File this under “Your Taxpayer Dollars At Work.” … Or, as I’ve been thinking recently about doing with this blog, creating a new category of post called “Outrage Of The Day.” According to a recent article in The Boston Globe, in 2009 Medicare paid approximately $5.1 Billion in taxpayer dollars…
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Boston Bus Company Cited By State for Safety Defects In 21 Buses
Want to travel from Boston to New York? Well, you could easily take the train, and ride in comfort on AmTrak. But that would set you back a few hundred dollars. Or, instead, you could take the $15 Fung Wah bus line, as scores of people have done. A mere…
Wrongful Death Caused By Police Negligence?
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…
Motrin Product Liability Lawsuit Results in $63 Million Verdict
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…
Boston Bus Accident On Soldiers Field Road Injures Several
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…
Massachusetts Car Accidents: What Really Happens
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,…
Electric and Hybrid Cars To Make More Noise, For Safety’s Sake
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…
Brookline Bike-Truck Crash Is Fifth Boston Bike Fatality This Year
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…
Springfield Massachusetts Gas Explosion Illustrates Dangers of Utility Leaks
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…
Wellesley Doctor Causes Stunning Car Crash
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…