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Boston is one of many international trade ports in the United States. Senator Joe Biden discusses the importance of increasing port security and funding a relatively fail safe port screening with pre-existing "Star Wars" budgets. The Star Wars defense system (brainstormed during the Reagan Administration) absorbs about $8 Billion a year in federal funding and is intended to defend against...
The Massachusetts House has passed a bill (H.B. 4701) that would prohibit certain types of lawsuits. H.B. 4701 has come out of the Senate committee and awaits a full vote of the Senate. The law will preclude certain lawsuits related to retail sales and a retailer's practice of charging more than the advertised price for goods sold. This bill is anti-consumer and seeks to eliminate,...
The Boston Herald reports today that an Essex County judge may have banned a book authored by a Methuen man who wrote about losing the custody of his son. The decision has not been released, but it would seem that First Amendment (Freedom of Speech) issues may be involved and that the decision is likely to be appealed. The Boston Herald Article has more information about the circumstances...
On March 23 just after 1 a.m., a Dodge sedan was turning onto wrth Ave. N.E. from Lake City Way N.E. when the driver lost control of the car. The car collided with three parked cars and then flipped over. The man and woman in the car suffered life-threatening injuries and were taken to Harborview Medical Center. Authorities are investigating whether alcohol was a factor in the accident.The...
Medical malpractice insurance companies pushed hard on tort reform after they lost money (along with everyone else) in the stock market a few years back.Jordan Margolis, a Chicago personal injury lawyer, recently reported on his blog, that new studies show that we are not in a medical malpractice insurance crisis now.Magolis notes: Just as consumer rights organizations predicted, the so-called...
I like to tell my injury clients that their doctors are the most important witnesses in their cases.When a case is large or complex, I tell my clients that we can hire expert doctors, but treating doctors tend to have greater credibility with a jury since they 1) are not paid to provide opinions (even though most demand payment to testify); and 2) have actual "hands-on" contact with the...
Regardless of the injury (or loss of life), a claim against an airline for injuries that occured during international travel may be subject to strict limitations. The definition of "international travel" is strictly applied and will turn on locations listed on your passenger ticket. There may also be variations based on the countries to which you travelled. The evidence required to overcome...
Massachusetts law requires drivers to purchase a minimum insurance policy of $20,000 per person and $40,000 per accident. Often this coverage is insufficient to cover even medical expenses related to the collision. A little known aspect of auto insurance law is U coverage... U policies, or policies covering motor vehicle collisions where the party at fault has either no insurance or not enough...
Mulitple pre-delivery factors may be asessed by your OBYN to determine whether you will have a complicated delivery. The existence of such factors, known as risk factors, may be determined... by the use of ultrasounds.