For all of my readers out there, here’s a quick question: Can a city or town police department be civilly sued because of the negligence of their police officers? The answer is yes, although many people might not have thought so. There is a story out of the city of…
Here’s even more evidence that justice can still be achieved in this day and age, when one small family takes on a huge corporation, whose negligence caused them devastating harm. This week, the family of a little girl in Plymouth, Massachusetts who was devastatingly injured in 2003 due to taking…
Here’s a breaking news story illustrating how bus accidents are anything but rare: A private (non-MBTA) bus apparently tried to squeeze under an overpass on Soldiers’ Field Road in Brighton, near the intersection with Western Avenue, and didn’t make it: Apparently, the bus was too high, and its roof collided…
As a Quincy, Massachusetts car accident lawyer, I see too many injuries resulting from car accidents. By “car accidents,” I mean all kinds of motor vehicle accidents, including SUV’s and vans. Some are Massachusetts pedestrian-car accidents, some are bicycle-car accidents, and some are car-truck accidents. But regardless of the type,…
When you’re out walking on the street as a pedestrian, or riding your bike – and it’s quiet on the road – that can be a sure sign of disaster. Does that surprise you? It shouldn’t. That’s because electric and hybrid cars, right now, do not make any noise when…
It was yet another devastating bicycle accident in Boston, which has, once again, brought up all kinds of issues regarding whether motorists are too aggressive, bicyclists are too cavalier, and whether pedestrians also need to take greater care when traveling. These questions all stem from the death this past Thursday…
It’s only due to sheer luck that there weren’t more people injured in the explosion at the Scores Gentleman’s Club in Springfield, Mass., last week. Apparently, because of reports of a natural gas leak earlier that day, the premises were evacuated and it’s simply a miracle that no one was…
It never surprises me, as a Wellesley car accident lawyer, how the most unlikely people can be involved in serious accidents and injuries. Early in my career, I long ago learned that economic or financial status is irrelevant to who can get injured in a variety of accidents. If you…
Energy drinks seem to be on the shelves everywhere in the past few years. I’ve always looked at these products with great skepticism – not about their ability to turn the average person into someone who has just stuck his finger into an electrical outlet – but skeptical as to…
Four days ago, I reported on what was news to very few people at that point in time: That a Massachusetts pharmaceutical compounding facility, the New England Compounding Center, had unknowingly distributed thousands of vials of a fungally-infected steroid commonly used to treat back and spine injuries. Since then, the…