The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a decision in the case of US. Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen in a ruling that underscored common sense must be applied when third-party compensation litigation is involved. In the end, the court found that an insurance company can’t force a person to reimburse the…
The highest possible level of recall – Class 1 – has been issued for a surgical device used in knee replacement operations. Our Boston defective medical product attorneys want to make sure we get the word out. Just because while the device hasn’t been available on the market since last…
A massive recall by some of the largest name brand auto manufacturers in the world is due to faulty airbag inflators. Our Boston defective product attorneys understand that the issue is specifically with the front passenger airbags, where the bag has the potential to deploy with too much pressure. If…
A recent report by the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services indicates that Medicare has been paying billions of dollars in taxpayer money to nursing homes in Massachusetts and across the country that aren’t even meeting basic needs requirements. Our Boston nursing home negligence attorneys know…
On the heels of a report from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration regarding the increasing list of safety standard failures at a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy blamed for a deadly national meningitis outbreak, a scathing report from Congress slams the FDA for its inaction. Our Boston medical malpractice lawyers understand…
The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine has been alerted to an increasing number of injuries tied to robotic surgery, prompting health officials to demand more training, a higher level of oversight and clear disclosure to patients about the risks they may face when undergoing such a procedure. Our Boston…
Our Boston injury attorneys know that dialysis patients are dependent upon receiving regular medical care multiple times per week. Because the kidneys of a dialysis patient no longer work properly, the patient must regularly visit a designated dialysis clinic for hours at a time multiple times weekly in order for…
On April 15, Patriots Day, two bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. According to the most recent updates on CNN, there were three fatalities and more than 150 injuries as a result of the explosions. Numerous amputation patients were reported among the injured. Our Boston injury…
Transvaginal mesh (TVM) products are currently the subject of thousands of lawsuits brought by patients who had the surgical mesh implanted to treat pelvic organ prolapse or stress urinary incontinence. The thousands of victims suffering from the dangerous side effects of TVM have to live with their story every day…
The New England Compounding Center is allegedly responsible for one of the greatest drug disasters in modern history, causing 53 deaths and making at least 680 other people sick after sending out drugs tainted with fungus, which caused hundreds of cases of meningitis. The conditions found at the New England…