If, like so many of us, you post your everyday activities and updates on social media sites, step back, pause, and let’s think about this. Increasingly, defense investigators and attorneys routinely check and monitor sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, GooglePlus, MySpace, etc., to easily compare claimants’ activities with their injury…
Texting while driving is a serious offense. On September 30, 2010, Massachusetts enacted a texting while driving law prohibiting all drivers from composing, sending, or reading text messages while driving. (M.G.L. c. 90 § 13B) At the same time, Massachusetts enacted an even stricter law prohibiting teenagers under the age…
The third week of May is National Dog Bite Prevention Week. As Massachusetts dog bite injury attorneys we thought you may be interested in the following facts. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C.D.C.), approximately 4.7 million people are bitten by dogs each year. Of that amount,…
On April 12, 2012, Attorney James K. Meehan attended the annual National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) Workers’ Compensation Panel Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Over several days, the group, comprising workers’ compensation attorneys nationwide, addressed issues confronting professional athletes injured while playing. This year’s meeting included lengthy discussions regarding…