Please be aware that next Friday, all homeowners and landlords are required to install carbon monoxide detectors on their properties. The bill is aptly named “Nicole’s Law” after Nicole Garafalo of Plymouth, Massachusetts, who died last year after carbon monoxide levels increased in the house she was living in due to a vent in the […]
Call Earley Before It’s Too Late!Deadline Approaching for Installation of CO Detectors in Massachusetts
Massachusetts has taken a smart step in creating a law which would make it very difficult for identity thieves to obtain private financial information concerning unsuspecting victims. The bill would allow consumers to place a “security freeze” on their credit reports which would prevent phony accounts from appearing on their credit report. In my opinion […]
Arbitration, like mediation, has become a popular means of resolving personal injury claims. Arbitration can be used to resolve auto accidents, slip and falls, dog bites, and basically any other personal injury claim, assuming of course that the involved parties are willing to arbitrate the claim. Please note that arbitration can be used not only […]
A Mississippi diocese by way of settlement has agreed to pay 19 victims 5.1 million who claimed to have been sexually molested by priests in the diocese. Some of the claims that were settled dated back to allegations of molestation from the 1960’s. Please click here for the full article.
The MTA has settled a three-year dispute with JDS Refrigeration Transport stemming from an accident caused by a vehicle owned by JDS. The JDS vehicle – carrying bananas at the time – was a tractor trailer that crashed and caused extensive damage in the I-93 Tunnel beneath South Station, located in downtown Boston. Please click here […]
The days of requiring motorcycle operators to wear helmets in Massachusetts may soon be coming to an end. The current law which requires all motorcycle operators to wear helmets may be soon amended to only require those operators under the age of 21 to wear helmets. I for one am opposed to this law. Motorcycle […]
Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, a high-profile Mississippi litigator, with the help of a key whistleblower, is building a large case against different insurance companies for their unfair handling of claims arising from the damage of Hurricane Katrina. Click here for the full text of the story.
Zurich American Insurance Co., the third-largest underwriter in the U.S., has agreed to pay $171 million to nine different states for bid-rigging and price-fixing, with Massachusetts being one of those states. This is another example of a powerful insurance company profiting at the expense of others. In my personal injury practice I see insurance companies […]
As discussed in an earlier post, the minimum mandatory levels of automotive bodily injury insurance coverage in Massachusetts is $20k. But what if the auto accident you were involved in results in medical expenses (more on this in a later post) and/or lost wages and/or pain and suffering damages that exceed $20k? Well this often […]
If you are presently shopping for auto insurance, or if you are interested in changing your current policy, or if you are thinking about changing carriers, I suggest you visit auto-insurance-rates-compared.com for valuable information. Please click here for the link, and feel free to contact me with any Massachusetts auto insurance questions you may have.