Our Boston slip and fall accidents represent clients that have been injured in premises liability cases on other people’s property. While slip accidents can happen year round, winter weather conditions can increase the likelihood of such an incident happening, especially when there is snow or ice on the pavement or…
If you haven’t already watched Sunday’s episode of Downton Abbey, then you may want to hold off on reading this blog post. For many fans, it was devastating to watch the family’s youngest daughter, Lady Sybil, die from preeclampsia during childbirth. One of the controversies surrounding her unexpected passing is…
According to the National Weather Service, temperatures are expected to go no higher than 17 degrees in Boston, while wind chill will go down to five feet below. The weather predicted to be even colder in the central and western areas of Massachusetts, with wind chills going down to 22…
At Altman & Altman, LLP, our Boston spinal cord injury lawsuits represent victims and relatives that wish to seek damages from the parties responsible for what happened. SCIs are very serious injuries that can cause serious medical conditions, including paraplegia, quadriplegia, deep vein thrombosis, movement and sensation loss, urinary tract…
One month after reaching a $1.1B settlement with hundreds of plaintiffs claiming that auto defects linked to sudden unintended acceleration caused the value of their vehicles to drop, Toyota Motor Corp. has reached confidential settlements in two wrongful deaths involving the same safety issue. This auto defect, which can cause…
According to Landmark School, a private school in Massachusetts, another five graduates have come forward claiming that they were molested by to ex-teachers and a former staffer. The alleged Beverly sex abuse incidents took place during the 1970’s and 1980’s. A report from the school’s board of the trustees notes…
Even though texting while driving has been banned in Massachusetts, this doesn’t mean that people are not engaging in distracted driving habits that are just as risky albeit legal. A Boston Globe article today reports on just this trend from the results of an operation carried out this month by…
The ex-owners of Goldthwait Associates, which is a billing company based in Marblehead, and four pathology groups have reached a breach of privacy settlement with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office over the accidental dumping of sensitive health records at a public dump in Georgetown. The collection of tossed papers included…
A high-speed ferry that collided into a Manhattan dock today left at least 50 people with injuries-CNN says that number of injuries is closer to 85. Two of the victims were critically hurt, with one sustaining a serious head injury from falling down the boat stairs. The vessel had been…
A woman was killed in a Holyoke fire at her home on Saturday. Investigators believe that the blaze may have started close to a wood-burning stove. Firefighters that rushed to the scene were able to extricate another woman and her dog from the roof of the bungalow’s front porch. Following…