» Personal Injury Cases

We represented a client for a single vehicle commercial truck accident where the defendant driver negligently lost control of a truck and struck a guardrail, resulting in severe and permanent injuries to our client — who was a passenger. The insurance carrier made a $50,000.00 settlement offer prior to filing a lawsuit. After extensive written discovery, several depositions and the retention of several experts the case was mediated and settled pre-trial.

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.

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.