Sometimes pharmaceutical companies face injury claims for harmful side-effects of their drugs. When large numbers of people have similar claims, a class action lawsuit might be filed.
A recent example of this kind of legal action taking place involves a product known as Zostavax – a vaccine intended to prevent the varicella zoster virus, more commonly known as shingles.
A paper published in the Boston College Law Review discusses premises liability as it relates to landlords who oversee residential properties. The author examines several landmark cases and how they demonstrate the evolution of legislation regarding premises liability claims. Even the history of premises liability dating back to neo-feudal society is discussed.
One of the important points of the paper involves noting that in many cases, landlords cannot be held liable for injuries incurred on their premises. However, there are exceptions to this rule. The most common general exceptions include the following situations:
Medical professionals are sworn to protect the lives of their patients. Before beginning practice, they take what’s known as the Hippocratic Oath.
Named after legendary Greek physician Hippocrates, the Hippocratic Oath describes ethical standards that a medical practitioner ought to abide by. Although it was conceived well over a millennium ago, many medical schools include a modern version of this oath in their graduation ceremonies.
Firefighters responded to a fire in a multi-family home early Sunday morning, April 29, 2018 on Main Street. The fire broke out around 2:55 am on the third story.
One person was found on the third floor and needed to be removed from the residence. Some of the residents were pouring water on the fire trying to put it out, after the smoke alarms were going off. Most of the residents did not need assistance leaving the home.
Sunday morning, April 29, 2018, a 95-year-old man crashed in to a telephone pole after leaving church. The incident happened as he was leaving 337 Piper Road, where the First Baptist Church is located.
Preliminary reports state that the 95-year-old man may have suffered a medical issue prior to the accident, which contributed to the crash. Red’s Towing, the police department, and the fire department responded to the accident. A portion of Piper Road was closed to traffic by the West Springfield police as they investigated and cleared up the accident. Police tape was put up around the accident while emergency crews were working at the scene.
A man on his way to dialysis Saturday morning, April 28, 2018, may have fallen asleep at the wheel causing him to crash in to a tree in Palmer. The incident occurred around 5:00 am Saturday morning at the intersection of Searle Street and Fairview Street.
The man was driving a 2008 Ford Escape when he veered off the road and hit a tree head on, according to Palmer Police. The driver was trapped in his vehicle as the door had become wedged shut after striking the tree. Firefighters needed the ‘Jaws of Life’ to free him from his car.
Sunday night, April 29, 2018, a motorcycle lost control and crashed in to multiple vehicles, killing the rider. The crash happened around 7:30 pm at the intersection of Howard Street and Quincy Avenue, in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Reports state that the motorcycle rider, identified as Nicholas Lombardi, was speeding, smashed in to multiple vehicles before crashing his motorcycle causing life-threatening injuries. Lombardi was reported to be a 26-year-old from Easton and a 2009 graduate from Oliver Ames. Nicholas Lombardi worked as a nurse at Brockton Hospital. Lombardi received many awards while attending Brockton Hospital’s School of Nursing where he graduated in 2014.
A single-vehicle rollover crash caused a woman from New Bedford to be killed. The accident happened Tuesday morning, May 1, 2018 on Route 195 WB near mm 38, when a car went off the road. It occurred around 8:45 am in Wareham, Massachusetts.
Around 11:00 am, State Troopers responded to the call of a rollover accident. It has been reported that the driver of the car over corrected when the car began to run off the left side of the freeway. The over correction caused the car to rollover at the right side of Route 195.
Late on Thursday afternoon, April 30, 2018, an accident happened in which injuries were caused by a vehicle striking a bicycle. The accident occurred by the YMCA on Main Street around 4:31 pm.
Injuries were sustained by the bike rider, but the seriousness of the injuries have not yet been released to the public. The unidentified bicyclist was sent to Mass General Hospital via ambulance.
A 2002 Kenworth tractor-trailer tipped over causing watermelons and fuel to spill on to the road and sending one person to the hospital with injuries, early Saturday evening, April 28, 2018. The accident occurred near the ramp leading to Interstate 93 South on Interstate 495.
The interstate had to be closed for several hours Saturday evening so the watermelons and fuel spilled in the accident could be cleaned up and cleared after the truck tipped over. All lanes of traffic on the Interstate were opened to traffic around 5:40 pm.
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