Carnival Cruise Line executives knew about the deadly novel coronavirus but failed to stop sailing or take adequate steps to protect passengers from its spread, according to an April 16 online report by Bloomberg titled “Socially Distance This.” The news agency said more than 1,500 people on Carnival’s cruise ships…
Every year, workers are killed or seriously injured while removing snow or ice from rooftops and other elevated building structures, according to a Hazard Alert from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Considering New England’s brutal winters, dangers associated with snow and ice removal are very real for workers and…
Insurance tends to be something that people think about when there’s a major change. You update your insurance policy when you buy a new car and or a new house. Or, maybe you’ve been in a car accident or suffered some other type of loss and have needed to file…
The rock-and-roll singer Meat Loaf says hotel chain Hyatt Corp. is to blame for a fall off a raised stage at a horror convention that has left him unable to perform. Meat Loaf, whose real name is Michael Lee Aday, claims in a lawsuit filed Jan. 13, 2020, in a…
A new study from a Harvard Medical School hospital has found that recreational cannabis use impacts an individual’s driving ability, even when the individual is not high from marijuana. The dangerous behaviors of non-intoxicated drivers documented in the study included drivers exceeding the speed limit, blowing through red lights and…
Injuries in sports are common, especially in contact sports such as football, rugby or ice hockey. But when can a player sue another player for a personal injury sustained during the course of a game? On Dec. 2, 2019, a three-judge panel of the Massachusetts Court of Appeals ruled in…
If you are injured in an Uber or by an Uber – or a crash involving any other rideshare service in Boston – you may be entitled to substantial compensation for your injuries. Among the considerations a Boston personal injury attorney will make following an Uber crash: Uber considers its…
An Attleboro man was seriously injured after a swing collapsed last week at a popular outdoor bar. The man suffered a head injury after being hit by a falling pole at Lawn on D, a popular bar at the Convention Center. WHDH reported two women were on the swing at…
The fatal mauling of a 14-year-old Dighton boy has dog-bite safety in focus as spring gets underway in New England. The boy, who was a freshman at Bristol-Plymouth Technical School, was mauled by four dogs while helping a dog owner who had traveled to Boston, the Herald reported. He had…
The health care industry is coming under increasing fire for the high number of birth injuries that occur each year in the United States. Physicians with specialities in obstetrics or pediatrics account for nearly half of all medical malpractice claims. Specialists in orthopedics, emergency medicine and family medicine are also…