A Personal Injury Law Blog from SUGARMAN
After reports of at least 32 infant deaths nationwide, Fisher-Price recalled 4.7 million of their popular “Rock ’n Play Sleeper” units on April 12, 2019. Two weeks later, Kids2 recalled 36 models of b...
Topics: Product Liability
Despite continued progress in patient safety rules, the number of patient injuries and death due to errors by medical staffs at hospitals in Massachusetts has not gone down. This revelation comes in a...
Topics: Medical Malpractice
Late Saturday morning, June 8, 2019, a single-car Green Line trolley was traveling down its usual route from Kenmore station to Fenway when it suddenly derailed. The trolley struck the side of a subwa...
Massachusetts charitable organizations are given special protections under the law. It is widely known that these entities reap tax and other financial benefits. A lesser-known special treatment given...
Topics: Medical Malpractice
SUGARMAN Principals, Benjamin Zimmermann and David McCormack, represented an Ohio family in their claims for the severe and tragic brain injuries suffered by their son at Massachusetts General Hospita...
As a member of the Women’s Bar Association (WBA) and an experienced trial attorney, Pietrowicz is now providing pro bono legal representation to low-income seniors with her involvement in Women’s Bar ...
SUGARMAN Principal Marianne LeBlanc was a featured speaker at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s panel discussion of the changes personal injury law has undergone throughout the year of 20...
On Monday April 1, Brookline launched its pilot program with Bird and Lime making about 200 electronic scooters, known widely as “e-scooters” available for rent in Brookline. During the press conferen...
Topics: Product Liability
Lawsuits brought by veterans of the U.S. Military against 3M Company have been ordered consolidated into a multi-district litigation (MDL) in the United States District Court for the Northern District...
Topics: Product Liability
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
SUGARMAN principals, Ben Zimmermann and Stacey Pietrowicz, brought suit on behalf of a worker who suffered severe personal injuries, including a crush injury and partial amputation of his hand, while ...
Topics: Product Liability
Lawsuits filed against 3M Company over defective earplugs are being considered for consolidation into a multi-district litigation (MDL) in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesot...
Topics: Product Liability