In a rare move, the US Consumer Product and Safety Commission is pursuing an administrative lawsuit against Maxfield & Oberton Holdings LLC claiming that its magnet toys are defective products. The manufacturer of the Buckycubes and Buckyballs products is disputing the allegations. The small, round magnets are normally sold in…
A Williamstown man has settled his Massachusetts clergy sex abuse lawsuit against former Springfield Roman Catholic bishops Joseph Maguire and Thomas Dupre for $500,000. The plaintiff, Andrew Nicastro, contended that then-Reverend Albert Graves was able to molest him during the early 80’s because the two defendants did not stop him…
Three years after passing away from accidental asphyxia involving suffocation, the family of ex-Major League Baseball pitcher Mark S. Fidrych is suing Morse Mack Sales, Ballard Mack Sales, and Mack Trucks for Northborough, Ma wrongful death and products liability. Fidrych died when his clothes tangled up in his 1987 Mack…
Some movie theaters have heightened security, in the wake of this morning’s deadly massacre at a Colorado multiplex. The shooting, which took place during the premiere at “The Dark Knight Rises” at the Century 16 Movie Theater in Aurora, left at lest 12 people dead and 59 others injured. Young…
Richard Jeanetti, 35, was arraigned today in West Roxbury District Court and released on personal recognizance over charges stemming from a crash that occurred on the evening of May 24. Jeanetti is a Boston police officer but was off duty at the time of the accident. He is facing several…
Seven years after Robby Lee Ward’s death from a heart attack, a Middlesex County Superior Court jury has awarded a $3.4 million Cambridge, MA medical malpractice award to his Harvard family. Ordered to pay the verdict in this case is Dr. Peter J. DeMartino of Acton Medical Associates. (A second…
Another woman has filed a defective medical device lawsuit against Boston Scientific for permanent injuries she says she sustained from the manufacturer’s vaginal mesh products. Shirley Shelmidine says she was inserted with the device to treat her urinary incontinence and ended up experiencing numerous complications, including debilitating pain and bleeding.…
With summer officially here, everyone is running to the nearest pool to cool off. We pack our sunscreen to protect us from the sun, and lifeguards are on duty to keep us safe in the water. However, these aren’t the only hazards we need to be aware of during our…
The family of a construction worker killed by a propane gas explosion that occurred in Norfolk in August 2010 has come to a $7.5 million settlement in the wrongful death law suit it filed against EnergyUSA and Smolinsky Bothers Plumbing and Heating. William Nichols, 46, was killed when a propane…
The family of William Nichols has reached a $7.5 million Massachusetts wrongful death settlement in its lawsuit against EnergyUSA and Smolinsky Plumbing and Heating over the 2010 Norfolk propane explosion that claimed his life. Nichols, a 46-year-old Blackstone electrician, suffered fatal injuries, including burns to 80% of his body, when…