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Nursing home neglect in Boston and throughout Massachusetts occurs when a care facility fails to provide residents with adequate medical attention, nutrition, hygiene, or supervision. Under Massachusetts law, nursing homes are regulated by M.G.L. c.

Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 111, Section 72G requires certain professionals who are paid to care for residents of long-term care facilities, and patients receiving home health, homemaker, or hospice services, to report suspected abuse, mistreatment,

Yes. Massachusetts law allows families to file a wrongful death lawsuit against a nursing home when negligence or abuse causes a resident’s death. Under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 229, Section 2, the executor or administrator

Massachusetts nursing home residents have broad legal protections under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 111, Section 70E (M.G.L. c. 111, § 70E). The statute, commonly known as the Patients’ Bill of Rights, gives nursing home residents

Massachusetts defines nursing home abuse as the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment that causes physical harm, pain, or mental anguish. The statute also covers neglect, mistreatment, and misappropriation of a resident’s

Massachusetts does not have a law that allows family members to place cameras inside nursing home rooms. Unlike roughly 19 or more other states that have passed specific ‘granny cam’ statutes, the state has no

AS SEEN INForbes & Fortune Tireless and tenacious, Boston’s Colucci, Colucci & Marcus, P.C. is one of the nation’s preeminent personal injury practices. A four-year-old boy slips unnoticed out of his day care classroom and

The last thing that anybody expects to happen is that they will be injured in a crash caused by a negligent truck driver. However, truck accidents occur regularly in and around this area, and one

Best Lawyers magazine has recognized Dino M. Colucci as both an industry leader and top-performing legal advocate in the latest edition of its annual publication, which will hit the stands later this month. Dino M.

The plaintiff was a 50-year-old executive working in the MetroWest area. He was required to travel internationally on a fairly frequent basis. The plaintiff ’s employer developed a relationship with another Massachusetts company that touted

Newly released video shows Jones going up the stairs but does not explain how he fell through a huge gap in the staircase where steps were missing. Now, the family and a just-released state police