Gas Explosion Destroys Home – What’s Fair Property Damage Compensation?
May 12, 2011
It happens too frequently in the Boston area: the gas company or a contractor carelessly causes a gas leak with the resulting destruction of a home or business. If luck prevails, no one is killed or in...
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Sexual Assault and Abuse Emotional Injuries
May 12, 2011
Sexual Assault and Abuse Emotional Injuries - How does the victim prove her/his injury where the harm suffered is most frequently emotional trauma?
Personal injury cases most frequently involve physic...
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Infant Positioners and the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC)
May 12, 2011
The Consumer Products Safety Commission is the federal agency charged with "...protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products..." ...
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Does Liability Insurance Cover Sexual Assault and Abuse Settlements?
May 12, 2011
Most insurance policies do not provide insurance against the intentional, wrongful acts of the insured. Thus, in a claim against the perpetrator of a sexual assault or abuse, his homeowner's, automob...
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Sexual Assault and Abuse
May 12, 2011
Being a victim of a sexual assault or sexual abuse has long-term consequences the severity of which often only become fully apparent years after the sexual assault or abuse occurs. The criminal side of...
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Tom Brady’s Accident and Massachusetts No-Fault Law
May 12, 2011
The recent news of Tom Brady's early morning car crash suggested a review of Massachusetts No-Fault law. Fortunately, Brady was uninjured and so would have no need to apply for No-Fault or Personal Inj...
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Sexual Assault and Abuse – Is the employer legally liable for an employee-perpetrator’s crimes?
May 12, 2011
The general rule in Massachusetts law is that an employer is not liable for the intentional acts (in this case the crime of sexual assault or rape) carried out by its employees. There are, however, a n...
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Sexual Assault and Abuse – Can a company be liable for negligence in failing to prevent it?
May 12, 2011
There are two basic fact patterns that lead to a finding of negligence on the part of a company for failing to prevent a sexual assault. In the first, the assault is committed by an employee of the com...
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The New Massachusetts Texting-while-Driving Law
May 12, 2011
Massachusetts, on September 30, 2010, joins the growing list of states to ban texting while operating a motor vehicle.
While the new Massachusetts cell phone use while driving law provides fines for...
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SUGARMAN on Winter Fall-Down Injuries
May 12, 2011
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, on July 26, 2010, dramatically changed the rules of a landowner's liability for personal injuries caused by snow and ice. The Papadopoulos case put to rest the...
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