Close

Boston Injury Lawyer Blog

Updated:

Trek Recalls 1 Million Bikes After Bicyclist Becomes Paralyzed

Trek Bicycle has recalled nearly one million bikes following several accidents in 2014 that left two riders injured (one with facial injuries and one with a fractured wrist) and one in quadriplegia. Trek settled the lawsuit from the serious accident, but has continues to decline providing details. TREK RECALL Trek…

Updated:

Nursing Assistant Accused of Assaulting Psychiatric Patient in Leeds, MA

An Ashfield, MA nursing assistant has been charged with assault and battery on a person over 60 or disabled. Garrett C. Crehan, 42, allegedly forced a 61-year-old patient at the Veterans Affairs Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System psychiatric ward in Leeds onto the ground, causing his nose to bleed. He…

Updated:

Former New England Patriots Player Aaron Hernandez to Take the Stand in Massachusetts Wrongful Death Lawsuit

The family of Odin Lloyd has re-filed her Massachusetts wrongful death case against former New England Patriot and now convicted murder Aaron Hernandez. A Fall River jury convicted the ex-pro tight end, 25, of Lloyd’s murder earlier this month. Hernandez is serving a lifetime prison term without parole. At the…

Updated:

Wheelchair Lift Defect Leads to Traumatic Brain Injury, Quadriplegia, $10M Judgment

A wheelchair device that was supposed to prevent wheelchairs from rolling off a vehicle has left one man with serious permanent injuries. Miguel Colareta, who was suffering from a progressing neurological order, had just backed his wheelchair onto the lift of a Paratransit van in 2012 when the lift malfunctioned,…

Updated:

Family Files Massachusetts Wrongful Death Case, Sues State Police Over Fatal Shooting of New Bedford Man

The family of Wilfredo Justiniano is suing two members of the Massachusetts State Police for his Quincy, MA wrongful death. The 41-year-old New Bedford man, who was a diagnosed schizophrenic, was unarmed when he was shot by state trooper Stephen Walker in June 2013 during a traffic stop. The incident…

Updated:

Boston Injury Lawsuit Alleges that Inadequate Security Allowed Sexual Assault to Happen at New England Institute of Art

A woman is suing the New England Institute of Art in Brookline for Massachusetts personal injury. The woman said that because of inadequate security at the New England Institute of Art, an intruder was able to go into her dorm and sexually assault her. Also a defendant is Anwar Faisal,…

Updated:

Supreme Judicial Court Upholds $63M in Massachusetts Drug Injury Verdict Over Children’s Motrin

The state’s highest court has just upheld the $63 million Massachusetts drug defect ruling against Children’s Motrin and Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit. The family of Samantha Reckis was awarded the verdict in Plymouth County in 2013. They had sued the manufacturer after she became legally blind and…

Updated:

NTSB Says Pilot Error Involved in 2014 Bedford, Massachusetts Plane Crash at Hanscom Field

According to a National Transportation Safety Board report, the pilots of the Gulfstream IV jet that crashed at Hanscom Field last May did not conduct a pre-flight check and disregarded a cockpit warning light. The deadly Bedford, MA aviation accident killed the two men and five others on the plane.…

Contact Us
Start Chat