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Councillor Brian Gomes wants New Bedford to join in a class action suit against opioid manufacturers, but Mayor Jon Mitchell says it may not make sense to do so.

In response to the nation's opioid crisis, the City of Fall River announced Friday that it would join communities from across the country in pursuing legal action against companies that produce, supply and distribute opioids.

A lawsuit filed against officials at a Massachusetts county jail alleges that mentally ill inmates are often held in solitary confinement with little treatment.

The city of Greenfield has filed a federal lawsuit against several distributors and manufacturers of opioid medications,

The fishing boat that sank off of Nantucket earlier this week, leaving two crewmembers missing, is the subject of a lawsuit that was filed less than a month ago.

BOSTON — The owner of a New Bedford industrial building complex and three companies hired to demolish the facility will pay a total of $377,600 in penalties to settle allegations that they caused or allowed illegal asbestos work at the site, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today...

Buttonwood Park Zoo Director Keith Lovett has issued a response to the lawsuit filed against the city over possession of its Asian elephants, Ruth and Emily.

The Friends of Ruth and Emily organization has filed an Endangered Species Act lawsuit against the City of New Bedford, seeking to have the two elephants removed from the Buttonwood Park Zoo.

DEDHAM — The mother of a teenager who killed himself has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Massachusetts woman convicted of manslaughter for encouraging him to take his own life. Lynn Roy is seeking $4.2 million in lost future wages for her son Conrad Roy III...

A man who is suing a Westport Police officer for injuries suffered during a road block as he attempted to flee police is once again in trouble. Friday night around 7:20 p.m., Westport Police attempted to stop 31-year-old Derek Pereira of 21 Cleveland Street in Westport...