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• Massachusetts Personal Injury Update

  Ken Margolin | April 04, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Verdicts and settlements reported in this week's Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly newspaper, show the continued appreciation by jurors, of the terrible impact that severe injuries can have on the victim's enjoyment of life. Obstetrical negligence resulted in permanent neurological injuries to an infant, when the obstetrician failed to go to the hospital in a timely manner to deliver his patient's...

• Don't Let your Rights Slip Away

  Ken Margolin | March 23, 2007 5:40 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Most people have heard the term "statute of limitations," and have a vague idea that it creates some kind of time limit for legal action. Many people do not realize, however, how devastating a statute of limitations can be when it expires and extinguishes the right to pursue a valid lawsuit. Victims of a serious injury, or their family members, often suffer a type of emotional numbness when it...

• Truck Accident Victims Unite for Change

  Ken Margolin | March 15, 2007 1:50 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Sometimes the only solace after a loved one has been killed due to corporate negligence and greed, is to join with other grieving families to lobby for change. That is just what the families of children killed by truck driver negligence did, in forming Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T.), and Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH). Together, they call themselves the Truck Safety...

• Sexual Assaults on People with Disabilities

  Ken Margolin | March 02, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  The Florida InjuryBoard law firm partner of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., just took on a case of an autistic young adult who was sexually assaulted while in the care of a group home. The obligation of organizations providing day and residential care for people with disabilities, to keep them safe from sexual assault, is undeniable. Sexual assaults on the disabled are...

• Working to Lower Medication Errors - Credit Where it is Due

  Ken Margolin | February 13, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Michael Leonard, MD, is an anesthesiologist who has written on the subject of medication error reduction. Readers who have followed my blogs may know that the anesthesiology profession was a leader amongst physicians and hospital professionals in analyzing the causes of medication errors and other medical mistakes. The doctors who studied the problem, such as Lucien Leape, MD, and others,...

• Construction Accidents and Unionization

  Ken Margolin | January 23, 2007 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  A New York Times article at the end of last year reported that the number of construction fatalities more than doubled from the previous twelve month period. The biggest cause of construction deaths was falling, followed by deathfrom falling objects. The OSHA spokesman in New York City noted that non-union workers appeared to be more heavily at risk for death and serious injury. Union workers...

• Trucking Deregulation Endangers Roadway Safety

  Ken Margolin | December 26, 2006 2:30 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  A December 3rd article in The New York Times discusses the influence of the trucking industry and lobby in Washington, DC. Recent loosening of rules concerning the trucking industry has renewed debate about the soundness of the current administration's push to deregulate industry. Truck accidents involving passenger cars continue to be a major problem, causing injury and death on our roadways....

• Altered Medical Records - Evidence of Medical Malpractice

  Ken Margolin | October 18, 2006 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  In a blog entitled, "When to Call a Lawyer," I touched on the topic of alteration of medical records. In this posting, I will address it in more detail. Accuracy in medical records is essential. They are relied upon by subsequent treating physicians to give an accurate picture of a patient's prior medical history. In those instances when a medical professional must change a record - for example,...

• A Synopsis of Boston's Big Dig Tragic Tunnel Collapse

  Staff Writer | July 29, 2006 2:17 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  On July 10, 2006, Melina Del Valle (38) of Boston was killed when a nearly 3000 pound ceiling panel feel from the recently completed I 90/Ted William's Connector Tunnel in Boston's Central Artery. The tragedy follows a decade of concerns over escalating costs related to the tunnel, which included at least one indictment and conviction for false plan submission. Massachusetts Governor, Mitt...

• Association of Trial Lawyers of America Considers Name Change

  Staff Writer | July 15, 2006 5:36 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  This Monday, July 17, 2006, Ken Suggs, ATLA President, officers, the ATLA Board of Governors and ATLA membership will vote on whether to change the name of ATLA. ATLA, an organization in which I have actively participated for nearly a decade, is a very influential with members of Congress and the Judiciary. For years and from behind the scenes, ATLA has fought for people's rights. The...