Boston Massachusetts Personal Injury Attorney, the attorney , reviews a recent Supreme Judicial Court case involving an injured police officer: A Massachusetts police officer who suffered serious personal injuries, while responding to a motor vehicle/pedestrian accident, cannot recover from the hospital, which treated and released the pedestrian just prior to…
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Car Accident Kills Four Year Old in Crosswalk: Elderly Woman Charged
June 16, 2009: Diya Patel, a 4-year-old Stoughton, Massachusetts girl, died early Sunday morning as the result of serious personal injuries after being struck by a car on Wahington Street in Stoughton, Massachusetts on Saturday. The girl was hit on Route 138 while she crossing the street on her scooter.…
Rhode Island Auto Accident Takes Two Teenage Lives
Marcello Ventrella, and Aram J. Pothier, respectively of Bellingham and Blackstone, Massachusetts, have died as the result of personal injuries suffered after a night of teenage drinking. They were passengers in a motor vehicle driven by Robert Baez, who was seriously injured, but survived the accident. The accident took place…
Ware Man Suffers Serious Personal Injuries in Motorcycle Accident
Daniel Tourville, a 24-year-old Ware man was in serious condition early Monday afternoon at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester after losing control of his motorcycle. Incredibly, Tourville was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. Apparently, Tourville drove off the road, hitting a tree…
Employee’s Personal Injuries After Fall through Open Trap Door in Floral Shop does not Warrant Double Compensation, Says Appeals Court
Boston Personal Injury Lawyer, the attorney, analyzes a recent Appeals Court decision pertaining to double penalties under the Worken’s Compensation Act. The case involves a store employee who suffered serious personal injuries after falling through a trap door in the floor of a floral shop, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has reversed…
Personal Injuries Suffered by Contract Worker May be Recoverable from Manufacturing Company where he Worked
This is Part Two of a two part Blogpost where Boston Personal Injury Lawyer, the attorney, reviews and analyzes a recent First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling, in which an insurer sought a declaration that there was no coverage for an personal injuries as the result of an accident involving a contract worker who…
Boston Personal Injury Attorney Reviews U.S. Court of Appeals Analysis of Insurance Coverage for “Leased” Worker’s Severed Arm
In this two part Blogpost, Boston Accident Lawyer, the attorney, reviews and analyzes a First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision, which considers insurance coverage issues for an accident involving a man whose arm was severed in a wool picking machine, while engaged as a contract worker for a Western Massachusetts recycling…
No Recovery for Personal Injuries where Court Sees Defamation but No Malice
(This Boston Accident and Injury Lawyer Blogpost is the Last in a Three Part Analysis of a Recent U.S. Appeals Court Ruling involving defamation, public officials and the news media Click here to view Part One and Click Here to view Part Two) PART THREE : THE COURT RULES ON THE DEFAMATORY…
Personal Injury Insurer for Construction Accident Victim Cannot Recover Attorney’s Fees for Winning Declaratory Judgment Action
This Blogpost by Boston Personal Injury and Accident Laywer, the attorney, anaylzes a battle between insurers over costs of construction accident. Following a construction site accident where an insurer of a subcontractor refused to defend the general contractor, who then successfully filed a declaratory action to force the subcontractor’s insurer to…
No Insurance for Accidental Personal Injury Under Massachusetts Statute Protecting Non-Profit Soccer Club
(This is the second post of a blog, from Boston Personal Injury Lawyer, the attorney, which considers protections afforded under a Massachusetts statute intended to protect non-profit entities from liability from accidental personal injury) PART TWO – GL C. 231, S. 85V CONSIDERED General Laws c. 231, § 85V limits the liability of…