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I love what I do for work, but sometimes it just amazes me how – sorry to be so blunt – downright stupid some people can be. How stupid, you ask? How about driving a car while you’re dialing, talking, or texting on a smart phone? But don’t a lot of people do it, you […]

In my previous post on this subject, I discussed how Scott Tibbitts, a chemical and space engineer who previously designed motors and technology for NASA, formed a company named Katasi to find a way to tackle the problem of preventing people from texting while driving. Mr. Tibbitts devoted his time and energies to this task, […]

Readers of this blog know that I’ve posted many times on the subject of Massachusetts texting and driving accidents – pleading with drivers to put down that smart phone when behind the wheel. Despite the numerous deaths and injuries that have resulted, human behavior just doesn’t seem to change: People think they can do this, […]

A local news item shows how tragedy is not an abstract concept – something that happens to “other people,” but not to “us.” Right next door to our law offices here in Westwood, Massachusetts is the town of Norwood: A nice, fairly peaceful community, not known for tragic events. Until last night. Two people from […]

My wife Debbi gets the shudders every time we drive to Cape Cod and cross the Sagamore Bridge. Why? Because, as is true with many roads in Massachusetts, there is no divider in the center of the four-lane span. Cars and other vehicles are passing each other in the opposite direction at 40 MPH or […]

There are a lot of ways to define tragedy. One of them is when a person takes his dog out for a familiar walk in their neighborhood, and is accidentally run down dead by a driver. That’s what happened yesterday (Labor Day, Sep. 2,) to a man by the name of George E. Power – […]

It’s summer and the livin’ is easy. I love this time of year – it’s my favorite, bar none. Summer time brings warm, carefree memories of childhood, and slows everyone’s life down a bit for the here and now. In short, I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t feel that it’s probably the best time of […]

As I’ve written about previously on both this blog and elsewhere, the Massachusetts Legislature finally woke up last fall and presented Gov. Charlie Baker with a bill with (supposedly) teeth in it to ban hand-held cell phone use in Massachusetts, and the Gov. signed it.  After 90 days from signing, the law went into effect […]

Here it is Thanksgiving Day 2019, and I thought I’d post these thoughts before sitting down for dinner.  Actually, I’ve made it a practice to contemplate on what I’m grateful for almost every day of the year that I can:  It’s a smart habit to form. On a professional level, as a Massachusetts car accident […]