According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, sending and reading text messages with a hands-free devices or talking on a cell phone without using your hands while driving are no less distracting than doing these activities manually. The AAA’s study comes as voice-activated technologies that let people talk, text,…
A man who sustained electrical shock injuries in a Quincy construction accident was rushed to the hospital. A Boston Medical Center spokesperson said that Antonio Deponte sustained electrical burns on his forearms after making contact with a power line. The intensity of the shock reportedly caused DePonte to fall a…
A 12-year old child was hospitalized on Saturday night after a 6-by-6 foot piece of plaster from a section of a city apartment’s ceiling collapsed. Authorities believe that the heavy rainfall from both Friday and Saturday is to blame. According to officials, water got into both the insulation and plaster…
In an earlier blog post, our Boston nursing neglect and abuse lawyers talked about the recent report released by the Alzheimer’s Association, which one in three elderly persons suffers from Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia when they die and that deaths caused by dementia went up 68% between 2000…
In Middlesex County Court, the family of Justin Johnston is suing tour operator EF Institute for Cultural Exchange, EF Cultural Tours GmbH, EF Cultural Travel Ltd., and EF Travel Inc. for wrongful death. Johnston was on a trip to Costa Rica with his high school class in 2011 when he…
Two children were hospitalized after falling out of second story windows in Plymouth and Wellesley this weekend. In Wellesley, an 18-month old fell through a screen from a second story window and onto a deck below around 4:10 p.m. Sunday afternoon. She was taken to a Boston hospital as a…
A Worcester woman was seriously injured after a hit-and-run crash early this morning. The victim, 24, was struck around midnight while crossing the street at the intersection of Chandler and Wellington Streets. Police found the young woman lying in the middle of the road with severe hip and facial wounds.…
According to a new US Consumer Product Safety Commission report, the majority of child drowning deaths are taking place in backyard pools. Drowning remains the number one cause of accidental child deaths for kids between ages 1 and 4 and minorities. At Altman & Altman, LLP, Boston personal injury lawyers…
The US Justice Department says that US Renal Care will pay $7.3 million to settle allegations that its Dialysis Corporation of America submitted false Medicare claims, billing more for Epogen, an anemia medication, than what it actually gave to dialysis patients. The accusations stem from a Qui Tam lawsuit filed…
According to a recent Journal of American Medicine study, hospitals make more money when surgical errors occur. The reasons for this is that patients who are the victims of this type of medical mistake often have to undergo more surgical procedures and extend their hospital stay in order to recover,…