A Texas woman has filed a products liability lawsuit against Advanced Medical Optics Inc. for its contact lens disinfectant Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose solution’s failure to properly disinfect her contact lenses. Kimlyn Cline, a contact lense wearer for 35 years, says she always cleans and disinfects her contact lenses properly…
A lawsuit has been filed against the New England Patriots and their coach Bill Belichick for $100 million. The plaintiffs, former St. Louis Rams football player Willie Gary, a Rams seat license holder, and two 2002 Super Bowl ticket holders, claim that the Patriots defrauded St. Louis players and fans…
The Federal Drug Administration wants people to know that the anti-wrinkle drug Botox has been linked to several botulism related-deaths. A number of these victims were children. The warning comes three weeks after Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group, cited 180 reported incidents-including 16 deaths-where people who had used Botox…
Approximately 87,000 Massachusetts drivers have been in at least two motor vehicle accidents from 2002 through June 2007. 8,400 of these drivers have been in three crashes. Some 1,100 were in four auto collisions. Some 220 people have been in at least five accidents. Yet a number of these drivers…
A jury in Massachusetts has awarded Louise Scialdone, a 58-year-old Somerville resident, $10 million in her personal injury lawsuit against the Massachusetts Transportation Bay Authority (MBTA). The total sum, interest included, is nearly $12.8 million. Scialdone sustained a traumatic brain injury when an MBTA bus hit her on February 4,…
This week, attorneys involved in John Ritter wrongful death lawsuit began jury selection. The case finally goes to court more than four years following the September 2003 death of the beloved actor. The late actor’s wife, actress Amy Yasbeck, and his children are suing cardiologist Joseph Lee and radiologist Matthew…
8-Year-old Brittany Noel suffered internal injuries and a fractured skull after being struck by an SUV in the schoolyard at E.G. Lyons Elementary School in Randolph, Massachusetts on Tuesday. She was placed in a medically induced coma at Boston Medical Center last night. The man driving the 2001 Ford Escape…
Bert Hirschberg, a 90-year-old Boston grandmother and women’s rights activist, died while crossing Massachusetts Avenue when she was struck by a car. Hirshberg used a walker to get around. She was crossing the avenue, located close to her apartment, when she was hit by a Toyota. Heavy rains were pouring…
The parents of Zachary Cohn, a six-year-old boy who died last July after his arm got stuck in an underwater suction drain in the deep end of their swimming pool, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, Shoreline Pools, as well as several other defendants.…
The family of Catherine O’Donnell, the 86-year-old woman who died after falling from an operating room table at Boston Medical Center in Massachusetts, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the doctor, two nurses, an orthopedic resident, and an anesthesiology resident-all who were in the operating room at the time.…