Cape Cod Personal Injury Lawyer

A client comes into the office and says, "my 85 year old mother just died in the nursing home after falling out of her wheelchair 7 times."We hear this horrible story, and others like it, all the time. Residents die from infected bedsores. Residents that are clearly patients "at risk for falls" never have fall risk assesments and die after repeated falls. After falls, broken bones are neglected....

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently issued a very practical but controversial decision. The court held that the mother of a boy struck and killed by a car could sue the drivers doctor because the doctor failed to warn the driver of the risks associated with taking certain medications.This may appear harsh, but it is nothing more than a logical extension of the existing law of...

The FDA warns patients and physicians that desmopressin, a drug used to control bed-wetting in children, can increase the risk of seizures and death.The FDA has received 61 reports of seizures - including two fatalities - amongst patients taking desmopressin. Desmopressin is used to lower the amount of water eliminated in urine. In some cases the drug lowered the amount of sodium in the...

Starbucks, in cooperation with CPSC, announced a voluntary nationwide recall of 167,000 fusion coffee mugs. The plastic handles can detach from the body of the mug when filled with hot liquids, posing a burn hazard.23 injuries have been reported to Starbucks due to the handles detaching. Nine of the 23 people injured suffered minor burns.This recall involves two styles of Starbucks 14-ounce...

A Cape Cod teenager was found guilty of causing the car accident that killed his best friend, in March 2006, and sentenced to 18 months in jail.The teen, 18, of Barnstable, was found guilty of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation following a bench trial. The judge ruled he was the cause of the accident that led to the death of his best friend, 16-year-old Melissa Gifford.He will serve...

Massachusetts Firefighters, in Newton, responded to a horrible rollover car accident on Route 9 in the Chestnut Hill section of Newton on Wednesday.The assistant Fire Chief arrived on the scene and reported a two vehicle accident with a rollover. One car was traveling on either side of Route 9. A Volkswagen crashed with an SUV while traveling west on Route 9. The impact of the crash sent the...

A woman injured in a slip-and-fall accident at the local grocery store, has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the store. The lawsuit was filed on August 21, in Kanawha Circuit Court, against Save-A-Lot.The suit claims that on December 10, 2005, the woman was in the Cedar Grove store when she slipped and fell on a "wet, slippery substance which was not immediately visible to the naked eye...

A head-on collision with a semi-truck claimed the life of a Massachusetts woman, Friday morning, on Interstate 80.A Plymouth was heading east on I-80 when the driver lost control of the vehicle, going through the center median and into the westbound lanes where it crashed head-on into the semi-truck, according to state police.The semi-tanker truck was transporting non-hazardous materials and...

A parent has sued Mattel Inc. and Fisher Price Inc. over a toy after the companies recalled over 1.5 million toys due to a possibility that the product had too much lead in the surface paint. The plaintiff, Farrah Shoukry, is seeking a refund for the toys and money for diagnostic lead poisoning tests.Shoukry, who bought one of the recalled toys for her daughter, wants class action status for...

On Tuesday, a jury found against Notre Dame Football coach Charlie Weis, in his medical malpractice lawsuit. The suit claimed two doctors botched his after-care following gastric bypass surgery five years ago. The jury reached their decision in less than a day, finding two Massachusetts General Hospital surgeons were not negligent.Weis, 51, claimed the surgeons were negligent for allowing him to...