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Recent Practice Development: Atty. William D. Kickham Admitted to United States Supreme Court
While this blog’s purpose is to help clients, media and the public better understand important legal issues affecting criminal law and injury law in Massachusetts, my post today has to do with some bragging rights. On March 4 2019, I was sworn in at the United States Supreme Court in…
Halloween Safety In Massachusetts – At Home & On The Streets
Everyone loves Halloween – especially two groups: Kids and candy manufacturers. But here’s a horrifying reality: More than any other day of the year, children are more than twice as likely to be hit by or killed by a motor vehicle (car, truck, SUV, or whatever) on Halloween. In 2017,…
Injured in Massachusetts Accident? Resolve To Remember This List for 2017
OK – The holidays are now over, it’s now officially 2017, and we all (or at least I) face three cold, icy, miserable months ahead until we can hope for signs of spring. (Sorry to you ski-lovers for this description, but I’m made for summer.) Cold, ice, snow and slush…
Liability Insurers Still Fighting Boston Marathon Claims, Almost One Year Later
As if we here in Massachusetts haven’t spent the past 11 months being inundated with the media’s (especially The Boston Globe’s) nonstop dead-horse-beating of last year’s April 2013 Marathon bombings, the media here is now gearing up to re-hype the whole thing all over again. Talk about both sickening and…
Christmas Day, 2013
What to say today? That I hope all who read this blog, whether occasionally or regularly, will be spared the suffering of an accident or injury this day and this season. But that won’t happen. In fact, a story of a motor vehicle accident beyond comprehension in its tragedy occurred…
Concussion Lawsuits Forming a Trend By Retired Football Players
Move over, Big Tobacco. You may be soon joined by Big Football in being named defendants in personal injury lawsuits, as more victims of traumatic brain injuries realize where their injuires came from, and hold the responsible parties legally accountable. That’s right. There has recently been a new spate of…
What’s A Massachusetts Injury Case Worth? – Part 2 of 2
In my previous post on this subject, I wrote about how many people who suffer an injury or accident due to someone else’s negligence, often don’t seek the advice of an attorney experienced in this area of law, because they think their cause “doesn’t qualify.” That’s unfortunate, because the law…
What’s Your Massachusetts Injury Case Worth?
As a Boston-Dedham injury attorney, I am always shocked when I talk to people who have suffered a Massachusetts personal injury – and learn that they never brought their case to a Massachusetts injury lawyer. I find the reasons to be sometimes shocking. Most either minimze the importance of their…
How Sweet It’s Not: Assisted Living Facility Liable For Injury From Cookie?
As a Boston-Dedham personal injury attorney, I’ve handled a great deal of personal injuries due to many forces, including cases of food poisoning. In fact, most people would be surprised to learn of the number of injuries that can result from improperly or negligently prepared food. In this case, the…