At least 50 federal lawsuits have been filed in nine states seeking products liability compensation from the New England Compounding Center, the Framingham, Massachusetts pharmaceutical company that is the identified source of a tainted steroid injection that has made nearly 600 people ill with fungal meningitis, spinal infections, and/or other…
We blogged last month about the nationwide outbreak of meningitis that originated in a Framingham, MA compounding pharmacy. A consumer watchdog organization, Public Citizen, is now asking the Food and Drug Administration to re-inspect over a dozen specialty pharmacies with records of violations. Public Citizen sent a letter to the…
The MBTA has fired the driver of a Green Line train that recently collided with another train, sending numerous riders to the hospital. The reason for the termination is that the driver was “inattentive” at the time of the crash, said MBTA General Manager Jonathan R. Davis. Davis said the…
According to a local fire official, seven people fell ill after they were exposed to a carbon monoxide leak in a Mattapan home on Wednesday afternoon. Two of the victims were reportedly children. As of yesterday evening, reports The Boston Globe, all of the victims except for one woman, who…
According to a study published this week by the Boston University School of Medicine, researchers have discovered more evidence affirming a causal connection between repeated head injuries and chronic brain disease. The findings can be found in the journal Brain and will likely provide support for brain injury lawsuits filed…
Last week, our Boston Personal Injury Lawyers blogged about the MBTA crash involving two Trolleys in Boston, MA. Investigators now report they have found no evidence that cell phone use or mechanical failure caused the crash between two Green Line trains on Thursday that injured 37 people, said the Massachusetts…
During this past fiscal year, the SEC received 3,001 whistleblower tips from tipsters in all 50 states and from 49 nations. Outgoing SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said that the Commission’s whistleblower program has proven valuable in uncovering financial fraud. Earlier this month, the agency issued its “2012 Annual Report on…
A Boston train crash at Boylston Station this morning has left at least 35 people with injuries. Nine of the victims were immobilized because of possible neck or head injuries. The Boston trolley collision happened when a Green Line train departing Park Street Station rear-ended a trolley that was at…
The Food and Drug Association shut down a nut-processing facility in Portales, New Mexico, after it was tied to a nation-wide salmonella outbreak in June of this year. The plant, operated by Sunland Inc., was set to open this week, however the FDA stepped in and put the reopening process…
Our Boston Personal Injury Attorneys previously blogged about a natural gas explosion at Scores Gentlemen’s Club that injured 18 people and damaged 42 buildings in Springfield’s entertainment district. Now, authorities appear to have identified the cause. State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan said the blast was due to a “human error”…