Massachusetts medical malpractice lawyers Archives

$12M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Permanent Paralysis Following Spine Surgery

October 22, 2026

On October 7, 2026, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $12 million in favor of a 75-year-old woman who suffered permanent paralysis following spine surgery. While the initial surgery appeared to be successful, the jury determined, after a seven-day trial i[...]

$3.2M Medical Malpractice Settlement For Amputation Due To Misplaced Central Line

April 10, 2026

In June 2025, a Massachusetts medical malpractice claim was settled for $3.2 million for a man who required that his right leg be amputated because the medical staff at the hospital placed a central line in his right femoral artery instead of his right femoral vein. The severely developmentally disa[...]

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds No Error In Refusing Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Request For Medical Records Impoundment

March 1, 2026

Uniform Rules on Impoundment Procedure (2015) (URIP) The Uniform Rules on Impoundment Procedure (URIP) govern impoundment of otherwise public case records that are filed in civil and criminal proceedings in each Department of the Trial Court. Case records are presumed to be open to the public, unles[...]

Massachusetts Physician Pleads Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter And Illegally Prescribing Opioids

January 11, 2026

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced in November 2025 that Dr. Richard Miron, 83, of Dracut, has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for illegally prescribing opioids to an at-risk patient that resulted in her death and to other at-risk patients for no legitimate medi[...]

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Revives Harvard Cadaver Theft Claims

November 19, 2025

In a macabre scheme spanning several years, Cedric Lodge, the person responsible for the care of cadavers at the Harvard Medical School morgue, dissected, stole, and sold parts of the bodies of individuals who donated their remains for research purposes. After the public unsealing of his Federal cri[...]

Massachusetts Court Rules Patient’s Claims of Sexual Assault Were Claims Of Medical Malpractice

September 3, 2025

In January of 2023, Doe presented to a Mass General healthcare center for a scheduled medical appointment with Dr. Lien. The appointment was for a routine physical for which Doe was then overdue. After checking in for his appointment, Doe was brought to an examination room by Knighton, a medical ass[...]

Massachusetts Supreme Court Clarifies Application Of Statute Of Repose In Medical Malpractice Cases

April 1, 2025

In its March 27, 2025 Opinion, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court stated: “Although the statute of repose bars medical malpractice causes of action based on negligent acts or omissions that occurred more than seven years before the commencement of the action, it does not shield later neg[...]

Massachusetts Supreme Court Affirms $28M Medical Malpractice Judgment

February 18, 2025

In its opinion dated January 3, 2025, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a $20 million medical malpractice verdict, which was increased to a total judgment in the amount of $28,870,400 after prejudgment interest was applied to the verdict, stating, “We discern no abuse of discre[...]

Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleging Failed Knee Replacement Dismissed Due To Lack Of Expert

December 14, 2024

In Roman v. Lahey, et al. (Lawyers Weekly No. 02-469-24), the Massachusetts medical malpractice plaintiff alleged that his knee replacement surgery was negligently performed. However, the plaintiff failed to disclose an expert who supported his medical malpractice allegations. The court stated: R[...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Limits Jury Voir Dire In Medical Malpractice Case

September 22, 2024

In a Massachusetts medical malpractice case on appeal in which the sole issue was whether the trial judge abused his discretion in setting limitations on attorney-conducted voir dire of the prospective jurors where the plaintiffs alleged that the defendant doctor should have directed the decedent to[...]

$5.785M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict Against ER Doctor For Failure To Advise Patient About Incidental CT Finding Of Lung Nodule

April 13, 2024

In April 2023, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against an emergency room physician for the death of a 47-year-old man from Stage IV lung cancer that was left untreated for 14 months. The jury awarded $600,000 for pain and suffering, $5 million for the loss of relationsh[...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Enforces Medical Malpractice Arbitration Agreement Despite Language Barrier

November 14, 2023

Carlos E. Lopez Rivera (“Lopez”) underwent eye surgery performed by the defendant eye surgeon, Steven W. Stetson (“Stetson”). Prior to surgery, Lopez signed a form agreeing to submit any disputes regarding the surgery to arbitration. Dissatisfied with the surgery, Lopez filed[...]

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