A ruling in Suffolk Superior Court on a slip and fall case, Rivera v. Demoulas Super Markets, Inc., has set precedent that provides additional protection for those whose injuries have been caught on camera. In today’s economy, many retail stores use video surveillance to monitor theft and keep a close eye on employees. An extra benefit from...
Former NHL Hockey league players have filed a consolidated class-action lawsuit in Federal Court over concussion related health injuries. The Lawsuit was filed in October of 2014 in the state of Minnesota. Six former players are serving as the class action representatives. The complaint is seeking an unspecified amount of damages as well as funding...
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently ruled that a landlord can be held strictly liable for injuries sustained by a plaintiff if the building is a place of public or commercial use and the injury is a result of building code violations. See Sheehan v. Weaver. This case involved a person who sustained serious injuries when he...
In a recent decision by the Middlesex Superior court of Massachusetts, a Judge found an insurance company violated the law and failed to effectuate a prompt settlement of a pedestrian bus accident case and ultimately awarded over $7,000,000.00 in damages to the plaintiff. The case involved a plaintiff who was crossing the street in a...
Although recreational sports should be fun, there can be risks involved depending on where the games take place. Personal injury lawsuits against governmental entities such as a city may be subject to different rules than lawsuits brought against private citizens. A 2012 case arose when a man was hurt during a softball game organized by Coed Jewish...
Fifteen workers were injured on Monday afternoon when there was a large explosion at a machine factory in Peterborough New Hampshire located right over the Massachusetts border. Unfortunately, many of the injured workers sustained serious injuries and two of the workers sustained critical injuries. The two critically injured employees needed to be transported by Med...
