Posts tagged General Personal Injury

• Detecting Brain Injury

  Ken Margolin | November 15, 2006 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability among Americans. TBI kills 50,000 people per year and it is estimated that over 5 million Americans are afflicted with TBI-related health problems. TBI most commonly occurs from traffic or sports accidents and falls. In any personal injury case involving definite or potential trauma to the head, the possibility of brain...

• Deadly Hospital Infections

  Ken Margolin | November 14, 2006 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The prevalence of drug-resistant, hospital-acquired infections should still be a cause for concern among doctors and patients, according to a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC's press release on the study's findings discloses that over the past 30 years, "staph" infections, acquired in hospitals and other healthcare facilities such as nursing homes,...

• Drunk Driving Accidents

  Ken Margolin | November 13, 2006 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The federal Center for Disease Control estimates that alcohol is involved in car crashes that kill someone in the United States every 13 minutes. That equals more than 15,000 deaths per year due to drunk driving accidents. The government has made a number of recommendations to reduce alcohol-related deaths and injuries on the roadway.It pressured states - with the threat of losing federal money...

• Car Accidents and the Cell Phone Menace

  Ken Margolin | November 10, 2006 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A friend of mine joked recently that he had a vision of his demise - run over by a minivan driven by someone talking on a cell phone. He may be right. The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society estimates that drivers distracted by cell phones cause 2,600 highway deaths and 330,000 injuries each year. Since everyone knows they shouldn't talk on a cell phone while driving, it remains a mystery why...

• Pharmacy Errors Continue to Kill

  Ken Margolin | November 09, 2006 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A trip to the local drug store to fill a prescription seems as benign as a trip to the supermarket to buy a quart of milk. As a matter of fact, many supermarkets now have pharmacies. In addition to the huge number and varied types of pharmacies, add the proliferation of new drugs and the aging of the general population, and you get billions of prescriptions filled each year. The United States is...

• Catastrophic Injury Cases and the Day in the Life Video

  Ken Margolin | November 08, 2006 11:30 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  When attorneys handle a case involving paralysis or other catastrophic injuries, one of the biggest challenges is effectively portraying their impact on the client's life. Words are powerful, but go only so far. One of the most effective tools available to the trial lawyer is the day in the life video. These videos show more dramatically than any verbal description, the difficulties posed by the...

• The Voir Dire Debate

  Ken Margolin | November 08, 2006 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Voir dire is the process whereby potential jurors are questioned before they are selected, to probe for biases that might impair their ability to impartially judge the facts. Voir dire has been described in a "Law Day" outline of the American Bar Association, as "one of the most important aspects of any trial." Massachusetts is one of only a few states in the country in which voir dire is not...

• Spinal Cord Injuries

  Ken Margolin | November 07, 2006 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Severe spinal cord injuries fall into the category of injuries that can be described as life-altering. Enormous strides have been made in the last decade to help individuals paralyzed by spinal cord trauma live longer with a higher quality of life. Naturally, the greater the damage to the spinal cord and the more severe the limitation on movement and self-sufficiency, the greater the supports...

• Your Personal Injury Lawsuit Part II - In Court

  Ken Margolin | November 01, 2006 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A lawsuit begins with the filing of the Complaint and the service of a copy of the Complaint with a summons, on the defendant. If the defendant has insurance, there will usually be a delay of approximately 30 days while the insurance company assigns defense counsel. Once the lawyers for all parties are known and the defendant answers the Complaint, the lawsuit begins moving.Massachusetts has a...

• Your Personal Injury Lawsuit Part I - Pre-Litigation

  Ken Margolin | October 31, 2006 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Many clients who are injured delay calling an attorney because they are apprehensive about the process. There is no need to be. An experienced personal injury attorney will put his client at ease and explain every step of the process during the first interview. While the specifics of any individual case vary with the facts, most personal injury lawsuits will follow some or all of the steps...