Category: Slip and Fall

If you fall on city property, you better act fast. You have only 10 days in which to file a claim. Otherwise, you will have exceeded the statute of limitations, and the court will not honor your complaint. (more…)

It can be difficult to know whether you can hold someone responsible in the event of a slip and fall in a parking lot which left you injured. It should come as a relief to you to know that yes, if unsafe conditions led to your full, and thus your injury, you may be able to file a liability claim against the person who either owns, or occupies, that property, or if neither of those are the case, against the party whose responsibility it is to maintain that property. (more…)

Following a slip and fall that left you injured, the first question you ask yourself may be whether the property owner can be held liable for the accident. Regardless of whether your fall was on public or private property, the answer to your question is oftentimes not as clear as you may expect. To get a better feel for your legal right regarding this matter, you can read on. (more…)

At times, the legal issues that concern premises liability can provide an accident victim with grounds for suing the owner of the place where the accident took place. That would certainly be true, if the owner had allowed that same property to exist in an unsafe or defective condition. In other words, that would be the case, if the owner had been negligent. (more…)

The victim of an accident could consider suing for punitive damages, if their injury had been caused by the action or lack of action that had been taken by another person. Yet a smart Personal Injury Lawyer in Cambridge would not encourage such a lawsuit unless the allegedly guilty party had demonstrated behavior that might be called evil or inconceivable. Exemplary damages (another name for punitive damages) get awarded to the victim of actions that showed a disrespect for the injured person. (more…)