On April 29, 2022, after a week-long jury trial in Norfolk County Superior Court, and three hours of deliberation, a jury of seven returned a verdict for the Plaintiff and against Defendant Daniel J. Quirk Inc. on a premises liability case. The Defendant, Daniel J. Quirk Inc., is one of the corporate entities that is...Read More

After extensive pre-suit investigation and service of demand under our Commonwealth’s both Mass. G. L. chapter 93A (Consumer Protection Act) and Mass. G. L. chapter 231, section 60L (the medical malpractice ‘protection’ act) Sobczak Law was able to obtain a successful settlement and recovery for a consumer of a local cosmetic surgery center, where the...Read More

In what could have been a case of first impression in our Commonwealth, Sobczak Law recovered $75,000 settlement for a patient of the Lahey health system at the Winchester Hospital for the needless scare they caused, that resulted in severe emotional distress. The claim was commenced as a negligence action, as well as negligent (and/or...Read More

Following months of litigation – slowed and delayed by the COVID court closures – attorney Sobczak was able to obtain an 180,000 settlement for an employee injured at a local mall due to unsafe equipment. The discovery process revealed that neither the owners nor the management company had sufficient or proper safety protocols in place...Read More

Attorney Sobczak obtained a twenty-seven thousand dollars settlement for unpaid wages and employee misclassification for a sales worker in the Boston area.  The plaintiff/client was hired to sell products and services for the defendant, but was improperly deemed independent contractor and not paid for the work performed. After intervening, Attorney Sobczak was able to obtain...Read More

Attorney Sobczak recovered $18,200 for a victim of a local car dealership, who after taking a deposition on an allegedly ‘new’ car switched it out for another one, which had previously failed the safety inspection. The customer initially brought the complaint directly to the Quirk dealership leadership, and even the Attorneys General’s office, but was...Read More

On March 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized and published two transformative rules that will give patients unprecedented safe, secure access to their health data. Combined with the Sobczak Law’s two 2019 wins at the Massachusetts Appeals Court, this makes it crystal clear that patients’ and consumers’ timely, affordable,...Read More

           Following the two Appeals Court victories last year, see Montanez v. 178 Lowell Street Operating Company LLC, 95 Mass. App. Ct. 699 (2019) (http://masscases.com/cases/app/95/95massappct699.html) and Pennington v. Steward Health Care Systems, LLC & others, 18-P-1153 (2019) ( https://casetext.com/case/pennington-matte-v-steward-health-care-sys ), health care providers in Massachusetts are finally following the controlling rules and regulations and providing...Read More

Attorney Sobczak obtained a tremendous win for Massachusetts customers, patients, and residents of health care facilities, such as hospitals and nursing homes, at the Appeals Court last week. In a published opinion – Montanez v. 178 Lowell Street Operating Company, LLC, 95 Mass. App. Ct. 699 (2019) – the Court established that when providers, such...Read More