The family of Nicholas Grass has reached a wrongful death settlement with the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity over the tragic traffic accident that claimed the life of s Yale University student in 2003. Grass, 19, was one of nine people riding in an SUV after an event hosted by the…
Emerson College has promised to improve its investigation of campus sexual assaults after a group of students filed a complaint with the federal government against the school. The complaint was filed last week with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Two of the complainants, sophomore Sarah Tedesco,…
The mayor of Springfield has confirmed that the city has settled with Columbia Gas following a natural gas explosion that destroyed a gentlemen’s club and other buildings in the city’s downtown entertainment district, last November. Columbia Gas utility workers had been surveying gas lines on November 23, 2012, after responding…
Three doctors are suing Vanderbilt University Medical Center for Medicare fraud. They submitted their whistleblower lawsuit under the False Claims Act’s qui tam provision. The plaintiffs, all ex-VUMC anesthesiologists, are accusing the medical center of taking part in a scam involving the use of its medical practices to maximize income…
According to Boston Fire Department officials, an 18-year-old man sustained injuries when he fell through the skylight of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity at MIT. The drop to the first-floor staircase where he landed four stories. Police say that the man suffered injuries. Since the Cambridge, Massachusetts fall accident, there…
Americans are flooded with calls from telemarketers every day. While many people dismiss these calls as an annoyance, a provision is encouraging consumers to report these calls in exchange for monetary compensation. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was established in 1991 in response to an overwhelming number of consumer…
According to a whistleblower lawsuit, Quest Diagnostics and Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings committed Medicaid fraud by billing the program in Virginia a higher rate than other customers. Quest is the largest operator of medical labs in the United States. Hunter Laboratories LLC and its CEO Chris Riedel submitted the…
A multi-party lawsuit against the New England Compounding Center for the drug injuries and deaths of people who received contaminated steroid injections is proceeding. Named among them are NECC owners Greg Conigliaro, Lisa Cadden, and Barry Cadden. Products liability lawyers are attempting to add more defendants, including the maintenance company…
More than 2 million dehumidifiers have been recalled throughout the United States and Canada after reports have surfaced of fires and property damage caused by certain models produced by Gree Electric Appliances. According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, 12 brands of humidifiers, all manufactured by Gree Electric…
The parents of David Plamondon have settled their wrongful death lawsuit with the University of Connecticut for $5.5 million. Linda and George Plamondon, who are from Westminster, Massachusetts, sued the school shortly after their 20-year-old son was struck by a campus shuttle bus while in a campus crosswalk in 2011.…