By Robert I. Feinberg | Published January 15, 2025 | Posted in Personal Injury, Slip and Fall | Tagged Tags: injuries, slip and fall, TBI | Comments Off on With Winter Weather Comes a Higher Incidence of Slips and Falls
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With Winter Weather Comes a Higher Incidence of Slips and Falls
Wintertime in Massachusetts brings freezing temperatures, snow and ice, creating hazardous conditions that increase the potential for serious slip and fall accidents. These accidents can lead to a range of severe injuries, each with distinct symptoms that require prompt medical attention. Understanding the nature of these injuries and seeking appropriate help can make a significant Read More
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What to Do — and Not Do — After a Slip and Fall Accident
A slip and fall can happen unexpectedly, leaving you disoriented and injured more than you know. Such accidents often result in fractures, sprains, head injuries and back or spinal cord injuries. These injuries can have long-term consequences, so it’s important to take them seriously. Knowing the right actions to take and to avoid immediately afterward Read More
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What to Know About Recovering Damages for Transit System Injuries
Patrons of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), commonly known as the “T,” face various hazards that can result in significant injuries. These injuries often stem from slip-and-fall accidents on station stairways and platforms, falls when detraining or stepping down from a bus, and impacts from sudden movements or abrupt stops of trains or buses. Read More
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With Summer Fun Comes Increased Risk of Injuries
Summer is a time for outdoor activities, vacations and just enjoying the warm weather, but it also brings a higher risk of certain accidents and health dangers. Although many accidents are preventable, you need to be aware of your legal remedies in case you or a family member suffer serious harm. The following are among Read More
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Legal Remedies if You’re Injured in a Supermarket Slip and Fall
You probably go to the local grocery store a couple of times a week and never think of it as a place where you could get hurt. But slips and falls happen in supermarkets far too often. When they are due to negligence on the part of store management or employees, the injured customer deserves Read More
Read MoreHow Can the Weather Affect a Snow-And-Ice Case?
As we have mentioned in prior blogs, following Papadopoulos v. Target Corp. 457 Mass. 368 (2010), the standard of care of a landowner for a slip and fall accident on snow and ice changed from having to show an artificial or unnatural accumulation of ice to whether the landlord acted reasonably in relation to the threat of harm posed by the snow and/or ice condition. The focus is on the conduct of the defendant who is obligated to use reasonable care in treating the condition that led to the fall.
What is the Law in Massachusetts Concerning a Snow and Ice Accident?
Let It Snow, But Don’t Forget to Salt… People across the country are experiencing excessive amounts of snow and very cold temperatures. That weather has certainly come to the Northeast. Not surprisingly, I have fielded more than a few calls from people who have fallen. Some have experienced very serious injuries. In the past, I Read More
Read MoreIt May Be After the Fact, But…
A common theme in representing victims of accidents, especially those injuries that occur on premises, is that the landowner or other entity in control of the property may change the conditions that gave rise to the accident after it occurred. Certainly, then, it is imperative for the lawyer to video or photograph the scene as Read More
Read MoreInsider Scoop on Slip and Fall Accidents
It is always useful to check out the perspective of the other side in any injury litigation dispute. For instance, the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI) does research on the prevention of slip and fall accidents — for the benefit of flooring supply and maintenance companies and the insurance companies that represent them. For businesses Read More
Read MoreBeing Injured on Someone Else’s Property
Property owners have a duty to keep their property safe so that people who enter it are not put into unnecessarily dangerous situations. When an accident occurs because of dangerous or poorly maintained property, it is called a premise liability accident, and victims have a right to sue for monetary compensation. The general rule in Read More
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