Boston Medical Malpractice and Workers' Compensation Blog

Whether you've been working for the same Massachusetts company for decades or recently started a new job, your risk for injury in the workplace might be at the low end of the spectrum or sky high. In fact, such risk can vary in the normal course of a workday, depending on your environment, the duties you are carrying out and what happens to be going on around you at a given moment. There are some industries, however, that most analysts consider high risk for on-the-job injuries.

If you work in one of these fields, it's important that your employer provide information, training and safety equipment to help you stay safe. Your employer has also likely purchased workers' compensation insurance, which provides benefits to injured workers during recovery. Navigating the workers' comp process can be stressful, especially if an insurance agency tries to deny your claim. It's good to know where to seek support, so there's no need to try to go it alone if a problem arises following a workplace accident.

Justice was finally meted out to the survivors of two laborers who lost their lives in a 2016 trench disaster in South Boston.

The defendants, the Atlantic Drain Service and its owner, chose a bench trial in Suffolk Superior Court. The judge presiding over the case returned a guilty verdict for each defendant on the charge of witness intimidation and double counts of manslaughter.

If you work as a medical provider in a health care setting, getting stuck by a contaminated needle is likely one of your greatest concerns. Many debilitating and even deadly diseases can be transmitted from patient to health care worker via a dirty needle.

Even though HIV and AIDS is not necessarily the death sentence that it once was, the thought of being exposed to the virus can be quite traumatic. Even when AIDS is not a concern, there are many other diseases which can be acquired in this manner.

Your due date came and went with no baby, and now your obstetrician is talking about the need for a C-section. This wasn't how you had planned to welcome your little bundle of joy into the world.

Is this surgery really necessary? It just might be. Read on to learn about common conditions that could make a C-section become a reality for your baby's birth.