As a Massachusetts catastrophic injury attorney, I see the real-life consequences of a lot of terrible accidents that were caused by someone else’s negligence. I see these consequences in the eyes and the lives of my clients, who have to
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Attorney William D. Kickham has more than 30 years of legal and litigation experience from diverse positions in law & public affairs, representing clients on a wide range of insurance liability litigation and criminal defense legal issues. Mr. Kickham presently practices plaintiffs’ tort law and criminal defense within his own firm in metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts.
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Boston Center Garage Collapse
Reports tonight of a construction worker death in partial collapse of a Boston Government Center garage. Yet one more awful example of just how dangerous construction site jobs are. Prayers to the family of the victim. A lawsuit will certainly…
Boston Government Center Garage Collapse
Breaking news reports tonight of a construction worker killed in the collapse of a Government Center garage that was being worked on. https://boston.cbslocal.com/2022/03/26/government-center-garage-collapse-haymarket-construction-worker-dead-crane/.
Prayers to the family. This is just one more awful example of just how dangerous construction site…
Drowning Accidents Kill Two In Worcester
An awful tragedy struck two families today at a pond in Worcester.
Worcester Police received multiple calls reporting that someone was possibly drowning Green Hill Pond at around 1:35 p.m. Several officers responded and immediately went into the pond to…
Defunding Police Departments: Not Just a Radical Idea, A Highly Dangerous One
I’ve watched with increasing dismay – even disgust – at the calls of extremists in the Democratic Party (specifically, the leftist wing that controls that party) to “defund” police departments across this country. This ridiculous idea has to be among…
Massachusetts Should Decriminalize Psychedelic Drugs for Medical and Recreational Use
In Part One of my most recent post on this subject, I outlined a recent effort in the Massachusetts Legislature to decriminalize and eventually legalize for sale psychedelic drugs. While a good number of people might be shocked at this…
Should Massachusetts Decriminalize Psychedelic Drugs?
As pretty much anyone in Massachusetts knows, possession and use of marijuana (cannabis) has been legal here for a few years now. It made its way to full legalization following initial decriminalization. Decriminalizing is the legislative process of removing criminal sanctions…
Tragic Boston Construction Accident Kills Two Workers
Two Boston construction site workers were tragically killed earlier today in downtown Boston. While all such catastrophic events and the resulting tragedies are difficult to describe, this one was especially awful.
According to multiple news media reports, including Boston25 News…
Massachusetts Nursing Home Lockout Must End Completely – Now
It has now been been almost one year since Massachusetts nursing homes locked their doors to the families of their residents. This action, while initially taken on March 13 2020 to prevent transmission of the Covid-19 virus, has turned into…
Can Tobacco Companies Still Be Sued for Causing Cancer?
While the 1990’s saw a string of very large settlements from class actions against various individual tobacco companies and the tobacco industry in general. One class action settlement in particular involved hundreds of millions of dollars paid to state governments…