Posts tagged injuries

• Mass. Court Changes Rules On Winter Slip-and-Fall Lawsuits

  Chrissie Cole | July 28, 2010 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled this week that property owners may be held responsible for snow-related injuries to others, regardless if the snow came from a plow, Mother Nature...

• Suing the Corporate Defendant and "Hidden" Evidence

  Bruce Bierhans | April 17, 2010 2:15 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Last weeks Mass. Lawyers Weekly reported on a recent 142mill verdict against Pfizer arising out of the company's promotion of off label use of Neurontin. The case was brought under the Racketeer...

• MA Senate Rejects Damages Cap For Serious Personal Injuries

  Carrie Strasser | April 06, 2009 9:59 AM | 1 CommentEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  The MA Senate was in the process of voting on a transportation reform bill last week, when Governor Patrick's proposed $100,000.00 cap on personal injury damage awards was weakened to include a...

• Snow, Ice, Falls, Fractures and the Law

  Bruce Bierhans | January 31, 2009 3:15 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  There are been many media reports this week regarding the increased number of fall related injuries due to the actions of the weather gods. As the fractures increase in number, so do the calls to...

• Nursing Home Ratings

  Bruce Bierhans | January 04, 2009 12:42 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Believe me...when I wrote my last post on Nursing Homes in my Cape Cod Barrister blog on Cape Cod Today, I had no idea that nursing home grading would be the headline story in the Cape Cod Times...

• Nursing Home Ratings

  Bruce Bierhans | January 04, 2009 12:40 PM | 1 CommentCape Cod, MA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Believe me...when I wrote my last post on Nursing Homes in my Cape Cod Barrister blog on CapeCod Today, I had no idea that nursing home grading would be the headline story in the Cape Cod Times just...

• Nursing Home Neglect

  Bruce Bierhans | December 04, 2008 2:22 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  We are seeing an increase in calls from individuals complaining about the care and treatment received by family members in nursing homes. We are hearing horror stories about bedsores, falls, broken...

• Cell Phones, Texting and Car Accidents

  Bruce Bierhans | September 07, 2008 12:07 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  OK. Be honest. How many times in recent memory have you been driving down the highway and seen someone (most frequently a teen age girl) with two hands on the steering wheel with two thumbs texting...

• Mass SJC Allows "Loss of Chance" Recovery

  Bruce Bierhans | August 01, 2008 3:24 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In a spectacular decision this week affirming victims rights, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that damages are recoverable where a physicians negligence reduced the decedents chance...

• Can I Sue if I Receive Workers Compensation?

  Ken Margolin | July 20, 2007 3:30 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  I have been asked this question many times over the years by clients who have received serious personal injuries at work. Workers compensation pays the injured employee regardless of whether the employer or anyone else was negligent, and even if the employee's own negligence contributed to his injuries. Worker compensation laws are essential, but they are something of a devil's bargain. The...