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How Small Details Can Make Big Differences in Your Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Case
A famous book once advised, “Don’t sweat the small stuff.” While that advice may work well in many areas, the law is not one of those areas. In legal matters, including workers’ compensation cases, small details can make big differences in outcomes. To make sure you have all of your bases covered in your workers’…
Read MoreMassachusetts Appellate Court Upholds $20M Judgment in the Case of a Woman Run Down Inside a Chicopee Convenience Store
When you experience the loss of a loved one due to an accident, it is always devastating. If that accident occurred because someone else was negligent, the issues you may be facing multiply. In addition to your family issues, that negligence may create legal issues. The loss of your loved one undoubtedly did major damage…
Read MoreWhat It Takes To Succeed in a ‘Traditional Theory’ Premises Liability Case in Massachusetts
To win a premises liability case in Massachusetts, you may have multiple options that you can use. If you seek a favorable judgment based upon the “traditional theory” of premises liability, you need proof that the hazard upon which you slipped was something of which the property owner knew or something that had existed for…
Read MoreTwo Families Sue After Their Loved Ones Died in Falls at Worcester County Nursing Home
When a family makes the often difficult decision to place a family member in a nursing home, they are entrusting that facility with one of their most precious commodities: a loved one. Nursing homes are supposed to be places where those requiring care and attention get what they need. Sometimes, though, that doesn’t happen, and…
Read MoreRoad Defects Contribute To Motorcycle Fatalities
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motorcycles make up only 3 percent of all registered vehicles in the United States. Despite those low numbers, the NHTSA reports there is an increase in motorcyclists killed each year in Massachusetts. Motorcycle fatalities occurred 28 more times frequently that automobile fatalities. Some of the common characteristics that contribute…
Read MoreIf You Are Bitten Or Injured By A Dog, Are You Entitled To Compensation?
Dog bites can cause serious personal injuries, infections, disfigurement, permanent scarring, emotional trauma and death. In the thirteen year period of 2005 through 2017, Dogbites.org reported that canines killed 433 Americans. Many more suffer serious personal injuries or property damage. It is the responsibility of a dog owner to ensure their dog does not hurt…
Read MoreThe 6 Steps to Take If You Are Involved In Car Accident.
It’s five o’ clock on a Friday and you’re heading home after an exhausting week of work. You’re practically on auto-pilot with the thought of the impending weekend being the only fuel guiding you home, and then BAM-it happens. You find yourself in a car accident. Everyone understands when you get behind the wheel you…
Read MoreThe Elements of Negligence in a Personal Injury Case
Negligence is defined as a failure to use the level of care someone of ordinary prudence would have used under the same circumstances. Negligence consists of actions or omissions where there is an expected duty or responsibility owed by one person to another person. Events which cause injury not due to fault of another person…
Read MoreThe Driver Who Hit Me Took a Vehicle that Was Left Unattended with the Keys in the Ignition. Can I Sue the Vehicle’s Owner?
If you’ve been injured in a vehicle accident, you probably understand that the operator of the vehicle is someone who potentially is liable for your injuries. However, there may be others, even if they were not involved firsthand in the accident itself, who may owe you compensation. In order to pursue these others successfully, you…
Read MoreEnforcing the Settlement You Achieved Through Mediation in Your Massachusetts Auto Accident Case
There can be many different ways that you can be hurt in an auto accident in Massachusetts. You may be a passenger in a vehicle whose driver was at fault in an accident, you may be a driver struck by another driver, or you may be a driver who hits some other object, like farm…
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