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An elderly wheelchair bound patient suffering from severe dementia and renal failure who was a known fall risk was negligently allowed to wander from a dialysis center unsupervised. Once outside the dialysis center, he fell and suffered a broken hip requiring surgical repair. The case settled shortly after a settlement demand package was sent to the insurance company.

The vehicle our client was a front seat passenger in was broadsided by another vehicle at an intersection. As a result of the collision, our client suffered a “dashboard injury” to his knees and a meniscus tear to his right knee requiring arthroscopic surgery. The case settled shortly after a settlement demand package was sent to the insurance company.

Our client was a tenant in an apartment building complex with an adjacent parking lot who suffered a zygomatic arch fracture when she lost her footing and fell while descending an exterior parking lot stairway. An investigation of the condition of the exterior stairway with a building code expert revealed that the stairway contained multiple tripping and pacing cadence hazards, including stair tread depths that were not uniform in depth and varied by 3 inches from 7 1/4 inches to 10 1/4 inches. Claims for negligence and breach of the warranty of habitability based on violations of the Massachusetts State Building Code and Massachusetts State Sanitary Code were made against the owner of the property and the property management company. The case was settled shortly after a demand package was sent to the insurance company.

Our client was a tenant of a large apartment complex who suffered a rotator cuff tear when she lost her footing and fell down a common area stairway. An investigation of the stairway’s condition was conducted by a building code expert and revealed multiple tripping and pacing cadence hazards. These included a missing hand rail, vertical stair risers that were not uniform and varied in vertical height from 5 7/8 inches to 7 5/8 inches, and rubber stair nosing that was detached and separating from a stair. Claims were made for negligence, breach of the warranty of habitability, and breach of quiet enjoyment based on violations of the Massachusetts State Building Code and Massachusetts State Sanitary Code against the property owner. The case was settled shortly after a settlement demand package was sent to the insurance company.

Our client was removing items from the cargo area of her friends older model SUV when her friend accidentally remotely closed the liftgate from inside her house, causing the liftgate to violently strike our client in the back of the head resulting in a traumatic brain injury. A bodily injury claim was filed with the insurance company that insured the SUV and an underinsured claim was filed with our clients insurance carrier by another attorney. The prior attorney settled the bodily injury claim for the insurance policy limits of $50,000.00 but the underinsured claim was denied and the prior attorney did not want to pursue arbitration for a number of different reasons. We took over the case and fully prepared the underinsured claim for arbitration. After sending a settlement demand package and providing a statement to the underinsured insurance carrier, the claim settled for $175,000.00.

A negligent driver failed to stop at a stop sign at an intersection and struck our client's vehicle resulting in our client suffering a torn rotator cuff requiring surgical repair. The responding police officer cited the negligent driver for failure to stop at a stop sign. The case was settled shortly after a demand package was sent to the insurance company.

Our client rented a fourth floor apartment unit and suffered an ankle fracture when she lost her footing and fell down a common area stairway. An investigation of the condition of the stairway with a building code expert revealed the stairway included multiple tripping and pacing cadence hazards. These included a missing hand rail, stair tread depths that were not uniform and varied from 9 3/4 inches to 11 inches, and vertical stair risers that varied in vertical height from 6 3/4 inches to 9 inches. Claims were made for negligence, breach of the warranty of habitability, and breach of quiet enjoyment based on violations of the Massachusetts State Building Code and Massachusetts State Sanitary Code against the owner of the property. The case was settled shortly after a settlement demand package was sent to the insurance company.

Our client’s car was struck by a car traveling in the opposite direction when the car negligently crossed over a double yellow line and entered into our client’s lane of traffic. As a result of the collision, our client suffered from neck pain, back pain and headaches. The client initially hired another lawyer to represent him and the lawyer refused to file a lawsuit as the case approached the three year statute of limitations. The client was unhappy with the prior lawyer and contacted our office. We took over the case and filed a lawsuit shortly thereafter. After extensive written discovery and depositions, the case was mediated and settled pre-trial.