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• Massachusetts Gas Line Explosions Result In Class Action Lawsuit By Residents

  September 19, 2018

  Irvin Jackson

  Columbia Gas and NiSource, it's parent company, face a class action lawsuit from evacuees affected by a series of gas explosions last week that destroyed 80 buildings.

• Massachusetts Nursing Home Safety Problems Result in increased Oversight

  February 17, 2016

  Austin Kirk

  A nursing home oversight plan put forward by Massachusetts calls for surprise inspections, enforcement of fines for non-compliance, and tougher scrutiny of those seeking new licenses or to buy an existing facility.

• Boston Scientific Obtryx Lawsuit in Massachusetts Ends in Defense Verdict

  September 2, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  A jury has cleared Boston Scientific in a vaginal mesh lawsuit after a judge banned key testimony for the plaintiff.

• Boston Scientific Mesh Trial Ends in Defense Verdict

  July 31, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  A jury handed down a defense verdict on Tuesday in the first Boston Scientific Pinnacle mesh lawsuit to go to trial at the state level.

• Massachusetts Nursing Home Lawsuit Results in $14M Verdict

  July 29, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  The family of a Massachusetts woman has been awarded $14 million in a nursing home wrongful death lawsuit.

• Malpractice Lawsuit Over Cancer Misdiagnosis Results in $16.7M Verdict

  July 9, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  A Massachusetts jury has awarded $16.7 million to the daughter of a woman who died of lung cancer after a hospital failed to properly diagnose her lung cancer.

• Nationwide E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Ground Beef Recall

  May 22, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  About 1.8 million pounds of ground beef were recalled after being linked to an E. coli outbreak that has sickened 11 people in four states.

• NECC Fungal Meningitis Settlement May Result in $100M Payment

  December 24, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  The owners of a compounding pharmacy blamed for last year's fungal meningitis outbreak say they are willing to create a $100 million victim compensation fund for dozens who were killed and hundreds severely injured by the outbreak.

• Sterility Issues Lead to Another Compounding Pharmacy Recall

  August 27, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  Two compounding pharmacies have been shut down and another has had to recall some of its drugs as health officials continue to investigate safety issues.

• Mass. Bill Places Tougher Requirements on Compounding Pharmacies

  July 11, 2013

  Martha Garcia

  A proposed bill in Massachusetts would greatly increase oversight of compounding pharmacies in response to a fungal meningitis outbreak that started in that state last year.