One popular activity in the summer months is going to local fairs and carnivals. While there are regular amusement parks in Massachusetts that have permanent attractions, there are also various fairs where the attractions are brought in on specially designed trucks that basically each deploy into a carnival ride. While…
Head injuries – and traumatic brain injuries in particular – account for 30 percent of all injury deaths in the U.S., according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Every day, more than 150 people die from TBIs. Although such injuries can happen to anyone, those in physically…
According to a recent report from Fox News, a man driving his pickup truck on Interstate 80 and was towing a large BBQ trailer when he crashed. Authorities alleged that the barbeque trailer managed to become disconnected from the black pickup truck and resulted in a major car accident involving four other…
In 2017, doctors and scientists know a lot more about traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other head injuries than they have every known before. One major reason is that many of brave servicemen and women suffered traumatic brain injuries as part as of their efforts in fighting the global war…
According to a recent news article from The Boston Globe, the family of a woman who died in a nursing home in Middlesex County has filed a lawsuit against nursing home and its parent company. The family has alleged staff members dropped the victim and during the fall, she broke…
According to a news report from the Waco Tribune, a young child identified as having special needs reportedly suffered a serious head injury, and local police suspect the injury may have occurred at his elementary school. The child is 8-years-old. The police first became aware of the incident when hospital…
According to a recent report from CNN, a school bus driver deviated from his designated route and crashed the vehicle at a high rate of speed. In this horrific crash, six children have been killed and more than a dozen were injured. Some of these injuries were very serious, including possible…
Falls are the leading cause of injuries suffered by elders in Massachusetts, according to a recent news article from the Worcester Telegram. This article focuses on how these falls are not only dangerous for elders, but are also largely preventable. In terms of a personal injury lawsuit involving an elder…
In Fecke v. Bd. of Supervisors Louisiana St. Univ. & Agricultural & Mech. College, a case from the Supreme Court of Louisiana, a college senior went to an indoor rock climbing facility located on the university campus. He had been enrolled in an Outdoor Living Skills Activity course and this…
In Huang v. The Bicycle Casino, an appeals court in California was tasked with weighing the issue of liability of a common carrier. For example, if you are injured while riding in friend’s car, and that friend was at-fault in the accident, your friend would be held to the ordinary…