Personal injury law — it's what we do.

For over 60 years, SUGARMAN's personal injury lawyers have represented the injured and their families in Massachusetts. With a client-centered focus, SUGARMAN's attorneys regularly achieve ground-breaking verdicts, awards, and settlements. Through all of our collective successes and achievements, we never forgot that we work for you and your family.

No billboards. No TV ads. No flashing dollars signs. Just decades of hard work and exceptional results for our clients.

Representing you with experience

We invite you to learn more about your potential case and the personal injury cases SUGARMAN’s lawyers have handled for thousands of clients over the past five decades.

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Medical Malpractice

Electrocutions, Explosions, and Fires

Wrongful Death Claims

Nursing Home Abuse, Neglect and Malpractice

Construction Site Injuries

Motor Vehicle Accidents

Sexual & Physical Assault

Women's Health

Stryker LFIT V40 Femoral Head Artificial Hip Recall

Medical Devices and Drugs

Airplane and Boating Accidents

Bicycle Accidents

Alcohol-related Accidents

Defective Products and Consumer Goods

Professional Malpractice

MBTA Commuter Rail, Buses, Subway, and Railroad Crashes

Whistleblower/False Claims Act

Premises Liability - Injuries on Property

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Traumatic brain injury in pedestrian crosswalk crash

Settlement on behalf of client injured when he was struck by a car while in the crosswalk on the way to the Braintree MBTA Station. The client suffered a traumatic brain injury and, together with the spouse, brought a claim against the driver for his negligence in causing the accident.

Jury verdict for Massachusetts woman injured on operating table

An Essex County jury sitting in Newburyport rendered a verdict in favor of a 42-year-old woman who suffered significant neck injuries at a hospital in Lynn, MA, after being positioned on an operating room table for routine surgery. After she was anesthetized and medically paralyzed, her unsecured head fell off the table resulting in permanent nerve damage to her neck.

Wrongful death of nursing home patient

Settlement for family of elderly patient whose C. Difficile illness went untreated for several days when the staff at her nursing home in Boston failed to review critical laboratory results and failed to transfer the patient to a hospital for immediate care. By the time the patient was transferred to a hospital, four days after her symptoms began, she was septic and she passed away shortly thereafter.

Ironworker falls 30 feet from Boston high-rise

Settlement for ironworker who sustained multiple fractures when he fell while erecting the steel frame on the construction site for a new Boston high-rise. General contractor failed to require 100% fall protection.

Defective product - Industrial plastic roll-stand

Settlement in product liability suit where the plaintiff suffered a workplace hand injury caused by roll-stand. The manufacturer of the machine had failed to properly guard a nip point with a barrier guard, light curtain, electric eye, trip wire, or presence-sensing device to prevent workers from coming into contact with nip rolls.

Few firms in Massachusetts have achieved jury verdicts and settlements in such a wide range of practice areas. There is almost no type of personal injury case that SUGARMAN attorneys have not handled.

We have also helped shape the landscape of personal injury law through precedent-setting cases in Massachusetts’ Appellate Courts.

Meet Your Team

Although there are many personal injury lawyers in Boston and Massachusetts, the number of experienced trial attorneys is relatively small. SUGARMAN is one of the oldest, largest and most respected personal injury law firms in Massachusetts and New England, with a record of achieving groundbreaking results for decades. Our lawyers have been nationally recognized for their trial accomplishments. At SUGARMAN, you get an entire team of dedicated personal injury lawyers that will work tirelessly to obtain the best results for you and your family. Lawyers who are straight with you and have the resources and experience to handle the challenges of your personal injury claim, no matter how complicated. Unlike other firms that use intake coordinators and call centers, you'll speak with one of our partners when you call SUGARMAN - the attorney who will be with your case from start to finish.

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