Tag: serious injuries
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 […]
Can You Sue a City or Town for Failing to Remove Snow Properly?
Can I sue the city or town for failing to remove enough snow? I got into an accident because the road was still icy. You “can” sue but the case has a snowball’s chance in you know where. Why? In the early days of U.S. legal history “sovereign immunity” literally meant […]
Top 10 Most Dangerous Intersections in Massachusetts
Massachusetts drivers have an undeniable reputation for … well … the way they act behind the wheel. Dangerous intersections and other bad road conditions often get the blame. Yet, most often driver distraction and inattention actually cause accidents. At the same time, undeniably, some of the Commonwealth’s highways and intersections […]
Expert Testimony: Toxicology
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Simple. But any time any scientific principle much more complicated that that is introduced in court, it must generally be supported by expert testimony. For example, to contest the results of a breath alcohol reading, one needs an expert […]
What Are Unfair and Deceptive Insurance Practices?
January 9, 2002, a Massachusetts woman sustains catastrophic injuries including permanent paraplegia when a tractor trailer hits the rear end of her car. Ten years later, after what one judge called a legal odyssey including unfair and deceptive acts by an insurance company, she was awarded $22 Million. The 46 […]
