Attorney Neil Sugarman's Legal Cases

Defective and dangerous products

Nna, et al v. American Standard, Inc., 630 F. Supp. 2d 115 (2009)

Jan 01, 2009

OUTCOME: settlement

In an action brought by the widow and injured co-workers of a Massachusetts transportation company employee for a defectively designed warning device (train horn), Sugarman attorneys were able to achie ... ve a settlement on behalf of their clients after the court denied the defendant horn manufacturer's motion for Summary Judgment, where the manufacturer tried to argue that the horn was not defective and did not play a role in causing the accident.

Defective and dangerous products

Sodium Explosion

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OUTCOME: Settlement

Setttlement in a negligence and product liability case against a Newton chemical company for eleven firefighters injures as a result of a sodium explosion at the company.

Defective and dangerous products

School Bus Crash

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OUTCOME: Settlement

Settlement in a negligence and product liability case against a transportation company and bus manfuacturer following the deaths of four middle school students on a school trip in Canada.

Appeals

Quincy Mutual Fire Ins. Co. v. Quisset Properties, 69 Mass. App. Ct. 147 (2007)

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OUTCOME: Settlement

Sugarman attorneys represented a state trooper who was catastrophically injured when struck by a car registered to Quisset Properties and insured by Quincy Mutual. Quincy Mutual denied coverage for th ... e state trooper's injury claims on the basis that its insured (Quisset) failed to provide Quincy Mutual with necessary information about its business and, as a result, was in breach of the insurance contract. Sugarman attorneys intervened on behalf of Quisset and successfully argued on appeal that the insurance policy applied.

Personal injury

Food poisoning at wedding reception

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OUTCOME: settlement

Settlement for 37 guests (including the bride) who suffered food poisoning as a result of contaminated berries served at dessert.

Wrongful death

Craneway collapse at Fore River Shipyard.

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OUTCOME: settlement

Settlement for the four young children of a construction worker who was killed when a massive steel craneway collapsed. the general contractor failed to develop an engineering or demolition plan for t ... he dismantling of the craneway and made cuts to the craneway that left a portion of it a free standing structure without securing it or warning any of the workers at the site of the danger posed by the fre-standing structure.

Car accident

Couple struck by tractor trailer

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OUTCOME: settlement

Pre-suit settlement for husband and wife whose van was struck from behind by a tractor trailer. The wife sustained ACL tears in both knees and the husband developed compartment syndrome resulting in e ... xtensive surgeries and scarring. The couple also recovered for the loss of their dog, who was killed in the crach.

Neil Sugarman's Legal Cases (7)

Nna, et al v. American Standard, Inc., 630 F. Supp. 2d 115 (2009)

Sodium Explosion

School Bus Crash

Quincy Mutual Fire Ins. Co. v. Quisset Properties, 69 Mass. App. Ct. 147 (2007)

Food poisoning at wedding reception

Craneway collapse at Fore River Shipyard.

Couple struck by tractor trailer