Archives for 2013

The major news in Boston this weekend was the Saturday night crash of a tour bus carrying a group of Philadelphia high school students who had just completed a visit to Harvard University and was returning to Pennsylvania at the time of the crash. According to reports, the bus was traveling on Soldiers Field Road …

Bus Companies Owe Passengers The Duty Of Utmost CareRead More

In the realm of personal injury claims, once a lawsuit is filed, there are a number of settlement funding companies out there who will advance the funds of the settlement in order to be paid back once an actual settlement is received. This may seem like a perfect scenario: Get your money now and just …

Settlement Funding Prior to Resolution of a Case and its ImplicationsRead More

In the context of personal injury litigation, medical records play a critical role. Under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 233 section 79G, medical records of a treating physician or hospital are admissible at trial. That means the jury considering your case gets to read them and consider everything that is in them as evidence. However, this …

Medical Records in LitigationRead More

Anyone who works in the construction industry knows that it is common for multiple contractors to be on a job site at any one time. Because so many workers are doing so many different things at once, a construction job site can be a chaotic and dangerous place for workers. There are deadlines to meet …

Construction Site Accidents and the General ContractorRead More

There are actually two judicial systems operating in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; the federal court system and the Massachusetts court system. Both are provided for by their respective constitutions; the federal courts by the United States Constitution and the state courts from the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (which is sometimes referred to as …

Making a Federal Case Out of ItRead More

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is the federal agency tasked with formulating and enforcing laws and regulations to promote workplace safety and reduce on-the-job injuries. Despite significant improvements in workplace conditions over the last forty years, however, workplace injuries and deaths are still common. In 2011, 4,609 workers were killed in workplace accidents, …

Workplace Safety: Top 10 OSHA Violations in 2012Read More

I play ice hockey for the Black Ice in the South Shore Women’s Hockey League, a league that has been around since 1974 and has 45 teams competing in four different divisions. There are numerous other organized leagues across New England for adult hockey players. Ice hockey is a great sport and thankfully, with advances …

Hockey and Other Sports Related InjuriesRead More

The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003 (SCRA) protects servicemembers from certain judicial proceedings until they return from military service, deployment or overseas tours of duty. The Act offers important protection for those of us that have been recalled to active duty to Iraq, Afghanistan, or elsewhere in support of the Global War on Terrorism. …

The Servicemembers’ Civil Relief ActRead More