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• Trucks Found to Have High Rates of Safety Violations, Inadequate Insurance

  Many of the over 9 million trucks on the roads in this country are operating with serious safety problems, according to a recent study performed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, a division of…

• Maclaren Recalls One Million Strollers--Defective Product May Cause Amputation Injuries

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of over one million stroller manufactured by Maclaren. The concern: The defective product may cause personal injury to the child riding in the stroller. At least 15…

• Radiologists May be Reluctant to Admit Medical Errors to Patients

  In a recent article in the medical journal Radiology, a study of several hundred radiologists reveals that mammographers may be reluctant to reveal medical mistakes, even if the mistakes relate to potential risk of breast cancer.…

• Breakstone, White & Gluck Earn Recognition as New England and Massachusetts Super Lawyers for Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice

  For the fifth year in a row, all of the lawyers in our Boston law firm have earned top rankings as Super Lawyers in New England. The rankings of the best attorneys in the region were…

• Beef Products Recalled Due to Possible E. coli Contamination--Brockton, Massachusetts Meat Packer Blamed

  A Brockton, Massachusetts meat packaging company has voluntarily recalled over a thousand pounds of ground beef patties and steaks due to possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7 bacteria, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.…

• Massachusetts Appeals Court Allows Dog Bite Case Against Landlord to Proceed

  The Massachusetts Appeals Court has allowed the claim of a child who was bitten by a dog to proceed to trial against the landlords, even though the landlords did not own the dog.  The ruling…

• Toyota Recall of Defective Cars to Affect 3.8 Million Vehicles--Floor Mats Blamed for Crashes

  In what will be the largest recall in the history of Toyota Motor Corp., the company will be recalling 3.8 million defective motor vehicles because of defective floor mats. The defective mats may cause the…

• Massachusetts Commuter Rail Accident at Boston South Station, September 15, 2009

  There has been another train accident on the commuter rail, this time at South Station in Boston. The Boston Herald reports that approximately 9AM, train 512, which originated in Worcester, failed to stop in time and…

• Pfizer Pays Up: Widespread Healthcare Fraud Nets Biggest Settlement in American History

  In what is being called the largest prescription drug criminal fraud case in U.S. history, Pfizer will pay $2.3 billion in civil and criminal penalties to compensate taxpayers, patients and doctors across the United States…

• Medical Malpractice "Reform" is Part of the National Debate on Health Care

  One would have hoped that, by now, the majority of reasonably enlightened elected leaders would not be fooled into believing that changing medical malpractice laws would affect the cost of health care significantly. That should…