There is a new legal blog provided by The Washington Post and it is called Bench Conference. Check it out.

Massachusetts medical malpractice claims must pass through a tribunal if the case is ultimately going to be successful. This is a prerequisite to any medical malpractice claim in Massachusetts  I found the following on Stoneham, Massachusetts attorney Susan M. Mooney’s web site that does a great job of explaining the tribunal system in the context of […]

Massachusetts law requires all motor vehicle operators to carry auto insurance. I stress to my clients that they should buy as much auto insurance as they can possibly afford. After all, it does not require that much money to increase your coverage from 20k/40k to 50k/100k. When it comes to insurance, the more the better. In fact, you […]

This story is really bad and exemplifies greed run amok. The New York law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Shulman yesterday received a 20-count indictment for allegedly paying illegal kickbacks to plaintiffs in class action lawsuits. Here is an excerpt of the story provided courtesy of The New York Times: The securities class-action law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad & […]

Witness statements following a Massachusetts personal injury accident are crucial. Whether it be an auto accident, slip and fall, dog bite, or any other kind of accident, favorable witness statements can help a case. It is crucial to obtain the witness statements immediately after the accident because the events of the accident are at that point […]

Arbitration with respect to Massachusetts personal injury claims is essentially a voluntary process. With the exceptions of Massachusetts underinsured and uninsured motorist claims, the decision to arbitrate a personal injury claim is a mutual decision arrived at by the relevant parties. Often, the parties to an arbitration will agree to a high/low agreement before the arbitration. […]

A Florida jury found that a 20-year employee of the USPS was unlawfully fired because the employee had filed, in the view of the USPS, too many workers’ compensation claims. An employee in Massachusetts cannot be fired for filing a Massachusetts workers’ compensation claim. To allow such conduct would prevent the employer from paying the workers’ […]

Many times following a Massachusetts auto accident it is found that the at-fault driver does not have enough bodily injury insurance to cover the injured party’s medical expenses, lost wages and pain and suffering. Since many Massachusetts drivers only have the minimum required amount of $20k/$40k, this scenario happens far too often. However, it is possible in […]

Here is some more information about dog bites which I share because it is nearly Dog Bite Prevention Week. This post comes courtesy of Southern Maryland Online: Dog bites are a serious public health problem that inflicts considerable physical and emotional damage on victims. In the United States, there are more than 53 million dogs sharing the […]

I found this over at injuryboard.com which highlights a unique case of medical malpractice, and the problems faced when a doctor does not have medical malpractice insurance: A Hawaii jury has awarded damages of nearly $5.6 million in a lawsuit against a surgeon who placed a piece of a screwdriver in the patient’s back. Two […]