In a narrow, but nonetheless positive decision in the area of public safety at Massachusetts colleges and universities, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) recently issue a ruling that clarifies and confirms a University’s legal obligations to intoxicated students. Previous
Boston Accident Lawyer Blog
The Boston Accident Lawyer Blog, published by William D. Kickham, Attorney at Law, focuses on legal issues related to personal injury and accident law in Massachusetts. The blog covers topics such as construction site accidents, car and truck collisions, nursing home neglect and abuse, medical malpractice, product liability, and dog bite cases. It also addresses specific concerns like patient safety in assisted living facilities, legal implications of cosmetic procedure injuries, and liability issues surrounding backyard swimming pools. The blog provides insights into legal rights and responsibilities, highlighting recent cases and safety concerns relevant to injury victims and their families.
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Massachusetts Dog Bite Injuries: Not My Dog!
Those three words are what most dog owners would say about their beloved pet, whenever someone has been the victim of a dog bite. I know – both as a plaintiffs’ attorney representing victims of dog bites – as well…
Massachusetts Swimming Pool & Watersports Accidents: Caution’s The Word
For nearly the past four months, our way if life in this state and country has been turned almost completely upside down. We’ve been forced in to “lockdown”, workplaces shut, schools closed for months on end, and everyone required to…
New Massachusetts Law Creates Increased Danger for Nursing Home & Hospital Patients
Readers of my blog know of my devotion to protecting the legal rights and the health & dignity of nursing home patients, “memory care” patients, as well as hospital and rehabilitation center patients. These people are the elders who raised…
Massachusetts Nursing Homes COVID-19 Update: DPH Releases List of Affected Facilities
We hope that you’ve been dealing as well as you can with all the frustration from what can only be described as this awful situation with COVID-19, and that our previous posts on this subject have been of help to…
Recent Updates to Questions About Massachusetts Nursing Homes During COVID-19
Understandably, we are receiving a high number of calls from clients, friends and potential new clients who are worried about their loved ones in Massachusetts nursing homes, long-term care facilities, rehabilitation facilities, and assisted living facilities. A number of these…
COVID-19 & Massachusetts Nursing Homes: What’s Worse – The Virus or The System?
The coronavirus epidemic has caused heartache enough for people who have been infected or lost loved ones due to the infection. And while everyone is (for the most part) understandably taking measures to protect themselves and safeguard their own health,…
Advisory from The Law Office of William D. Kickham & Associates: Update on Operations During COVID-19
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Like many attorneys, I’ve been getting a lot of calls recently from present and potential new accident and injury clients,…
For Kickham Legal Injury Clients: COVID 19 Preparedness
While we’ve all been hearing about Coronavirus for the past two weeks or so, this past week has seen the most drastic and impacting of events surrounding this subject. Seemingly, almost everything has been shut down around us: Important government…
New Massachusetts Hands-Free Cell Phone Law
As I’ve written about previously on both this blog and elsewhere, the Massachusetts Legislature finally woke up last fall and presented Gov. Charlie Baker with a bill with (supposedly) teeth in it to ban hand-held cell phone use in Massachusetts,…