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Family Of Mass. Teen Who Died After Spicy 'One Chip Challenge' Plans To Sue, Law Firm Says Family Of Mass. Teen Who Died After Spicy 'One Chip Challenge' Plans To Sue, Law Firm Says
Family Of Mass. Teen Who Died After Spicy 'One Chip Challenge' Plans To Sue, Law Firm Says A law firm representing the family of a 14-year-old Worcester boy who died shortly after trying the spicy One Chip Challenge signaled on Wednesday, July 10, that they plan to file a lawsuit over his death.  Harris Wolobah died on Sept. 1, 2023. An autopsy found that the Doherty Memorial High School student suffered cardiopulmonary arrest “in the setting of recent ingestion of food substance with high capsaicin concentration,” according to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. The Boston law firm Sheff & Cook announced in a press release it…

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by Josh Lanier
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Grubhub Overcharged Mass Restaurants During COVID, AG Rules Grubhub Overcharged Mass Restaurants During COVID, AG Rules
Grubhub Overcharged Mass Restaurants During COVID, AG Rules Massachusetts restaurants may get a refund from the food delivery service that illegally overcharged eateries to operate on its platform, the Suffolk Superior Court said. Grubhub, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, ignored legislature created during the COVID-19 public health emergency and overcharged restaurants to facilitate delivery and pickup orders, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell ruled on Thursday, March 16. Social distancing was a priority during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, so the state ruled that food delivery platforms like Grubhub could not charge restaurants fees of…

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by Morgan Gonzales
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Neiman Marcus Sues Boston Mall Owners For $50 Million Over Contract Breach Neiman Marcus Sues Boston Mall Owners For $50 Million Over Contract Breach
Neiman Marcus Sues Boston Mall Owners For $50 Million Over Contract Breach Neiman Marcus said it lost millions of dollars after it agreed to shrink the size of its store to allow for the construction of a skyscraper in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood. Those plans fell through, and now the retailer is suing the developer for $50 million to recoup the money Neiman Marcus says it lost because of the project.  Neiman Marcus filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, July 19, in Suffolk Superior Court against Simon Property Group, the owners of Copley Place mall.  Simon Property had planned to build a 52-story residential high-rise above the retail store at 5 Copley Pl…

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by Josh Lanier
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Lawsuit: Springfield Student Challenges New Flu-Shot Requirement For Mass. Students Lawsuit: Springfield Student Challenges New Flu-Shot Requirement For Mass. Students
Lawsuit: Springfield Student Challenges New Flu-Shot Requirement For Mass. Students A Springfield graduate student and a Waltham mother are seeking to get the new flu vaccine requirement for all Massachusetts students thrown out by the courts. A lawsuit was recently filed by Madison Schiltz, 27, a Springfield College graduate student, and Tamar Massoyan-Artinian, both claiming that Massachusetts did not follow proper procedures to create a flu-vaccine mandate, according to the Boston Herald. Therefore, they said, the rule should be vacated. The new law, crafted to fight the spread of COVID-19, requires all children ages 6 months and older to receive the flu vaccine as a co…

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by Kristin Palpini