With the holiday travel season arriving, it is likely that many of us will have to rent a car. When you rent a car you are faced with an important decision; whether you need to pay an additional fee to the rental company at the counter in order to get additional insurance coverage on your …
Medical Malpractice Case Settles for $4.25 Million
Featured on November 15, 2013, in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette was Keches Law Group’s most recent medical malpractice settlement for $4.25 million http://www.telegram.com/article/20131115/NEWS/311159934/0/SEARCH Per Suzanne CM McDonough, this case involves a 4-year-old girl with a significant brain injury. She was born at UMass Medical Center on 07/15/09. The defendant is the obstetrician who managed …
PSA – TO TEST OR NOT TO TEST, WHOSE DECISION IS IT?
According to the CDC, prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men in the United States. Nearly 30,000 men in the United States die from prostate cancer each year. While only a biopsy can actually diagnose prostate cancer, a simple screening blood test PSA can be done to determine whether a man may …
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The Consequences of Hosting Underage Drinking
Recently, a Barrington Rhode Island Doctor was arraigned on charges of violating Rhode Island’s social host law by serving alcohol to minors at a party thrown by his teenaged son. While the man denied procuring any of the alcohol for the party and denied knowing that alcohol was being served at the party, he still …
Toro Recalls over 3,700 Lawnmowers after Fire Hazard
Toro, the lawnmower and turf maintenance equipment company, has recalled about 3,700 ride-on, zero turn radius, lawn mowers in the United States and about 60 in Canada due to a fire risk. The company recalled 2,600 lawnmowers in the United States and about 30 in Canada in November of 2012. This recall involves the 2012 …
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Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress in Public Schools
A Massachusetts Superior Court recently ruled on the standard necessary to bring an intentional infliction of emotional distress claim against a public entity and/or its employees within the Commonwealth. In the case of Maclellan v. Dahlheimer, a third-grade student brought suit against his classroom teacher and the principal of the school due to a number …
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Youth Sports Liability
A man was hired as the head coach of his son’s youth basketball team. The Defendants are the members of the board that oversees the hiring of the town’s basketball coaches for the youth basketball program. Plaintiff was fired from his job because parents of children on other teams complained to the board about the …
Boston’s Taxi Industry and Personal Injury
Anyone who has ever ridden in a Boston taxi knows that they can be dangerous. The drivers are often in too much of a hurry to follow the rules of the road and those hard plexiglass or metal partitions are only about eighteen inches from your face. But even scarier than that is a recent …
