A recent news article from the Union Leader discusses a report that a man recently settled a lawsuit with a night club in the amount of $500,000. The lawsuit was filed after plaintiff was injured in a confrontation with night club security personnel outside the Gloucester area establishment. The 23-year-old…
While this winter started off pretty mild, it has certainly turned cold across much of the New England area, including Boston. With snowstorms and ice storms knocking out power throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, safety officials fear the worst as people are turning to alternative means to heat their homes,…
Whenever we walk on the street or even drive down a highway, we frequently come across metal manhole covers. We don’t usually give much thought to them, but, as it turns out, they weigh over 200 pounds and can lead to serious personal injury or death in the event they…
According to a recent news article from Mass Live, a three-year-old boy has drowned at a New England area daycare. State troopers have said that, when then the young victim’s parents arrived at the daycare facility to pick up their son, he was nowhere to be found. At this point,…
Carlson v. Town of South Kingstown, a case from the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, involved a plaintiff who was injured at local little league game. According to court records, the plaintiff went to a little league game at a field maintained by the town. She was there to watch…
According to a recent report from CBS, a woman was killed in a skiing accident in Wisconsin. The 24-year-old woman was skiing when she hit a tree. Ski patrol personnel immediately responded to the scene of what would later prove to be a fatal accident, and they also called 911,…
Among all types of personal injuries, burn injuries are among the most painful. A recent article from the National Law Review looks at what victims of burn injury cases go though and some of the things they can do to help ease pain and suffering. One of the first things…
According to recent news form WRAL, authorities arrested a 25-year-old woman who was working at daycare facility. Police charged her with intentional child abuse involving the infliction of serious physical injury. Specifically, she is alleged to have broken the arm of a one-year-old child this past November. Another family using…
There is no question that driving in the ice and snow is dangerous. There are many accidents as a result of people driving too fast for dangerous conditions. There are also accidents caused by people in cars that are unable to drive safety in the snow, and there are accidents…
When a victim is injured as result of the negligence of an employee of the state or municipal government, and a lawsuit is filed, government defendants will often try to escape liability or limit liability based on what is known as the doctrine of sovereign immunity. While the actual statute…