Results
Al Goodman’s positive and impressive track record of verdicts and settlements are the proof that he fights and works hard to obtain justice for innocent victims and their families.
Falling icicles off downtown city building causes severe concussion and mild brain damage
$100,000
A successful claim was made on behalf of a pedestrian who was hit in winter walking on the city sidewalk when a private landowner failed to rope off or warn pedestrians of the danger of falling icicles.
$100,000
A successful claim was made on behalf of a pedestrian who was hit in winter walking on the city sidewalk when a private landowner failed to rope off or warn pedestrians of the danger of falling icicles.
Bed bugs in hotels
$75,000
A regional trailer truck driver took a room at a hotel and found it was infested with bed bugs when he woke up with bites all over. A woman traveled to Virginia to a convention and discovered bites all over her body when she woke up. A family bought furniture at a major discounter and after sitting on the sofa at home realized that they and their son had been bitten by bed bugs. All these cases have one thing in common: Attorney Goodman won major settlements for these people based on the awful nightmares these people lived through due to the negligence of the people responsible. Attorney Goodman helps innocent victims achieve justice and hold the defendants accountable for their bad acts.
$75,000
A regional trailer truck driver took a room at a hotel and found it was infested with bed bugs when he woke up with bites all over. A woman traveled to Virginia to a convention and discovered bites all over her body when she woke up. A family bought furniture at a major discounter and after sitting on the sofa at home realized that they and their son had been bitten by bed bugs. All these cases have one thing in common: Attorney Goodman won major settlements for these people based on the awful nightmares these people lived through due to the negligence of the people responsible. Attorney Goodman helps innocent victims achieve justice and hold the defendants accountable for their bad acts.
Rottweiler decapitates young child
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A little boy and his brother were taken from their mom, an indigenous mother living in Western Massachusetts, as authorities believed she was not properly taking care of her children. They placed them in separate homes. The younger one, almost 4, was bored after lunch one Saturday. He was told to go upstairs and take a nap. Instead, unbeknown to his caretakers, he went outside to play with the people’s dog. The dog, a rottweiler, was housed in a pen in the back yard with a gate that was unlocked. The lever was low enough for him to reach up and open. Twenty minutes later the people heard the dog out front of the house barking, which was strange as it was supposed to be caged. When they looked out the window, they saw the dog standing over the boy lying on the ground all bloodied. They ran out and found that the dog had bitten the boy around the neck so many times that he was nearly decapitated and dead. The dog had dragged the body out to the front of the house. Attorney Goodman sent a Chapter 258 letter and then filed suit against the state agency that had placed the boy in such a dangerous setting without ever surveying the property and noticing the presence of a dangerous dog in an easily opened dog pen. The case was settled after lengthy discovery and mediation for a significant six figure amount that was put into a structured settlement for the natural mother. Once the authorities saw the pre-autopsy pictures of the boy’s neck, the defense collapsed.
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A little boy and his brother were taken from their mom, an indigenous mother living in Western Massachusetts, as authorities believed she was not properly taking care of her children. They placed them in separate homes. The younger one, almost 4, was bored after lunch one Saturday. He was told to go upstairs and take a nap. Instead, unbeknown to his caretakers, he went outside to play with the people’s dog. The dog, a rottweiler, was housed in a pen in the back yard with a gate that was unlocked. The lever was low enough for him to reach up and open. Twenty minutes later the people heard the dog out front of the house barking, which was strange as it was supposed to be caged. When they looked out the window, they saw the dog standing over the boy lying on the ground all bloodied. They ran out and found that the dog had bitten the boy around the neck so many times that he was nearly decapitated and dead. The dog had dragged the body out to the front of the house. Attorney Goodman sent a Chapter 258 letter and then filed suit against the state agency that had placed the boy in such a dangerous setting without ever surveying the property and noticing the presence of a dangerous dog in an easily opened dog pen. The case was settled after lengthy discovery and mediation for a significant six figure amount that was put into a structured settlement for the natural mother. Once the authorities saw the pre-autopsy pictures of the boy’s neck, the defense collapsed.
Constable commits suicide
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A constable was going through a divorce and hard financial times. He regularly served in the legal process for debt collection on behalf of a large New England bank. The bank itself was experiencing financial problems and stopped paying the constable’s bills. Being distraught, he kept asking the bank to pay up. They delayed and dragged out payments. The man became so distraught that he committed suicide with his own gun. Attorney Goodman filed suit against the bank on behalf of his surviving children. Much confidential information came out through discovery that was sealed that made a strong case. Ultimately, it was settled for a confidential six figure sum of money.
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A constable was going through a divorce and hard financial times. He regularly served in the legal process for debt collection on behalf of a large New England bank. The bank itself was experiencing financial problems and stopped paying the constable’s bills. Being distraught, he kept asking the bank to pay up. They delayed and dragged out payments. The man became so distraught that he committed suicide with his own gun. Attorney Goodman filed suit against the bank on behalf of his surviving children. Much confidential information came out through discovery that was sealed that made a strong case. Ultimately, it was settled for a confidential six figure sum of money.
Crowd crushed at concert in San Jose, Costa Rica
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Attorney Goodman was contacted by an attorney in Costa Rica and asked to represent a dozen people who had been severely injured and one family whose son was killed at a concert in San Jose, Costa Rica. The internationally known rock band was based in Massachusetts, so Goodman filed suit in U.S. Federal District Court in Boston, Massachusetts against the band and then corporations, the band members, the manager, the security company and the promoter. Fans had lined up outside the soccer stadium waiting for the big wooden gates to open for the 7 pm concert. When the crew started testing microphones and instruments, a rumor spread that the concert would start early because of the light rain falling. People started moving forward. However, with the gates closed at the front, the people standing there were crushed by the crowd and then the gate collapsed and they were trampled upon sustaining severe injuries. Attorney Goodman took depositions all over the United States of the various defendants. The event violated the life safety code. Security and event planning was poor given the lack of seating. The number of tickets sold foretold the density of the crowd that could be expected. The crushing crowds surge and collapse causing innocent victims to be compressed was both foreseeable and avoidable. Planners signed off on a stadium event with no seating and a mosh pit. Eventually the federal judge transferred the case to Costa Rica. After several visits to San Jose to prepare the victims and their families, the case went to mediation in Costa Rica. Several months after the failed mediation attempt, as the trial date loomed closer, the various insurance companies put together a global settlement too enticing for the people to refuse, even though Goodman wanted to go to trial. The amounts were confidential. The clients were very satisfied to close this awful chapter in their lives after gross negligence of the event planners ruined their lives forever. Goodman took on these defendants to prove that for them it was all about making money and not much thought given to fan protection – another case of profits over people. Even rock music is a big corporate business.
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Attorney Goodman was contacted by an attorney in Costa Rica and asked to represent a dozen people who had been severely injured and one family whose son was killed at a concert in San Jose, Costa Rica. The internationally known rock band was based in Massachusetts, so Goodman filed suit in U.S. Federal District Court in Boston, Massachusetts against the band and then corporations, the band members, the manager, the security company and the promoter. Fans had lined up outside the soccer stadium waiting for the big wooden gates to open for the 7 pm concert. When the crew started testing microphones and instruments, a rumor spread that the concert would start early because of the light rain falling. People started moving forward. However, with the gates closed at the front, the people standing there were crushed by the crowd and then the gate collapsed and they were trampled upon sustaining severe injuries. Attorney Goodman took depositions all over the United States of the various defendants. The event violated the life safety code. Security and event planning was poor given the lack of seating. The number of tickets sold foretold the density of the crowd that could be expected. The crushing crowds surge and collapse causing innocent victims to be compressed was both foreseeable and avoidable. Planners signed off on a stadium event with no seating and a mosh pit. Eventually the federal judge transferred the case to Costa Rica. After several visits to San Jose to prepare the victims and their families, the case went to mediation in Costa Rica. Several months after the failed mediation attempt, as the trial date loomed closer, the various insurance companies put together a global settlement too enticing for the people to refuse, even though Goodman wanted to go to trial. The amounts were confidential. The clients were very satisfied to close this awful chapter in their lives after gross negligence of the event planners ruined their lives forever. Goodman took on these defendants to prove that for them it was all about making money and not much thought given to fan protection – another case of profits over people. Even rock music is a big corporate business.
Governmental Claims and Sports Injury
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A young high school shop student was asked along with fellow students at the end of the year to help his shop teacher move equipment on a dump truck. The students loaded equipment and then got on the back of the truck. Instead of closing the tailgate and fastening the pins himself, the teacher let a student do it and did not check it. One boy was seated on a dolly truck with wheels. When the truck went up a hill, the dolly rolled backwards, hit the tailgate and it fell open, dumping the student onto his head on the asphalt pavement. He sustained a concussion and closed head injury. He was out of school for a while. Chapter 258 procedures were followed, suit filed, discovery completed and the case went to trial after a jury of 12 plus 2 alternates were chosen and seated in Hampden Superior Court in Springfield. After Attorney Goodman put the teacher on the stand and cross-examined him, the attorney for the city asked for a recess and offered close to the full statutory limit to close the case. The boy and his mom considered and accepted the settlement offer.
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A young high school shop student was asked along with fellow students at the end of the year to help his shop teacher move equipment on a dump truck. The students loaded equipment and then got on the back of the truck. Instead of closing the tailgate and fastening the pins himself, the teacher let a student do it and did not check it. One boy was seated on a dolly truck with wheels. When the truck went up a hill, the dolly rolled backwards, hit the tailgate and it fell open, dumping the student onto his head on the asphalt pavement. He sustained a concussion and closed head injury. He was out of school for a while. Chapter 258 procedures were followed, suit filed, discovery completed and the case went to trial after a jury of 12 plus 2 alternates were chosen and seated in Hampden Superior Court in Springfield. After Attorney Goodman put the teacher on the stand and cross-examined him, the attorney for the city asked for a recess and offered close to the full statutory limit to close the case. The boy and his mom considered and accepted the settlement offer.
Governmental Claims and Sports Injury
Results Confidential
A young high school girl on the volleyball team was warming up with her teammates before a game. The assistant coach in this regional high school was a tall guy. He spiked the ball with such force at this student that when she missed it, the ball hit her forehead and knocked her over onto her head. She ended up with a severe concussion that kept her out of school for a year. Attorney Goodman set a proper Chapter 258 governmental tort claim notice to the school district administrator, principal and school committee chair, then commenced suit after the statutory six months had elapsed. After extensive discovery, the case was submitted to non-binding mediation before a retired judge. Goodman had secured written narrative reports from the treating physicians linking the injury to her long period of disability. The case was settled for close to the maximum $ 100,000 statutory limit.
Results Confidential
A young high school girl on the volleyball team was warming up with her teammates before a game. The assistant coach in this regional high school was a tall guy. He spiked the ball with such force at this student that when she missed it, the ball hit her forehead and knocked her over onto her head. She ended up with a severe concussion that kept her out of school for a year. Attorney Goodman set a proper Chapter 258 governmental tort claim notice to the school district administrator, principal and school committee chair, then commenced suit after the statutory six months had elapsed. After extensive discovery, the case was submitted to non-binding mediation before a retired judge. Goodman had secured written narrative reports from the treating physicians linking the injury to her long period of disability. The case was settled for close to the maximum $ 100,000 statutory limit.