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Benjamin R. Zimmerman is a Boston, Massachusetts-based attorney with extensive practice experience in the areas of product liability, medical malpractice, construction site accidents and premises liability. Within these highly complex and evolving areas of personal injury law, Mr. Zimmerman has achieved record success on behalf of his clients, including maximum settlements and verdicts for victims and their families. He is a principal attorney at Sugarman and Sugarman, P.C.
As a leading trial attorney in Massachusetts, Mr. Zimmerman has served on the amicus committee of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and lectured at both Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) and the American Law Institute-American Bar Association (ALI-ABA) hosted events concerning plaintiff trial practice.
Among his representative cases are: a sizeable settlement involving a denied insurance claim on behalf of an injured state trooper, a jury verdict against a medical laboratory for negligent results, and a recovery for a brain injured child who was a victim of failure to diagnose fetal distress.
With a comprehensive knowledge of his practice and as a leading Boston trial attorney, Mr. Zimmerman was featured in Boston's Best Lawyers publication. He also served as a faculty member of the MCLE Personal Injury Law Conference in 2010 and was listed as one of "Massachusetts Super Lawyer Rising Stars," from 2005-2010. He is a member of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, the American Association for Justice, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.
About Benjamin Zimmermann
Law School: Fordham University School of Law
Admitted: 2000, Massachusetts
Professional Webpage: www.sugarman.com/team/Benjamin%20R.%20Zimmermann
Honors and Awards:
- "The Best Lawyers in America", 2010
Bar/Professional Activity:
- American Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys
- New York, 2000
- Massachusetts, 2000
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Lectured at both MCLE and ALI-ABA concerning Plaintiff Trial Practice
Representative Clients:
- Defective aerial lift design
- Defective shopping center access road
- Failure to diagnose fetal distress
- Injury to flight attendant
- Christopher v. Father’s Huddle Cafe, Inc. et al., 57 Mass. App. Ct. 217, 2003
- Morgan v. Lab. Corp. of Am., 65 Mass. App. Ct. 816, 2006
- Quincy Mutual Fire Ins. Co. v. Quisset Properties, Inc., 69 Mass. App. Ct. 147, 2007
Educational Background:
- Washington University in St. Louis, B.A., 1996
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