As I think many of you know, a good deal of my injury law practice involves representing victims of nursing home neglect and abuse. In this post, I’m asking you to prioritize just a few seconds in making a very time-senstive, important statement now to the federal government, on the…
Politics is often a sickening business. A place where honesty, ethics, the public interest and conscience take a back seat to money, expediency, self-interest and cowardice. Money talks in politics – it is the fuel that drives it. And individual career interests are almost always the hands on the steering…
In my previous post on this story, I wrote of the recent, horrific death of a 2 year old boy killed in an alligator attack at Walt Disney World in Florida. Specifically, I discussed that Disney had more than adequate reason to know that guests and visitors to their “Polynesian…
I usually write in this blog about primarily injury liability issues that occur in, or are likely to affect, Massachusetts residents. And an alligator attack isn’t exactly likely in this northeast state, that’s for certain. So why write here about the devastating tragedy that occurred in Walt Disney World in…
For anyone who reads this blog, it’s no secret that I’m passionate about protecting the rights of elders and sick, disabled people in Massachusetts nursing homes and extended care facilities. Today’s post is Part Three of three recent posts I’ve dedicated to this subject, and it will outline the typical…
In my immediately previous post, I wrote of the steps that family members must take on their own, to assure that their loved one in a Massachusetts nursing home or extended care nursing facility is well cared for. If you haven’t read that post yet, I’d suggest that you take…
In a previous post, I wrote of state & federal government agencies that family members can report suspected cases of Massachusetts nursing home neglect or abuse to. While you can & should copy the contact information for several agencies that are outlined in that previous post, I don’t want readers to…
Readers of this blog know how many times I’ve written previously in this blog about the atrocious conditions that many Massachusetts nursing home residents live in every day. It’s sickening, it’s cruel, it’s a stain on our society, and it’s a moral outrage. Yet it goes on, and on, seemingly unstopped. Why? …
There was a disturbing item in today’s news, about an assault and battery that occurred at a Brighton bar recently. It illustrates an important legal reality surrounding the liability of bars, taverns and restaurants, for injuries that patrons can suffer when attacked at such an establishment. Before I discuss the…
Anyone who reads my blog here knows how strongly I feel about the special care and dignity that is owed to Massachusetts nursing home residents. Readers also know of my distrust of the nursing home industry in general, though I do allow for exceptions, as there are some good nursing…