Posts tagged injuries

• Falling Down Stairs

  Ken Margolin | February 15, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Falling down a flight of stairs or even a few steps can cause serious injuries. Broken bones, head injury, and other trauma can result. In determining whether a stair injury case should result in a lawsuit, a number of factors need to be determined in addition to the severity of the injury. Stair injury cases are a form of premises liability litigation. Stair design is one factor to be analyzed....

• Spinal Cord Injury

  Ken Margolin | January 22, 2007 1:00 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  An estimated 250,000-450,000 Americans are living with spinal cord injury . The primary causes are motor vehicle accidents (nearly 50%), falls, violence (especially gunshot wounds) and sports activities. The majority of victims are males under the age of 30 (some studies indicate that the age range has risen in recent years). Spinal cord injuries are either complete or incomplete and their...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Working Teens at Risk

  Ken Margolin | March 07, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A disturbing article in Yahoo News the other day, described a serious problem with high school aged youths put in dangerous work situations. According to the piece, many teens between the ages of 14 and 18, were assigned to work with dangerous tools, with inadequate training, allowed to work excessive hours, or permitted to work with no adult supervision. Many of the violations noted were in...

• Workplace Assaults

  Ken Margolin | March 03, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reports that an average of 1.7 million people annually were the victims of non-lethal workplace assaults during the period 1993-1999. Leading the way for types of employment carrying the greatest risk of assault, were nursing homes and hospitals. Retail operations, such as grocery stores, also carried a surprisingly high risk...

• Traumatic Brain Injury Act

  Ken Margolin | January 08, 2007 8:30 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  A decade ago, Congress passed the Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 1996. The legislation reflected a recognition at the highest levels of national leadership that traumatic brain injury (TBI) was an under-recognized problem that affected millions of people. With the legislation, Congress appropriated funds to study the prevalence of TBI and to encourage innovative efforts to reduce the incidence of...

• 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...