When a loved one dies, more often than not they are survived by dependents who, in addition to having to deal with the emotional loss, also have to deal with the resulting financial hardships. In situations where the deceased would have had grounds for a personal injury claim had…
This is an update of the May 1st post. The victim in the Danvers industrial accident that left one man with critical injuries has been identified as 42-year-old Anthony Lyon. Though Lyon was alive when emergency personnel arrived, he was critically injured and his condition continued to decline while awaiting…
The female victim of Sunday’s pedestrian car accident against a building has been identified as Patrice Vanleer. Her husband exited their apartment to observe a car accident he had just heard, which occurred just a few feet from the building. He discovered that it was his wife that was injured…
Massachusetts state law is what controls the aspects of a wrongful death lawsuit that deals with who has the right to file the lawsuit in court. Typically, only immediate family members of the victim have standing to sue the person or entity that caused the death. But the definition of…
Police revealed today that Lynn Murphy Jr. was the 39-year-old Chilmark man in the fatal motorcycle crash yesterday evening. Late Tuesday, April 24, he was declared dead at the scene. The motorcycle he was riding was involved in a collision on North Road according to the Chilmark Police Department. The…
An apartment fire at 16 Fairgrounds Road in Sturbridge caused fatal injuries to an elderly woman who lived there. The fire occurred on April 22 and was caused by a microwave oven. Fire officials further discovered that the apartment lacked an operable smoke detector. Firefighters immediately transported her to the…
Brockton police has identified 35 year-old Terrance Pyrtle as the driver of the SUV which ran a red light, crashed into a Brockton gas station and killed Terri Degennaro last week. Pyrtle is a Taunton resident and has a lengthy history of running traffic signals going as far back as…
Today, an elderly woman carrying flowers was crossing the street in front of Norwood Hospital when she was hit by a car. The accident happened at 11:50 a.m. on Washington Street at the intersection of Bond Street, where the hospital is located. Although she was immediately attended to in the…