A Personal Injury Law Blog from SUGARMAN
In September 2016, 34-year-old Laura Levis collapsed just outside the locked doors of the Somerville Hospital emergency room. By the time she was found, she was in cardiac arrest, and she passed away ...
Topics: Medical Malpractice
On December 6, 2018, Dracut physician Dr. Richard Miron was indicted by a Middlesex County Grand Jury on the charges of Illegal Prescribing of Controlled Substances, Involuntary Manslaughter, and Medi...
Topics: Medical Malpractice
Did you know? Children are more than twice as likely to be hit by a car and killed on Halloween than on any other day of the year. Pedestrian fatalities on Halloween reached 5,987 – the highes...
Topics: Auto Accident Law
According to new federal data, most nursing homes have been underreporting their staffing levels to the government for the past decade. It was discovered that seven out of ten nursing homes had lower ...
Topics: Nursing Home Liability
What should I do? If you’ve had the Medtronic HeartWare HVAD system implanted, or if you are an end-stage heart failure patient but unsure whether or not you are affected by the recall, you sho...
Topics: Product Recalls
Last week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that MIT was not responsible for the suicide of a graduate school student on its campus – but it also held that under certain circumstances...
Topics: Personal Injury Law
Britax, a popular manufacturer of childcare products such as strollers, car seats, and highchairs, is being sued by the federal government in an attempt to stop the company from continuing its sale of...
Topics: Product Liability
On the morning of January 16, 2018, a four-alarm fire raged for hours in the Codman Square section of Dorchester. While much remains unknown as of yet, there have been no immediate reports of injuries...
Topics: Personal Injury Law
Something is very wrong at the MBTA. Earlier today, November 3rd, a woman was struck and killed by an MBTA commuter rail in Norfolk. On October 11th, a woman was struck and killed by an MBTA co...
Topics: Railroad Accidents
In Allstate Insurance’s recently published “America’s Best Drivers Report 2017,” Boston placed dead last – 200 out of 200 cities. Boston has maintained this illustrious position since 2015. And the ci...
Topics: Auto Accident Law
On May 15, 2015, the Massachusetts Appeals Court announced a decision clarifying an important aspect of premises liability law in the Commonwealth and serves as a victory for plaintiffs in cases invol...
Topics: Premises Liability
On November 3, 2014, Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Stryker) announced a National Settlement Program for patients meeting certain criteria who had received these Stryker implants. Stryker invited patients...
Topics: Product Liability, Stryker Hip Recall