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When you rent a home or apartment, you’re not just paying for four walls and a roof. You’re paying for a safe place to live, but what happens when your landlord doesn’t hold up their end of the bargain? What if broken stairs, faulty wiring, or other dangerous conditions cause you serious harm? Massachusetts law […]

Online shopping changed everything. Those quiet residential streets you remember? They’re now delivery routes that see Amazon Prime vans, FedEx trucks, and UPS vehicles multiple times every single day. It’s convenient, sure. But it’s also created serious safety problems for Massachusetts residents, pedestrians, and other drivers sharing these roads. When delivery trucks crash in residential […]

When a motorcycle accident leaves you permanently disabled, everything changes. I’m not talking about a broken arm that heals in two months. These are injuries that don’t get better, no matter how many surgeries you have or how hard you work in physical therapy. Your whole life shifts. How do you work? How do you […]

Trucks haul everything across Massachusetts highways. Construction materials, consumer goods, and industrial equipment. When that cargo isn’t secured properly, the results can be devastating. Loose freight shifts inside trailers, spills onto roadways, or causes drivers to lose control entirely. Other motorists end up dealing with severe injuries, totaled vehicles, and mounting bills they never saw […]

Getting hurt as a passenger creates an incredibly confusing situation. You trusted someone to drive safely. Now you’re injured, dealing with medical bills, and maybe you’ve missed work. But passengers have strong legal protections in Massachusetts. You typically have several paths forward for getting compensated. Who Actually Pays For Your Injuries When you’re a passenger, […]

Left turn collisions at intersections are among the deadliest scenarios for motorcyclists on Massachusetts roads. These crashes consistently result in catastrophic injuries and fatalities. Why? They combine high speeds, almost no reaction time, and the fact that riders have virtually zero protection. If you’re trying to understand why these accidents happen and who’s responsible, that […]

You slip on an icy sidewalk or trip over a cracked curb outside city hall. The injuries are real. The medical bills pile up. But here’s what most people don’t realize: filing a claim against a Massachusetts city or town works completely differently than going after a private property owner. The rules are stricter, and […]

Picture this. You’re sitting at a red light, minding your own business, when someone rear-ends you hard enough to deploy your airbags. The other driver gets out, apologetic, shaken up. Then comes the part that makes your stomach drop: “I’m so sorry, I don’t have insurance.” Happens all the time. Despite Massachusetts having pretty strict […]

You know those pileup accidents you see on the highway where it looks like a parking lot of crushed vehicles? When a commercial truck’s involved, figuring out what happened and who’s responsible becomes incredibly difficult. Chain reaction crashes don’t leave clean evidence. There’s twisted metal everywhere, multiple injured people, and usually several different versions of […]

This past Thursday, three leading hospital networks in Massachusetts announced plans to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for all employees, even those not working directly with patients, according to the Associated Press. Leadership’s Strong Stance on Vaccination Executives from Mass General Brigham, Beth Israel Lahey Health, and Wellforce stressed the necessity of employee vaccinations to curb […]

Interesting piece in Boston Magazine http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2016/09/18/happy-hour-boston about abolishing happy hour, which was outlawed in 1984.

The number of alcohol serving licenses available in Pittsfield has shrunk by one, following a unanimous vote by the Licensing Board to revoke a license held by Willard Curtis, former proprietor of The Tavern on 4th Street. While The Tavern closed its doors more than four years ago, uncertainty has surrounded the fate of its […]

Interesting piece on the possible repeal of the ban on physician gifts, which has had an adverse impact on the restaurant industry. http://www.golocalworcester.com/news/pharmas-luxurious-gifts-could-cost-the-state-750-million/

Powerful column from the Boston Globe‘s Kevin Cullen about pending legislation to eliminate the statute of limitations for criminal and civil cases in Massachusetts. Rep. O’Flaherty then resigned as House chair of the Judiciary Committee.

This caught my eye. A cartographic depiction of the density of liquor licenses in the city. http://bostinno.com/2012/02/09/boozeton-massachusetts-the-north-end-chinatown-harvard-square-like-to-drink-maps/

Interesting piece in patch.com about a rift between the Somerville VFW Post and neighbors.

The Boston Globe reports about a bill that would eliminate civil and criminal statutes of limitations for childhood sex abuse cases and also abolish the antiquated charitable immunity law for those same cases. I fully support this proposed law, The Protection from Sexual Predators Act of 2011, House Bill No. 469.

The Boston Globe reports that a series of killings of gay men and women by their partners has alarmed advocates, who say the deaths reflect a serious problem of domestic violence in the gay community that draws scant attention from many in law enforcement. Since 2010, there have been seven killings as a result of […]

The Boston Globe reports that wine production is up in Massachusetts despite tough economic times, citing a state agency report. In 2010, Massachusetts wineries hand-crafted and bottled more than 134,724 gallons of wine and hard apple cider, up 21 percent from 2007, said the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources. The department used reports from the […]