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…
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…
Now that summer is here, more people will be going out into the water, which will increase the likelihood of both Massachusetts boating accidents and drowning deaths happening. Throughout the state, our Boston injury lawyers at Altman & Altman LLP represent victims who have been injured or families that have…
According to CNN.com, surgical clips made by Teleflex may have played a role in a number of kidney donor deaths. Teleflex sent a warning letter, in some cases several, to hospitals in 2006 letting them know that the clips were not safe to use in laparoscopic kidney donor surgeries. Yet…
The Estate of John B. Satiro is claiming that Massachusetts nursing home negligence contributed to his Williamstown wrongful death. Satiro passed away after getting hurt in a fall accident while staying at the Sweet Brook Transitional Care and Living Center. According to the lawsuit, Satiro fell when he was dropped…
18-year-old Aaron Deveau claims that he wasn’t texting while driving when his vehicle swerved over the center line to collide head-on with the auto driven by Donald Bowley in February 2011. The 55-year-old man sustained severe traumatic brain injuries and died more than two weeks after the crash. Bowley’s 58-year-old…
Two years after Justin Cosby, 21, was fatally shot during a drug-related robbery at a Harvard University dormitory, his mother, Denise Cosby, is suing the Cambridge institution for his Massachusetts wrongful death. Justin, who wasn’t a Harvard student, was a drug dealer. He had gone to the dorm to sell…
Investigators are trying to determine how a 4-year-old boy with autism managed to get into his apartment complex swimming pool on his own and drown. Alexie Lepoer was found in the water on Mother’s Day. At the time of the Westborough drowning death, which occurred at the Park Village West…
The estate of a woman who bled to death is suing pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim for her wrongful death. Gertrude Eubanks died on April 4, 2011 from internal bleeding just days after she started taking Pradaxa, an anticoagulant. The drug, which is supposed to prevent strokes in individuals with atrial…
According to a report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the state of Massachusetts had the lowest pediatric death rate among all the US states in 2009 at 4 child deaths per 100,000 kids (age 19 and under). The national average for that year was 11 deaths/…