case through mediation. The lawsuit, filed in Worcester Superior Court in January, named de Araujo,…
In Massachusetts, the widow of Paul Cahill, one of two Boston firefighters who died while battling a fire at Tai Ho Restaurant last year, is suing the Chinese restaurant for his death and citing premises liability. Also named in the wrongful death lawsuit are the owner of the building and…