A Full-Service Legal Team for Wrongful Death and Catastrophic Injuries
A Full-Service Legal Team for Wrongful Death and Catastrophic Injuries
Marilyn Marino; Winthrop, Mass.:
“My husband Pat died in a crane collapse. Attorney John Matheson came to our home and cared for us like family. He handled everything, including the probate work, the insurance matters and the case itself. He even helped us with the costs until we were paid. My son and I received over $1.8 Million. Money can’t replace Pat, but having a caring professional truly helped us through a very difficult time. John is our attorney, and friend, for life”
In a case rejected by a large Boston Firm that did not see the opportunity, Attorney Matheson took the case days before the statute of limitations expired. Here, a foreman at a laboratory in the Longwood Medical Area being constructed for a top three bigt Pharma Corp. slid on corogated plastic and fell into construction material. The coroplast was used as floor protection from workmans' boots during construction.
Attorney Matheson proved that the material had an excessive slip coefficient in violation of building code, and that the plaintiff suffered permanent loss of earning capacity due to third party negligence of the project manager and the pharma corp. Experts included a wage economist, industrial engineer and a harvard trained surgeon who opined on the plaintiff's multi-level disc hernaitioin with nerve impingements. Attorney Matheson further obtained a lien waiver, which fully paid for the plaitniff's extensive medical care and lost wages.
Private Murphy died in a motor vehicle accident while visiting with family on leave from the Army. The 18-year-old had joined friends in Halifax, MA, at a restaurant that was notorious for not checking ID and over-serving young customers. While pulling into his own driveway, he took the turn too fast, flipping the vehicle on its side and roof-first into a large tree.
Attorney Matheson recovered the maximum insurance coverage from two policies, despite a vigorous defense and difficult facts in this dram-shop action.