After a mild start to the New England winter, snow showers and freezing temperatures are in the forecast for the Boston area this weekend. Weather forecasters are predicting a winter storm that will most likely bring snow and an icy mix to the area, with some places getting as much…
An industrial worker was killed on Monday when he was fatally struck by a 12,000-pound steel beam that fell on him at Boston Bridge & Steel Inc., an East Boston plant. The victim, 46-year-old Marco Antonio Huezo Mancea, leaves behind a wife and three children in El Salvador. According to…
A man whose mother and infant daughter were killed in a King of Prussia apartment complex has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the apartment complex, its owners, and the person accused of the killings. Venkata Venna is claiming reckless and careless conduct and negligence. He believes the complex managers…
OSHA has recently announced the launching of a new program that will allow workers in the United States to file whistleblower complaints online. The online form will provide workers who have been retaliated against, the additional opportunity to reach out for OSHA assistance. “The ability of workers to speak out…
Officials investigating the train that derailed near the Spuyten Duyvil station in Bronx, New York over the weekend believe human error may have been the main cause of the fatal incident. The passenger train, which was en route to New York City early Sunday morning, jumped the tracks after going…
Ensign Group Inc., which runs nursing homes in a number of US states, has consented to pay $48 million to settle Medicare billing fraud allegations that it billed the government for medical procedures that patients didn’t need. The case stems from whistleblower cases brought by Carol Sanchez and Gloria Patterson,…
A Suffolk jury has awarded Li Chen and Peter Xu $5 million in a Boston obstetric malpractice lawsuit against Tufts Medical Center. Xu and Chen’s son Edward Xu, now 9, has a permanent debilitating syndrome that makes it impossible to digest food. He can only be fed via a tube…
James Hilario, a Fall River man, has settled his Massachusetts personal injury lawsuit against the Teamworks indoor facility for $325,000. Hilario got hurt in June 2010 while playing flag football for his local team the Fall River Beavers during a game against another team, the Taunton Terrors. According to Hilario’s…
A plane crash in Marshfield injured one person last week. According to the Boston Globe, the small plane crashed into the woods near Marshfield Municipal Airport. The wreck caused a small fire too. Only the pilot was aboard the plane, and he sustained injuries. The small aircraft was a Maule…
With the recent advances in medical technology, more people are going under the ‘robotic knife.’ Robotic surgeries are becoming a popular alternative to traditional surgeries, but they’re not without risks. Any time new technology is introduced into the medical field, there can be serious glitches involved. The Wall Street Journal…