J. Tucker Merrigan
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About J. Tucker Merrigan
J. Tucker Merrigan is a Co-Managing Partner at Sweeney Merrigan Personal Injury Lawyers, which he founded in 2010 with his brother Peter. Born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, he has built the firm into a prominent plaintiffs' litigation practice with settlements exceeding $84 million. He represents more than 125 Massachusetts cities and towns in opioid litigation.
Merrigan earned his Juris Doctor from New England School of Law in Boston and his Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Tufts University. He attended Loomis Chaffee in Windsor, Connecticut. Honors include The Best Lawyers in America (2024), Best Lawyers in Boston (2023), Super Lawyers Rising Star (2018-2023), National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 (2015-2022), Lawyer.com Top Attorney (2020-2022), and Avvo Superb rating.
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The family of Greg Sharrigan, killed when a gas leak ignited at his Maynard home in September 2021, sued Eversource for $450 million, alleging the utility detected the underground leak three years before the fatal explosion and never fixed it.
A Middlesex Superior Court jury awarded $56 million on July 22, 2026 to Malcolm Carnwath, a 78-year-old retired realtor from Newburyport, Massachusetts. An Amazon delivery driver fell asleep and crossed the center line in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Nov. 16, 2024, causing a head-on crash. Mr. Carnwath suffered a cardiac arrest, multiple strokes with permanent brain injury, and a below-knee amputation of his left leg. Amazon accepted liability days before the two-day damages trial.
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