If you’ve been injured on the job in Massachusetts, you probably already know you can file a workers’ compensation claim. What a lot of injured workers don’t realize is that workers’ comp and a personal injury lawsuit aren’t mutually...
That question is now before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and the answer could significantly expand the legal options available to patients harmed by defective implanted devices in this state. The case is Plourde v. Sorin Group USA, Inc., and it involves a...
Ronald Bennett went to a Cape Cod emergency room with shoulder pain. He was told he had rotator cuff tendinitis and cellulitis, given antibiotics, and sent home. He came back two days later in a rapidly deteriorating state. By August 8, 2020, he was dead, killed by...
Earlier this year, a Massachusetts federal court awarded $3 million to a child who suffered permanent neurological injuries after a nurse practitioner failed to properly diagnose and manage severe jaundice in the days following birth. The child was born small for...
Every Memorial Day weekend the population of Cape Cod multiplies overnight. Main Street in Hyannis, Commercial Street in Provincetown, the villages of Chatham, Falmouth, and Sandwich fill up with visitors who are on vacation, often distracted, and frequently...
