Berman & Simmons attorney Daniel Kagan has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the teenage driver who struck and killed a special education teacher from Berwick two years ago.On the morning of April 10, 2013, Amy Harris was driving with her two children on Route 4 in Berwick. Cameron Clair, a 17-year-old from Biddeford, was driving in the opposite direction. Clair crossed the center line and crashed into the Harris family station wagon head-on. Harris was killed instantly. Her two children, then 7 and 4 years old, suffered serious injuries....
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An attorney with the Berman & Simmons law firm was contacted over the weekend by a Boston Globe reporter to discuss a chairlift accident that happened Saturday at Sugarloaf Mountain in Carrabassett Valley....
The Berman & Simmons law firm has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of Lorena Fenlason of Holden, whose husband was crushed to death by an antique firetruck during the 2013 Independence Day parade in Bangor, Maine.Attorney Daniel Kagan filed the complaint in Penobscot Superior Court against the City of Bangor, the Kiwanis Club of Bangor, and the driver of the antique firetruck....
State legislators visited Berman & Simmons law firm in Lewiston this month to congratulate the firm on its 100th anniversary. Berman & Simmons was founded in 1914 and has been a fixture on Lisbon Street ever since. Sen. Nate Libby, D-Lewiston, Rep. Jared Golden, D-Lewiston, and Rep. Heidi Brooks, D-Lewiston, presented the lawyers at Berman...
The Bangor Daily News, a statewide newspaper in Maine, published a story this week about a defective product case being handled by Berman & Simmons...
Berman & Simmons filed a wrongful death lawsuit this week on behalf of the family of David Bragdon Jr., one of six people killed in a Nov. 1 house fire in Portland. The lawsuit claims that landlord Gregory Nisbet was negligent in his upkeep of the house, which apparently had no functioning smoke detectors, and...
Q&A with Rachel Therrien, Office Manager, Berman & Simmons December 2014 Rachel Therrien, the longtime office manager for Berman & Simmons, is retiring at the end of 2014. From building maintenance to equipment solutions and the hiring of new staffers, Rachel has been a problem solver since day one. And although her work is often...
The Twin City Times published a news article last week featuring Craig Bramley and his new role as Managing Director of the Berman & Simmons law firm. Click here to read the article. Bramley specializes in representing patients in medical malpractice cases. He has teamed with attorney Julian Sweet for the past 15 years. Together...
LEWISTON, Maine, Dec. 19, 2014 – Attorney Craig Bramley of Cumberland has been named Managing Director at Berman & Simmons, the leading personal injury and medical malpractice law firm in Maine. Bramley specializes in representing patients in medical malpractice cases. He has teamed with attorney Julian Sweet for the past 15 years. Together they have...
Read today’s Sun Journal article about the firm’s 100th anniversary: https://www.sunjournal.com/2014/12/15/berman-simmons-100-years-law/1631275/...
In a settlement reached last month, a Maine court has awarded $75,000 to the family and attorneys of the transgender teenager who faced discrimination while she was a student at Orono High School. The award represents a groundbreaking victory for the Boston-based Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, and the Berman & Simmons law firm,...
Berman & Simmons attorney Daniel Kagan was quoted as an expert source in the Sun Journal newspaper, regarding the haunted hayride tragedy in Mechanic Falls on Oct. 11.The story, written by Sun Journal reporter Scott Thistle, focused on the poor safety and compliance ratings of a trucking company operated by the owner of Harvest Hill Farms. Cassidy Charette, 17, died, and several others were seriously injured, when a Jeep and the flatbed trailer it was towing went out of control and rolled over on the farmâs Gauntlet trail....
One of Maine’s most respected law firms announces a community service initiative for its employees, and the hiring of two young lawyers LEWISTON, Maine, Sept. 17, 2014 – Berman & Simmons, the leading personal injury law firm in Maine, celebrates its 100th anniversary this fall. Only a handful of firms in the state have achieved this milestone....
The family of Jewell Friedman, the Saco woman killed by a hit-and-run driver earlier this summer, has been in contact with the Berman & Simmons law firm to represent them in any civil actions arising from Mrsâ Friedmanâs death. The Portland Press Herald reported on this story, and quoted Berman & Simmons attorney Steven Silin, in todayâs newspaper....
BELFAST, Maine, Aug. 19, 2014 â The husband of Lynn Arsenault, the woman who was shot and killed last summer in Belfast, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the shooter, 44-year-old Todd Gilday. Berman & Simmons filed the complaint last week at Waldo County Superior Court. Berman & Simmons represents Lynn Arsenaultâs husband, Donald Arsenault Jr. of Garland. Arsenault seeks unspecified financial compensation for the loss of his wife, including for her conscious pain and suffering before her death....
A Vermont electric line worker traveled to Maine on Friday to say thank you to the law firm that helped him win a multi-million dollar lawsuit. Michael Hemond was seriously injured back in 2006 when a switch he was ordered to pull sent 46,000 volts of electricity through his body. Reporter Marnie MacLean of New England Cable News was on hand to document Mikeâs visit to the Berman & Simmons law firm in Lewiston....
Lewiston, Maine (NECN) -- An electric line worker from Vermont traveled to Maine Friday to thank the law firm that helped him win one of the largest jury awards in Vermont history. This followed an accident that left him without legs. Click here to view the video and access the full story....
A lawsuit stemming from a chairlift collapse at Sugarloaf Mountain in the winter of 2010 is moving forward toward trial, thanks to a judgeâs ruling this month....
Press Release Jodi L. Nofsinger, Esq., an attorney at Berman & Simmons, was inducted on March 8, 2014, as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in America. Jodi joins fellow shareholders, Julian L. Sweet, Esq. and Steven D. Silin, Esq., in her membership to the College....
Burlington, Vermont. On Friday, an attorney at Berman & Simmons, PA won the second largest verdict in history of the State of Vermont. Following a three-week trial, the jury returned a verdict of $22,497,000....