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Broken Tailbone Coccyx Fracture

What are Coccyx Fractures? A fractured tailbone, also known as a broken coccyx, is a very painful injury that can take months to fully heal. Most tailbone injuries occur when someone slips and falls on a hard surface or falls backwards from great heights and lands on the buttock area. However, broken or bruised tailbone/coccyx injuries can occur in motor vehicle accidents as well. Tailbone injuries are not very common in motor vehicle accidents. In fact, our firm had a client that sustained a coccyx injury in a car accident and the insurance company originally denied responsibility and argued that … Read more…

Nightclub Assault Victim – Bar Fight Injury Lawyer

Greater Boston Area Bar Injury Nightclubs and bars are supposed to be places where people can gather and have a good time. However, the chances of a fight breaking out dramatically increase when you take a large group of people and add large amounts of liquor. Alcohol is a great social lubricate that eases anxiety and allows us to be more sociable. However, too much alcohol can impair judgment, thinking and understanding. Alcohol can take what in reality is a minor slight or misunderstanding and turn it into verbal confrontation that escalates into an assault & battery or massive brawl. … Read more…

Foot Degloving Injury

Experienced Foot Degloving Accident Attorneys Degloving injuries are severe and catastrophic injuries that result when the skin is forcibly detached from the body, like when a sock is peeled off a foot, revealing the underlying muscle, tendons, bones and tissue. A degloving is known as a avulsion injury. An avulsion is a very serious soft-tissue injury which results when layers of skin and soft tissue are forcibly ripped off the body. These injuries typically occur to the hands, arms, legs and feet. Ankle and foot degloving accidents are the most common though. Causes of Degloved Foot and Ankle An ankle … Read more…

Degloved Hand Accidents and Injuries

Experienced Degloving Accident Attorneys Arm and hand Degloving injuries occur when soft tissue and skin are forcibly ripped off the body, just like when a glove is pulled off someone’s hand, revealing the muscles, tendons, bones and tissue underneath. A degloving is a flesh wound injury also known as an avulsion injury. This catastrophic injury typically occurs on the feet, legs, torso, arms and hands. Arm and hand degloving accidents are also very common. Hand and arm degloving injuries are usually trauma related as a tremendous amount of force is required to separate the skin from the body. Most often … Read more…

Quadriplegia, Tetraplegia—Paralysis After Motorcycle or Car Accident

Quadriplegia and tetraplegia are two terms that describe the same medical condition—full or partial paralysis of the hands, arms, torso and legs. It’s called QUADriplegia when all four limbs (arms and legs) are affected. This is different from paraplegia which only deals with the torso and legs.

Paraplegia, Paraplegic—Paralyzed in a Motorcycle or Car Accident

Paraplegia is a form of partial paralysis that affects portions of the body below the waist. Some paraplegics are completely paralyzed from the waist down, which is known as complete paraplegia, and others only suffer from minor mobility or sensory issues which is known as incomplete paraplegia.

Amtrak Acela Train Accident Claims

When most people step foot on a train they assume that they will have a safe trip. While most Amtrak trains arrive at their destinations without accidents or injuries, accidents do occur. The following are some of the more notable Amtrak train accidents that occurred over the years…

Child Medication Error Resulting in Death

Between 2002 and 2012 approximately 700,000 children under the age of six year old were involved in a medication error. 25 children died and another 2,000 were admitted to hospital intensive care units.

Slip and Fall Accident at Cumberland Farms Convenience Store

The most common accidents that occur on Cumberland Farms property involve slip and falls either in the parking lot of inside the convenient store. Cumberland Farms operates a self-service coffee station where customers pour their own coffee. Often times customers are rushing in the morning or for some other reason end up accidentally spilling coffee on the floor near the coffee station. Sometimes these spills go unnoticed by the customers and employees which creates a serious slip and fall hazard.

Damages for Pedestrian Accidents Resulting in Broken Bones

Pedestrians always bear the brunt of the impact in accidents when they are struck by a car or truck. Unfortunately, in most cases injured pedestrians usually sustain significant and catastrophic injuries that require extensive medical treatment resulting in significant medical expenses. Oftentimes, injured pedestrians sustain life altering physical impairments that limit their ability to perform their job duties. This can result in a significant loss of income and earning capacity.

Rx drug label erros can lead to serious injuries and death.

Pharmacy Errors – Medication Prescription Labeling Errors

Filling prescriptions is not as simple as putting pills in a bottle and handing them to a customer or patient. Pharmacists perform many duties that require an advanced understanding of how drugs and interact with each other, or be contraindicated in certain conditions, and may even offer limited medical advice. That is why pharmacists need an advanced degree and license in order to dispense medications. Still, pharmacies, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians commit labeling errors on a daily basis.

Pharmacy Negligence and Medication Errors

Every year there are approximately 1.5 million adverse drug reactions that can be traced back to an error made by a pharmacy. Pharmacy errors result in almost one death every day.

Paintball Injuries and Accidents Attorneys

Paintball Eye Injury—Eye or Vision Loss & Permanent Blindness

Pressurized carbon dioxide paintball guns can shoot paintballs at velocities as high 200 mph. Human tissue and flesh is no match for a paintball bullet traveling over 200 mph. To add insult to injury some paintballers will put their paintballs in the freezer to harden their ammunition in order to increase its devastating affect.

Pregnant Woman in Car Accident—Placental Abruption & Uterine Ruptures

A minor accident is capable of causing serious negative health effects for a pregnant mother and her unborn child. An impact or vehicle-to-vehicle collision is not even required in order to produce injuries as the force from sudden stops could be enough to cause harm to an unborn child. A pregnant mother does not even need to sustain a direct blow to her stomach in order to cause injury to her baby. High-risk pregnancies are at even greater risk of serious injuries resulting from vehicle related accident trauma.

Condominium Accident Personal Injury Attorneys

Condominium Accidents and Injuries

Cases involving accidents at condominiums are unique because a condo can be owned by several different people or an association. For this reason, where in the building or on the property the accident occurred makes a difference in who may be held responsible for any injuries or losses resulting from an accident.

Apartment Accident Personal Injury Lawyers

Apartment Building Accidents and Injuries

Apartment complex owners and property management companies have a duty to maintain the property in a reasonably safe condition so that tenants, renters, and visitors are not exposed to unreasonable safety risks.

Pharmacy Errors – Dispensing the Wrong Medication

Taking the wrong medication can cause serious injury or death, especially in children, the sick, and elderly patients yet medication errors are more common than people think, and they can occur at any pharmacy or hospital.

Pharmacy Errors – Dispensing the Wrong Dosage

If you or a loved one was harmed because of a medication dosing mistake then contact our medical malpractice attorneys today to schedule a free consultation. Pharmacy errors are preventable and companies need to be held accountable for their negligence. It is very important that you keep all receipts, pills, prescription bottles and packaging. These materials are important evidence that will help us bring a successful pharmacy negligence claim.

Pharmacy Error Insulin Overdose Attorneys

Insulin Medication Errors—Insulin Overdose

Improper insulin use can cause a variety of conditions including hypoglycemia (low blood glucose levels), seizures, comas, kidney failure, and death. In fact, nearly half of the 300 deaths that result every year because of a medication error involve insulin.

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Walgreens Medication Errors and Prescription Overdose Injury Claims

The most minor prescription medication mistake can result in a loss of life. It is reasonable for customers to expect that their pharmacy is taking every possible precaution to prevent avoidable pharmacy errors. When pharmacies violate this trust and their duty to their customers it is important to hold them responsible.

Slip and Fall Accidents at Stop & Shop Supermarket

Supermarkets like Stop & Shop have policies and procedures they put in place in order to prevent accidents and injuries from occurring on their property. Given the nature of the grocery store business, and the fact that large numbers of customers are walking in around these stores on a daily basis, it is not surprising accidents are commonplace in supermarket stores.

CVS Pharmacy Medication Errors and Prescription Overdose Injury Claims

CVS customers put a tremendous amount of faith in CVS to provide them with the correct medications because even minor prescriptions errors resulting in dispensing the incorrect dosages or wrong drugs can result in catastrophic injuries.

Slip and Fall Accidents at Market Basket Grocery Store

Dangerous hazardous conditions develop in supermarkets over time given the sheer volume of customers that are walking through the grocery store on a daily basis, most of them pushing big clunky shopping carts made of metal. Hazardous conditions are bound to develop on the floors or aisles with all the perishable goods being transported, water and condensation from ice and cooling systems, and liquid spills from dropped or broken merchandise.

Slip and Fall Accident at Shaw’s & Star Market

The last thing anyone expects when they go to the supermarket is to get injured. Unfortunately, supermarkets and grocery stores are environments that produce many hazardous conditions.

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Slip and Fall Accidents at Lowes

Our attorneys have brought many claims against ‘big box’ stores and aware of the procedures they employ when processing claims. Hiring our firm early in the process will allow our attorneys the time needed to preserve any in-store camera recordings and locate and interview any eyewitnesses. We are relentless in our pursuit of these claims and do everything in our power to investigate and document the claim for settlement negotiations or future trial.

Home Depot Accident Personal Injury Attorneys

Slip and Fall Accidents at Home Depot

Home Depot faces so many injury claims on a daily basis that they have their own claims processing department. The claims adjusters they employ are experienced and trained to settle claims for the lowest possible sum of money.

Department Retail Store Accident Attorneys

Slip and Fall Accidents at Target

Most injuries that occur in Target are the result of slip and fall accidents and most slip and fall accidents are caused by a foreign substances on the floor. For example, clear or colorless substances including water, cleaning fluids, and other liquids that are wet or slippery are especially hazardous to customers.

Walmart Personal Injury Accident Attorneys

Slip and Fall Accidents at Walmart

Anyone that sustains an injury in a slip and fall accident at Walmart likely has a right to file a claim to receive compensation for any lost wages, medical expenses and pain and suffering.

Photoelectric and Ionization Smoke Detectors

Slow moving fires are the leading cause of fire related deaths in homes and the most commonly installed type of smoke detector in the U.S. is not designed to detect smoldering, slow-moving fires.

Gas Fireplace Explosions and Fires

Residential Gas fireplaces provide Massachusetts residents the warmth, comfort, and feel of a real fireplace without the inconvenience or burden of fireplace maintenance and having to chop or buy fire wood. Although convenient, these home gas fireplaces pose significant risk of explosions and house fires if they are improperly installed or maintained. Gas Fireplace leaks can result in carbon monoxide poisoning, but can also result in explosions that can level an entire neighborhood block.