According to a recent survey, almost 3,000 students sustained some type of Massachusetts head injury while playing sports last year. 164 schools participated in providing such information. About 525 Massachusetts schools did not make the reporting deadline for the survey. The survey comes following a new state law regarding statewide…
Did you know that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s SEC Whistleblower Program also applies to reporting of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act? This means that if you are a whistleblower who reports original information regarding the bribery of a foreign official, you could be entitled to 10-30% of…
The MBTA provides a way to get around for those who want to take public transportation to get to almost any part of the state. Residents in Boston often prefer this type of commute because of the heavy congestion associated with driving. However, with accidents and dangerous activities occurring on…
The parents of Anna Fournier, 14, are suing Monster Beverage Company for her wrongful death. They claim that after she consumed two 24 oz. Monster Energy beverages containing 480 mg of caffeine over two consecutive days in December, the teen went into cardiac arrest. Six days later, Fournier, who never…
According to The Wall Street Journal, scores of plaintiffs are lawyering up to begin their fungal meningitis litigation against the New England Compounding Center, which is located in Framingham, Massachusetts. Already, at least 10 drug defect lawsuits have been filed in the wake of the deadly outbreak that has afflicted…
The National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center predicts that there will be 12,000 new cases of spinal cord injury each year. As of this year, there are about 270,000 people in the United States who are living with spinal cord injury. Spinal cord injuries can be caused in many ways,…
A former health care worker has been arraigned on the criminal charge of manslaughter for allegedly ignoring that a client in a Milton group home was choking to death. According Annie Kwankam’s attorney, his client thought that the 57-year-old Lauren Wolf, who was severely mentally disabled, was just kidding around…
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, repair professionals and vehicle owners should watch out for counterfeit air bags. Often used as a replacement part at independent repair stores, these imitation safety devices generally don’t work properly and in a Boston car crash will likely fail to provide a…
Massachusetts has one of the most heavily used light rail lines in the country – the Green Line, named accordingly as it primarily passes through a place known as the Emerald Necklace of Boston. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) runs this streetcar system, which is the oldest line of…
According to the Associated Press, the New England Compounding Center had already settled a wrongful death lawsuit over similar allegations in 2007. The Framingham, Massachusetts compounding pharmaceutical company is considered the source of the tainted steroid shots that are believed to be the cause of this current fungal meningitis outbreak.…