Attorney Profiles

Steve O'Shea is a partner who focuses his practice on the investigation, litigation, and appeal of complex civil personal injury and property damage actions, including the defense of medical malpractice, professional liability, product liability, liquor liability, premises liability and general liability claims. Mr. O'Shea also represents physicians and allied health care professionals with the investigation and defense of Department of Public Health, Department of Mental Health, and Board of Registration investigations, complaints, and regulatory actions before the Division of Administrative Law Appeals (DALA). In addition, Mr. O'Shea is frequently called upon to assist risk managers, claims professionals, and clients with pre-suit attorney-client privileged investigations and has served as a speaker for risk management programs. He has successfully represented clients through dispositive motion practice and/or trial in state and federal trial Courts in Massachusetts, as well as in the Appeals Court of Massachusetts.

Representative Cases

• Defense jury verdict in favor of ophthalmologist in claim alleging failure to diagnose and treat progressive ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (mucus membrane pemphigoid)
• Defense jury verdict in favor of ophthalmologist in claim involving loss of functional sight in one eye due to alleged negligent performance of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK)
• Defense jury verdicts in two separate cases in favor of obstetrical group practices in claims alleging negligence in delivery of babies who suffered shoulder dystocia
• Defense jury verdict in favor of obstetrical group practice in claims involving post c-section hemorrhage alleging unnecessary hysterectomy
• Defense jury verdict in favor of international restaurant business in claim brought by guest alleging food poisoning
• Defense jury verdict in favor of national security company in claim involving allegations of negligent security, hiring, and retention allegedly resulting in rape of teenager
• Defense bench trial verdict in favor of professional baseball team in claim involving allegations of negligent security and premises liability allegedly resulting in fibromyalgia
• Defense jury trial verdict in favor of funeral director in claim alleging negligent embalmment of corpse
• Summary judgment in favor of national restaurant company in claim involving allegations of negligent security, hiring, retention and supervision allegedly resulting in sexual assault of teenager
• Summary judgment in favor of medical school in claims involving alleged violations of constitutional right to treatment for gender identity disorder in prison
• Summary judgment in favor of commercial tenant pursuant to implied co-insured doctrine in fire loss claim resulting in substantial property loss
• Summary judgment in favor of hotel owner in alleged slip and fall claim
• Summary judgment in favor of national plumbing company in claim alleging infectious disease from negligent repair of sewer piping