The parents of a Somerset, Massachusetts girl who choked on a marshmallow at a party have filed suit against the host family for wrongful death. The lawsuit was filed on July 11 and seeks undetermined pecuniary damages. The complaint alleges that their daughter would still be alive if not for the hosts’ negligence.Azriel Estabrooks died […]
The Massachusetts Court of Appeals recently upheld a multi-million dollar judgment in favor of two daughters sexually abused by their father continuously for several years.Defendant William Kelley sexually molested and abused his two daughters, identified in court fillings as B.K. and W.K., on myriad occasions. He allegedly molested B.K. 3-5 times per week when she […]
The family of a six-year-old girl acutely allergic to peanuts filed a lawsuit for negligence last week in Middlesex against Panera Bread. The family claims the girl’s grilled cheese sandwich at the Natick Panera Bread this past January was served with a massive glob of peanut butter, requiring her to be hospitalized.John Russo, the girl’s […]
The Massachusetts Court of Appeals recently upheld the victory of the administratrix of the estate of decedent Jeanne Ellis in her lawsuit against Dr. Peter Clarke for wrongful death and malpractice. The jury determined that defendant Dr. Peter Clarke was negligent in his care and treatment of Ellis and that his negligence was a substantial […]
The family of a woman who died from pregnancy complications at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton was recently given the authority to proceed with their wrongful death lawsuit. Paula Sampson, a 32-year-old Hadley resident, died while she was a patient at Cooley in 2013. The family sued shortly thereafter.In Massachusetts medical malpractice lawsuits, a tribunal […]
The Massachusetts Court of Appeals recently reversed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant A Plus Auto Body regarding a plaintiff’s lawsuit for negligence following a slip and fall.In February 2013, plaintiff Nicole Fleming parked her rental car on Walnut Street while going to retrieve her own car from A Plus. As she […]
Unopposed Democratic Massachusetts State Senate nominee Joseph Bonore was recently sued for crashing into a police car in Boston in the spring of 2011. He was allegedly driving while intoxicated during the early morning crash. Ironically, the 33-year-old Boncore is also an attorney who has represented DUI defendants. Boncore admitted to having two drinks prior […]
Three years ago, the NFL reached a settlement in a lawsuit brought by 5,000 athletes who had experienced concussions and developed brain diseases like Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) while playing for the NFL. On April 18, 2016, the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals approved the settlement, despite complaints that it is not sufficiently […]
Pursuant to the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act, Donald Landry sued the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) and the city of Worcester for negligence regarding injuries sustained at the Worcester Regional Airport. Landry was pinned to a protruding metal bar by a motorized sliding gate. The Massachusetts Court of Appeals held that the defendants were not entitled to […]
This month, New England Patriots fans filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to reinstate the Patriots’ first-round pick in the 2016 NFL draft. In addition to the NFL, the named defendants in the lawsuit included the NFL’s commissioner and the Patriots owner, whom the plaintiffs allege chose his […]
