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A Personal Injury Law Blog from SUGARMAN
This month, a Massachusetts court held that Harvard University can be held liable for failure to prevent a student suicide. On September 12, 2015, Luke Tang committed suicide in his dor...
Topics: Third Party Liability
Last month, the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety published a report regarding patient injuries and death due to medical errors, or medical malpractice. The report found approximately 62,000 medi...
Topics: Medical Malpractice
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
This past Tuesday, co-owners of a multi-family property in Everett were arraigned in District Court for wanton and reckless disregard of fire codes and building codes that prosecutors say resulted in ...
Topics: Premises Liability
Recent bus stop deaths have made national headlines Many parents watch anxiously as the school bus pulls away, watching for their son or daughter’s face in the window, worried the driver will g...
Topics: Auto Accident Law
According to NBC News, thousands of Massachusetts residents are finally being allowed back into their homes today after a string of natural gas explosions and fires took one life, injured dozens...
Topics: Liability Insurance, Personal Injury Law, Property Damage
Electric scooters, commonly referred to as “e-scooters”, are becoming popular across the U.S. They are easily accessible, marketed as innovative and environmentally friendly. E-scooters are meant to s...
Topics: Auto Accident Law
Slip and fall accidents are common during icy winter conditions, but they are also more common than we think during the summertime. It is important to be mindful of the conditions around you during ev...
Topics: Premises Liability
This past weekend, 19 month-old Emeline Miller, daughter of Olympic skier Bode Miller, tragically drowned in a California swimming pool. Summer is here, and while swimming pools are perfect spots to g...
Topics: Premises Liability, Product Liability
Who has the highest risk to be seriously hurt or killed in a car crash? Pedestrians. As the New England snow melts and the weather warms, an increasing number of people will be out and about. After...
Topics: Auto Accident Law
In 2015, distracted drivers caused 394,477 motor vehicle crashes resulting in injuries, including 3,477 deaths. In Massachusetts, 21% of fatal crashes in 2015 were caused by distracted drivers. fig...
Topics: Auto Accident Law
According to the Massachusetts Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Report, in 2015 there were over 79,800 work-related injuries reported in state. But what are they, and who is liable? When ...
Topics: Construction Accident Liability, Workers Compensation