Sobczak Law

11/04/2025

For the 10th year in a row, i have been selected to the Massachusetts Super Lawyers list. Thank you for the acknowledgement, and here is to ten more years of fighting for justice for us all

10/01/2024

Another year, another Massachusetts Super Lawyers recognition; making the top list for ninth year straight.

10/12/2023

Another year, another Massachusetts Super Lawyers recognition; making the top list for eight year straight.

10/18/2022

Another year, another Massachusetts Super Lawyers recognition.

With the 2022 Super Lawyers lists officially out, attorney Kris Sobczak has been again selected as Massachusetts Super Lawyer in the Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury general section.

Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are
selected as Super Lawyers, based on their high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. This marks the seventh straight year that attorney Sobczak has been selected in the Massachusetts lists.

08/08/2022

Another Win for the guy guys - Jury Holds Heywood’s Dr. Azzoni responsible for unsafe medical practices in Middlesex County medical malpractice case

On August 5, 2022, after a two-week-long jury trial in Middlesex County Superior Court, and three hours of deliberation, a jury of six returned a verdict for the Plaintiff and against Defendants Michael Azzoni, MD and Henry Heywood Memorial Hospital on a medical malpractice case. The Defendant, Dr.....

05/01/2022

Another Win For Safety: Jury holds corporate defendant responsible giving injured worker justice and closure.

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 corporat...

11/12/2021

Another year, another Super Lawyers recognition

With the 2021 Super Lawyers lists officially out, our firm’s attorney Kris Sobczak has been again selected as Massachusetts Super Lawyer and a Raising Star in the Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury general section. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected as Super L...

11/04/2020

Attorney Kris Sobczak named Massachusetts’ Super Lawyer.

With the 2020 Super Lawyers lists out, our firm’s attorney Kris Sobczak has been selected as Massachusetts Super Lawyer and a Raising Star in the Plaintiffs' Personal Injury general section. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected as Super Lawyers, based on their high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Moreover, only two and a half percent are named in the Raising Stars category. This marks the fifth year that attorney Sobczak has been selected in the Massachusetts lists.

05/25/2020

On this Memorial Day, remember, honor, and be eternally grateful for those members of our society who made the ultimate sacrifice protecting us all.

03/28/2020

As local businesses close or limit their services due to Covid-19 to keep our community safe, many workers are affected. In response, groups, such as The Rebellion, are stepping up to help out. Joining in the effort – in a new 24h challenge – Sobczak.Law will match all donations made in the 24h up to the goal.
Donate here: gf.me/u/xr6fb3 and your donation will be doubled!

03/11/2020

Great news on the national level - Massachusetts Patients' and Consumers' Right of Timely, Secure, Reliable, and Affordable access to Medical Data Remain Secure

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 ...

02/25/2020

$75,000 settlement for unfair and deceptive handling of patient’s medical records requests:

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 their patients and customers with their records, and when they fail to do so, they are paying for the damages incurred and costs associated with getting all the records.

Defendants UMass Memorial Health Care systems and their records provider Sharecare paid $75,000.00 for attorneys’ fees, costs and other damages, when suit was required just to get the patients' complete medical records.

Patient of the UMass Memorial Health Care system, who was clearly a victim of medical malpractice and gross negligence, requested her records from the defendants, so her potential claim could be investigated. But the defendants, and their for-profit partner/records provider, refused to timely provide the complete set of records, likely to avoid the forthcoming malpractice suit.

After the chapter 93A unfair business practice claim was placed in suit additional records were finally provided (evidencing the assumed negligence) but causing months of delay and thousands of dollars in costs and fees. Faced with the recent Appeals Court decision unequivocally categorizing such behavior as improper, defendants settled the unfair and deceptive practices claims, paying for all the damages incurred. (stay tuned as the medical malpractice claim can finally proceed forward).

https://sobczaklaw.com/75k-settlement-unfair-deceptive-medical-records/

           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) ( http...