An 87-year-old driver sustained serious injuries after a Waltham police car struck her vehicle on Wednesday. The cruiser was being driven by Officer Linda Moschner, who was headed to an assisted living facility in response to a 911 call. The elderly woman was about to turn left when the police…
A new state law has just gone into effect that prohibits kids under age 14 from operating ATVs. Our Boston ATV accident lawyers hope that this will decrease the number of injuries and deaths involving all-terrain vehicles. According to a new study, the number of spinal cord injuries and brain…
Fisher-Price Inc. and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission are recalling over 10 million children’s toys because they pose a serious injury risk to kids. Included in the recall: • About 7 million Fisher-Price Trike and Tough Trike toddler tricycles: Fisher-Pricea nd CPSC know of at least 10 injury incidents,…
A recent recall of DePuy Orthopedics, Inc.’s Sr XL Acetabular Hip Replacement and ASR Hip Resurfacing Systems products could impact the approximately 93,000 people that have been implanted with one of these medical devices. The recall was announced after the National Joint Registry reported that 1 out 8 patients that…
According to The Tech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s oldest newspaper, the parents of Robert M. Wells have filed a Boston wrongful death lawsuit against MIT and the Delta Upsilon fraternity. Wells, a 22-year-old MIT student, died in 2008 after falling five stories from the DU fraternity and sustaining skull fractures,…
A man who claims he was sexually molested by the headmaster of St. John’s School for the Deaf when he was a student there is suing the Vatican and Pope Benedict for clergy sexual abuse. Terry Kohut, who is deaf, says he was molested and assaulted by Father Lawrence C.…
In 10 days, it will be against the law to text message while driving in Massachusetts. Teen drivers under age 18 won’t be allowed to use mobile electronic devices at all. Emailing and using the Internet while driving will become illegal for everyone. Meantime, the US Department of Transportation is…
Over the weekend, a pilot crashed the helicopter he was operating into a swamp near the MBTA’s commuter rail station in Halifax. As a result of the accident, the pilot suffered from broken bones and serious burns. According to the authorities, the helicopter was “experimental” and may have been built…
According to a Burlington fire official, six people were injured yesterday afternoon when a deck collapsed at a local home. They had gathered at the residence following a funeral when the deck that they were standing on detached from the residence, falling eight feet. Four of the injured were taken…
This past week, a Summerville man was rushed to the hospital after being struck by a street sign at the scene of a fire. The Summerville resident peered out of his house to observe a fire at a neighbor’s house when he was struck in the head by the street…