The family of Christopher Weigl is suing trucking company Ross Express and its employee John A. Brothers for his Allston, MA bicycle accident death. The 23-year-old Boston University graduate student died in December. According to the plaintiffs’ Boston truck crash lawsuit, Brothers struck Weigle, who was in a bicycle lane…
After a month long trial, a federal jury in New York has found Bank of America liable on one civil fraud charge stemming from defective mortgages it sold through its Countrywide unit. The case was brought to the attention of the U.S. Justice Department by former Countrywide executive, Edward O’Donnell,…
Did the electronic throttle-control system of a 2005 Toyota Camry cause the vehicle to accelerate suddenly, seriously injuring one elderly woman while killing another? A jury in this latest sudden unintended acceleration case to go to court decided that that the automaker was liable and awarded $3M in compensatory damages…
Susan Manter is suing Reverent Charles M. Abdelahad, St. George Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral, the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Diocese of Worcester, Orthodox Christian Diocese of New England, and the he Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, and a number individuals within the church network for Massachusetts sex abuse damages. Manter…
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…