Jennifer A. Denker

$143 million Settlement Fund created for the residents and businesses of the Merrimack Valley impacted by the September 13, 2018 gas explosions caused by Columbia Gas. Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, as Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel, helped achieve this historic settlement and further assisted with the claims process to ensure distribution of the funds to those harmed.

Represented the Estate of Grace M. Rett and her family in a Wrongful death pre-suit settlement arising from a tragic motor vehicle collision involving a 20-year-old college student who was a passenger in a van driven by a university employee while on a university-sponsored outing.

$2.75 million settlement for Plaintiff who suffered an incomplete spinal cord injury as a result of a motor vehicle collision where Defendant company failed to safely install auto part on vehicle.

$1.3 million settlement obtained for a woman who was severely burned when her kitchen blender exploded as a result of over-pressurization. The plaintiff alleged that the blender was defective in that it lacked a pressure release device and that the defendant failed to adequately warn of the significant dangers of blending hot substances.

Substantial settlement obtained on behalf of a young woman who was sexually assaulted by her Uber driver who subsequently fled the country. First case in MA in which a court indicated that Uber may be considered a common carrier, thereby imposing a higher duty on the rideshare company, and opening it up to liability for the intentional torts of its drivers.

A $3.5 million dollar settlement was reached for a 51-year-old worker who suffered severe burns on over 60% of his body while working as an independent contractor to clean out a chamber inside an industrial incinerator that was owned and operated by the Defendant. The incinerator had been shut down for cooling for only three days prior to Plaintiff’s entry, and he was permitted entry wearing a full-body plastic Tyvek suit, which was not flame resistant, and which melted to his skin when burning hot ash material erupted from the wall and engulfed plaintiff.

$3.2 million settlement for wrongful death/medical malpractice case involving a 23-year-old woman with Down Syndrome where surgeons closing a feeding tube site failed to ensure the surgical stapler had properly sealed the wall of the stomach. Tragically, stomach contents leaked into the abdominal cavity postoperatively, resulting in sepsis, organ failure, and death.

$800,000 settlement was achieved for the family of a high school student who tragically took his own life after being exposed to triggering social situations while on a school field trip. The school failed to properly supervise and support the young student, who was known to be at risk.