Over 169 people have died as a result of the defective ignition switch in General Motors cars. Despite this, General Motors will pay $900 million to resolve criminal charges over its concealment of the ignition-switch but. No individuals from the company will be prosecuted. That's quite a PR coup for the company but...

A jury has ordered Chrysler to pay $150 million in damages in the death of a 4-year-old boy when a 1999 Jeep in which the boy was a passenger, was rear-ended causing the gas tank located behind the rear axle to explode into flames. The case is focusing...

French prosecutors have announced the start of a major investigation of the death of Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat who died in 2004. The investigation will be taken on by authorities who have the power to summons and question witnesses. Recent allegations of foul play surfaced when French doctors said they could not establish the...

October 1, 2011: Attorney Jeffrey A. Newman represented the family of a Northeastern University student, Jacob Freeman, who died after falling down an illegal concealed stairway in the rear of a bar on April 1, 2007. Newman convinced Superior Court Judge Elisabeth M. Fahey that the bar and its commercial landlord should be liable...

One of the victims in the James Holmes massacre has retained counsel and is preparing a lawsuit against the threatre which he feels dropped the ball in providing security. Terrence Brown Jr. was in the Century 16 Theater when Holmes attacked. While he was not physically injured, he claims to have suffered severe emotional...

findings-of-facts-rulings-of-law-and-and-order-of-judgment-on-plaintiffs-93a-claim1 & 93a-judgment1 A Suffolk Superior Court Judge has awarded over $6.7 million against a Boston bar for the death of a Northeastern University student Jacob Freeman. The opinion is attached. Counsel for the Estate are Jeffrey Newman, JeffreyNewmanLaw Boston and Marblehead and Joseph Sano, Prince Lobel Boston.

A New York jury awarded $1 million in a mesothelioma lawsuit to the family of a man exposed to asbestos while working on tugboats. Richard Schruder was diagnosed with mesothelioma in May 2008 and died in June of 2009. He had worked on tugboatrs for 35 years. Mesothelioma is a form of cancer found...

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the family of a nurse who died from mesothelioma resulting from exposure to asbestos while working at hospitals. Mesothelioma is a form of cancer found in the lining of the chest and lungs, which is known to occur as a result of exposure to asbestos. It...