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• Maclaren Stroller Recall: Free Repair Kit Costs More Than Its Worth

  Steven Schafer | November 16, 2009 12:01 AM | 2 CommentsBoston, MA

  On November 9, 2009, Maclaren USA, the American subsidiary of the British manufacturer of umbrella strollers and other children’s products, “voluntarily” recalled about 1 million...

• Falling Down Stairs

  Ken Margolin | February 15, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Falling down a flight of stairs or even a few steps can cause serious injuries. Broken bones, head injury, and other trauma can result. In determining whether a stair injury case should result in a lawsuit, a number of factors need to be determined in addition to the severity of the injury. Stair injury cases are a form of premises liability litigation. Stair design is one factor to be analyzed....

• Maclaren Stroller Recall: What A Parent Should Do

  Steven Schafer | November 17, 2009 12:01 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  On November 9, 2009, Maclaren USA, the American subsidiary of the British manufacturer of umbrella strollers and other children’s products, “voluntarily” recalled about 1 million...

• Cell Phone Driving Fatalities

  Ken Margolin | August 07, 2007 4:10 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  If the sight of the driver to your right on the interstate, chatting away on his cell phone gets you angry, you've got a right to be. Various studies have shown that driving while talking on a cell phone can be as dangerous as driving with a blood alcohol level over the legal limit. Estimates of the number of U.S. traffic fatalities caused by cell phone talking while driving are generally in the...

• Maclaren's "Voluntary" Recall of Strollers May Not Be So Voluntary

  Steven Schafer | November 15, 2009 2:26 PM | 1 CommentBoston, MA

  On November 9, 2009, Maclaren USA, the American subsidiary of the British manufacturer of umbrella strollers and other children’s products, “voluntarily” recalled about 1 million...

• Can I Sue if I Receive Workers Compensation?

  Ken Margolin | July 20, 2007 3:30 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  I have been asked this question many times over the years by clients who have received serious personal injuries at work. Workers compensation pays the injured employee regardless of whether the employer or anyone else was negligent, and even if the employee's own negligence contributed to his injuries. Worker compensation laws are essential, but they are something of a devil's bargain. The...

• Bedrails can kill patients

  Steven Schafer | February 25, 2009 10:27 AM | 2 CommentsBoston, MA

  Despite federal safety regulations and an increased awareness of the dangers of using bedrails at long-term care facilities and hospitals, patients continue to die from suffocation, strangulation or...

• FDA Announces Safety Review of FosaMax, Boniva Class of Drugs

  Courtney Mills | October 02, 2007 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  The FDA released an 'early communication' to the public of an ongoing safety review regarding the drug class bisphosphonates due to potential atrial fibrillation with the use of this class of drug. The agency has requested that further data be obtained in order to assay the merits of the tendency.Bisphosphonates are a class of drug prescribed by physicians to treat osteoporosis. These...

• Deadly Medication Errors

  Ken Margolin | September 14, 2007 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  The problem of medication errors has by now been well-reviewed, and efforts to minimize such errors are underway in hospitals and doctors' offices across the country. Nevertheless, the problem of medication errors has proven to be a very stubborn one. In his groundbreaking book, "To Err is Human," Lucien Leape, M.D., estimated that medication errors caused approximately 98,000 deaths per year....

• Workplace Assaults

  Ken Margolin | March 03, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reports that an average of 1.7 million people annually were the victims of non-lethal workplace assaults during the period 1993-1999. Leading the way for types of employment carrying the greatest risk of assault, were nursing homes and hospitals. Retail operations, such as grocery stores, also carried a surprisingly high risk...