Blog Posts
Broken Baseball Bat Hits Fan: Spectator Injuries & The Law
On Friday June 5, 2015, Tonya Carpenter watched the Boston Red Sox from second row seats between home plate and third base at Fenway Park. Her son and a friend accompany her. In the second inning, Oakland Athletics third baseman Brett Lawrie steps up to the plate, swings, hits the […]
Frederick’s of Hollywood Bankruptcy Filing
News of Hollywood bankruptcy filings makes headlines. But this one, Frederick’s of Hollywood, ended an era of the sexy lingerie retailer’s mall stores. The company shut down all 94 of its stores in malls across the USA the week before filing on April 20, 2015. Through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy […]
Advance Care Directives: What Are They?
Advance care directives provide an opportunity to participate ahead of time in making medical decisions in potentially life-ending circumstances. We all have the right to participate in our own health care decisions. You should have a say in your medical decisions. But there are times such as a serious accident […]
How Do I Make my Will Clear Enough to Avoid Disputes?
It’s important to have a will because this document specifies how money and property will be distributed after death. Without a will, the person is declared “intestate” and money and property are distributed under the laws of intestacy in the state in which the person resided. Terms of a will […]
Digital Estate Planning: Your Social Media Posts After You Die
Mention estate planning and most people think about leaving money or a house to people who survive them. Perhaps you are thinking of contacting an estate planning attorney Denver area or similar. Perhaps you’ve already arranged all of that. But what about all the stuff you’ve posted on social media […]
Negligent Security: Property Owners Liable For Security Failure?
Two hockey fans get into a fight in a public restroom during a Boston Bruins game. Can the one injured seriously sue the TD Boston Garden for failing to provide adequate security? A Superior Court judge in Boston faced that question and, not surprisingly, different versions of what happened. The […]
Wills and other Basic Estate Planning Documents
Most people understand that a will takes care of divvying up money and property after someone dies. But other estate planning documents exist that also offer the opportunity to nail down personal affairs. What other basic estate planning documents exist? What difference exists between a Will and a Living Will? […]
Work Injuries: Responsibility in Temp Agency Scenario
A question I often receive comes from people who sustained work injuries while employed through a temp agency. For example, suppose an employee was at company “A” but sent there by a temporary employment agency when a computer printer dropped on their foot. After an emergency room visit and an […]
Distracted Driving: Eating While Driving
Distracted driving causes 80% of all motor vehicle accidents and 16% of highway fatalities. In studies by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or “NHTSA” texting and jabbering on the cell phone top the list of distractions. But eating while driving, something 86% of drivers admit to, also presents a […]
Video Surveillance: Used Fairly to Kill Personal Injury Cases?
Anyone with any type of personal injury claim knows or should know that insurance companies use video surveillance to look for behavior that might contradict the claim of injury. Often used in workers compensation claims, investigators armed with small video cameras follow those making injury claims, waiting to catch them […]
