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Would-Be Massachusetts Tenant Can’t Sue Landlord For Fall Down Stairs

A Massachusetts woman interested in renting an apartment near Boston, scheduled an appointment to visit the building. When she arrived, she walked to the back of the building to find the defendant and the unit she was interested in renting. She then fell down an unguarded stairway and was injured, suffering personal injuries. The women sued the building owner, and according to the lawsuit, she claimed the stairway violated Massachusetts state building code. “It is important to note,” says Boston personal injury attorney Thiadora Pina, “that the woman can still sue the landlord for her fall down the stairs and subsequent injuries. According to this decision, however, her cause of action, or what she can sue under, is now limitied.”

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Cape Verdean Passover Seder in Boston

The fifth annual Cape Verdean-Jewish Seder was held at the St. Patrick’s Church in Roxbury, on March 24, 2010 to bring together the two communities. Over 200 included a mix of Jews and Cape Verdeans. Attorney Thiadora A. Pina, an associate at the Law Office of Neil Burns, is Vice President of the Board of Directors for CVC Unido – Cape Verdean Community Unity, and was an organizer of the community event. The Cape Verdean Consulate General was the guest speaker.

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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Accident Rates

Located in Boston, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority announced that MBTA bus drivers are actually safer than many motorists. But Boston injury attorney Thiadora Pina notes that “even though MBTA bus drivers are being more cautious, accidents still happen and people are still get injured.” According to the press release, the MBTA averaged 1.3 bus accidents for every hundred thousand miles last year, which represents a drop of more than 25% from 2007.

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Dorchester Hair Salon Owes $500,000.00 for Bad Weave

A Boston hair salon known as Kay’s, located on Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchester, Massachusetts, now owes a Brockton women $500,000.00 after the Appellate Division Court upheld the jury’s 2009 award. Boston personal injury attorney noted that negligence claims such as these, often tried at the District Court level, are then appealed when one side has a legal disagreement with the verdict, such as this case.

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Massachusetts Ranked 44th in State Safety Study

In the Boston suburb of Lowell, Massachusetts, a University of Massachusetts study has found a link between the number of certain kinds of freedoms that states allow and the rate of deaths by unintentional injury or accidents. Boston injury attorney Thiadora Pina notes that the Law office of Neil Burns promotes safety concerns and issues because “following safe practices is a fundamental component of injury to law. We look to the unsafe condition when a case involves personal injury.”

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Massachusetts Passes Safe Driver Legislation

Sitting in Boston, the Massachusetts Senate passed a safe driving legislative package that bans texting while driving, requires elderly drivers to submit to license testing, and prohibits junior operators from both texting and talking on a cell phone while driving. The attorneys at the Law Office of Neil Burns have represented hundreds of plaintiffs injured as a result of unsafe driving.

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Boston Suburb House Fire Blamed on Defective Laptop

In the Boston suburb of Plymouth, Massachusetts the overheating of a Hewlett-Packard Co. laptop is being blamed for a house fire that destroyed John Norrie’s home and seriously injured Mr. Norrie as he escaped the fire.We always promote safety, and represent clients injured in product liability cases Law Office of Neil Burns. You can keep safe by following and staying up to date on recent product recalls: Product Recalls.

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Massachusetts Small Claims Court Rules Changes in Boston Municipal Court

The Boston Municipal Court, and all Massachusetts District and Housing Courts have implemented important changes to small-claims procedure effective October 1, 2009. The Law Office of Neil Burns knows the importance of keeping up to date with rules, practices and procedures. These changes create new burdens and, in some instances, pose dangers for small-claims plaintiffs.

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