(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…
(This BlogPost written by Boston Personal Injury Attorney, the attorney, is the Second 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) PART TWO – FOX & FRIENDS READS AND REACTS On April 24, a line…
(This Blogpost is the First in a Three Part Series by Boston Injury Lawyer, the attorney, who analyzes an interesting recent U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling involving defamation, public officials and the news media. Click Here to view Part Two) PART ONE – THE SCHOOL HATE CRIME INCIDENT MAKES LOCAL NEWS …
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…
(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…
This is the first of a two part Blogpost,which looks at a Boston area personal injury case where the insurer avoided payment for an accident involving a youth soccer player injured by a goal post. PART ONE- THE UNDERLYING FACTS In this recent appellate decision, a participant in a Sudbury youth soccer…
SOCIAL HOST LIABILITY – PART TWO This is part Two of a two part blogpost, in which Boston Personal Injury Lawyer, the attorney, analyzes liability issues in the recent drowning death in Andover, Massachusetts. It now appears that a parent was present in the Andover home where an overnight teenage party…
SOCIAL HOST LIABILITY, PART ONE This is part One of a two part blogpost, in which Boston Personal Injury Lawyer, the attorney, analyzes liability issues in the recent drowning death in Andover, Massachusetts. In the early morning of February 16, 2009, sixteen year old Concord Academy student, Elizabeth Mun, was…
A worker was entitled to medical and disability payments under the Massachusetts worker’s compensation statute for a work related injury even though there was evidence in his own medical record that he had a pre-existing back condition. The Massachusetts Appeals Court determined that the insurer for the employer had failed…
A serious and deadly construction accident, which took place in downtown Boston on Saturday, February 7, 2009, reminds of the dangers associated with construction related work, and in particular work being performed at high elevations using lift equipment. In the Saturday incident, a mobile lift toppled and fell into a…