Kudos to the Boston Injury Lawyer Blog for this post on recent developments on the tragic dog mauling death that occurred last week on actor Ving Rhames’ property. Here is part of the post: Police have identified the man who was mauled by dogs on the Brentwood property owned by…
Today a Suffolk County jury awarded a man $13M for serious personal injuries he sustained after being struck by a motor vehicle. The case name is William T. Dodge v. Arda Tezel. With interest, the verdict comes to approximately $16M. The plaintiff was however assessed 1% comparative negligence by the…
The US Supreme Court in the case of Scott v. Harris today articulated what is arguably a new rule when it comes to police officers chasing criminals. In that case, Victor Harris was fleeing from the police. Police Officer Scott, in an effort to stop Harris’ vehicle. rammed it from…
The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently decided the case of O’Brien v. Leahy Landscaping. In that case, the plaintiff, O’Brien, sustained a fractured wrist after slipping and falling due to snow and ice that had remained on the Defendant’s premises for five days following a snow storm. As you may know…
The following is provided courtesy of Massachusetts Law Updates: In the case of Haglund v. Phillip Morris, the Supreme Judicial Court yesterday ruled that the fact that a smoker knew that cigarettes were dangerous but smoked anyway does not constitute an "unreasonable" use of the product under Correia v. Firestone…
This is a rather unusual case. A Texas woman died after she allegedly developed a staff infection following a pedicure she received at a salon. The woman died of a heart attack which her estate claims was caused by the staff infection. The estate in suing the salon for wrongful…
I found this over at injuryboard.com which highlights a unique case of medical malpractice, and the problems faced when a doctor does not have medical malpractice insurance: A Hawaii jury has awarded damages of nearly $5.6 million in a lawsuit against a surgeon who placed a piece of a screwdriver…
Many people think medical malpractice liability only applies to doctors. Actually, medical malpractice liability applies to EMT’s, to doctors, and nearly everyone in between in the medical field. Here is an ignominious example of possible medical malpractice committed by a nurse, as provided by the Associated Press: U.S. hospital: Unsterilized…
Here is a rather interesting post from The Total Injury Blog about a recent case out of Illinois where a woman sustained personal injuries due to alleged bed bug bites: "A Chicago couple has filed a $20 million law suit against a Catskills resort where the woman sustained nearly 500…
The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer yesterday reported on a Columbus, Ohio woman who received a jury verdict against a department store stemming from an unlawful arrest. The woman, Patricia Gail Jackson, on May 21, 2003 purchased a pair of shorts at the store. After leaving the store and while approaching her car,…