About Neil Sugarman

Neil Sugarman, Co-Founder and Principal, has successfully handled some of the most catastrophic explosion and fire accident cases in Massachusetts, many involving multiple victims. Over the course of his nearly 60 years as an attorney, he has argued leading appellate cases involving the expansion of personal injury law and consumer rights. Neil is consistently recognized as one of the top litigators in Massachusetts and New England. His practice encompasses product liability, medical malpractice, construction site accidents, boating accidents, and complex personal injury lawsuits.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, past President of the Boston University School of Law Alumni Association, and past President of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys. He served on the Advisory Board of the N. Neal Pike Institute on Law and Disability at Boston University School of Law. After graduating from law school in 1965, Neil served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam and received the Bronze Star Medal.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Sugarman & Sugarman

These results are credited to Sugarman & Sugarman. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$30.55 millionVerdictTop 20 in Massachusetts · #11

A Suffolk County jury awarded $30.55 million to the family of a boy left with catastrophic brain damage after a traveling nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital abandoned continuous fetal heart-rate monitoring during a prolonged second stage of labor.

Suffolk County Superior Court, Boston, MA · 2019Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

A Suffolk County jury awarded $28 million, including $25 million in punitive damages, after Father's Huddle Cafe in Boston served alcohol to underage patrons who attacked Thomas Christopher, 23, chasing him into traffic where he was struck and killed; the Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed the verdict against the bar on January 28, 2003.

Suffolk County Superior Court / Massachusetts Appeals Court (affirmed 2003) · 2003Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

A Salem jury awarded $20.6 million, including $18 million in punitive damages, after a defective Banzai inflatable pool slide sold by Toys R Us collapsed and killed a 29-year-old woman in Andover, Massachusetts; the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld the full verdict in 2013.

Essex Superior Court, Salem, MA (affirmed Mass. SJC 2013) · 2011Product LiabilityRead the full story →
Settlement

Sugarman and Sugarman secured a confidential settlement for the family of a four-year-old Dudley boy who died after falling 18 feet through an oversized gap between a Sears escalator and its railing, a gap that exceeded state safety code and lacked a required barricade.

Worcester Superior Court, MA · 2014Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Boston University
J.D., 1965
Northeastern University
Undergraduate, 1962

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Massachusetts, admitted 1965

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.