A jury in Los Angeles says Dole Food Co. Inc. must pay six Nicaraguan farm workers $3.2 million dollars for injuries they say they sustained on the job over 30 years ago. The six men say they became sterile because Dole used a banned pesticide at the plantations where they…
Cargill Inc. says it is recalling over one million pounds of ground beef because of fears of E. coli bacteria contamination. Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania are the 10 states affected by the recall. This is Cargill Inc’s second voluntary meat recall…
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention issued its report on Friday on accidental injury deaths in the United States. Of all 50 states, Massachusetts has the lowest rate of accidental fatalities, which are the number one cause of death among people under 45 years of age. According to the…
Kathleen Vasa, the Massachusetts widow of the doctor who died when his 76-year-old cancer patient crashed her motor vehicle into the hospital’s radiation therapy unit where he worked, is suing the driver, Jane Berghold, for wrongful death. Berghold, who crashed her car into the hospital on October 15, claims that…
A 62-year-old female pedestrian sustained serious leg injuries today after being struck by a MBTA Bus while at the Quincy Center MBTA station in Quincy, Massachusetts. The bus accident took place at around 6am at the bus pick-up area. According to the bus driver, he was just leaving the bus…
A 50-year old Mashpee, Massachusetts man was seriously injured in a motorcycle collision in East Falmouth last week after his motorcycle collided with a 2004 Mazda on Sandwich Road. Michael Pasakarnis, the motorcycle rider, sustained serious injuries and was taken by MedFlight to Boston Medical Center. The car driver was…
Dr. Jose Veizaga-Mendez, a doctor under investigation for his possible role in 10 fatalities at the VA hospital in Illinois was also accused of medical malpractice when he practice medicine in Massachusetts. His license was revoked in this state following the death of two of his patients. His medical license…
The Associated Press says that it has found over 2500 cases of sex abuse involving teachers as perpetrators over a five-year period. Sexually abusing a child is a crime. In addition to trying a predator in criminal court, however, he or she can be held liable in civil court if…
A Suffolk County, Massachusetts jury has awarded the family of 10-year-old Jose Bejarano Jr. $26 .5 Million because birthing errors caused him to have cerebral palsy. His family say that they will use the money to give them the resources they need to care for their son at home. Jose,…
Boston University is increasing security measures following a rape that occurred in the Warren Towers campus dorm on September 30. The rape victim was a guest of one of the students living on the all-women floor of the co-ed dorm. She says she was raped in one of the dorm’s…