Attorney John A. Day over at Day on Torts has  new post on his blog about an interesting new article that explores the effects of tort reform around the fifty states. Here is a link to the article and here is the abstract: “This manuscript contains the most detailed, complete and comprehensive legal dataset of tort reforms […]

I found the following over at the Taradash Law Firm web site which lists 72 common defenses used by insurance companies to avoid paying money to those injured in motor vehicle accidents. A big thank you is in order to the Taradash Law Firm – an Illinois law firm dedicated to representing injury victims – […]

I came across a great web site that offers numerous links to ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) blogs. It is called the world of alternative dispute resolution blogs. Check it out for information pertaining to mediation and arbitration, among other things.

The following is provided courtesy of Massachusetts Law Updates: In the case of Haglund v. Phillip Morris, the Supreme Judicial Court yesterday ruled that the fact that a smoker knew that cigarettes were dangerous but smoked anyway does not constitute an “unreasonable” use of the product under Correia v. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., 388 Mass. 342 […]

Many people in Massachusetts have MassHealth insurance. If you have been injured in a Massachusetts personal injury accident, and MassHealth pays for your medical bills, they will have a lien on any monies you obtain via settlement. However, often MassHealth will reduce their lien prior to the time of settlement. Your Massachusetts personal injury lawyer […]

If you have been injured in an accident in Massachusetts, and you have decided to handle your injury claim without a Massachusetts personal injury lawyer, you will need to know how to negotiate with the insurance company. Here is a great blog I found that is called How to Negotiate – Negotiation Skills for Any Situation. […]

If your Massachusetts personal injury claim has been denied by an insurance company, you (if you are representing yourself pro se), or your Massachusetts personal injury lawyer may need to file a lawsuit. By filing a lawsuit, you have declared to the insurance company that you are willing to try your case. At that point, perception is […]

Many times people are injured in Massachusetts motor vehicle accidents, and other types of accidents, by someone who, at the time of the accident, was working for someone else. If you can show that the employee was negligent, then you can possibly sue the employer as well for negligence. Under the doctrine of vicarious liability, or […]

I found a good post over at the Portland Personal Injury Lawyer blog that provides a crisp definition of products liability law. Here it is: If a defective product causes an accident that results in death, injury or property damage, the manufacturer, distributor, retailer, and lessor of the product may be liable for the damages caused by the […]

If you are injured at work in Massachusetts, you cannot sue your employer. What you can do is file a Massachusetts workers’ compensation claim. Your employer is required under Massachusetts law to carry workers’ compensation insurance. Workers’ compensation was created in the early part of the last century as a compromise between employers and employees. When […]