When an employee is on the job in Boston and is assaulted by a co-worker, the injured worker is generally prohibited by the Workers’ Compensation Act codified in Chapter 152 of the Massachusetts General Laws (M.G.L.) from filing a civil lawsuit. This is because an injured employee has the remedy…
In Boston, a worker injured on the job is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits so long as they are an employee within the meaning of the the workers’ compensation act found in Chapter 152, Section 1 of the Massachusetts General Laws (M.G.L). The question that often arises is whether the…
Workers’ compensation is designed as no-fault system within which it should be fairly easy for an injured worker to obtain benefits for lost wages and medical expenses. In practice, however, things are not always so easy since we are not only dealing with employers, but with workers’ compensation insurance companies.…
Employee misclassification can cause serious problems for injured workers in Boston. This issue is becoming even more prevalent as we find ourselves in what is being called, “the gig economy.” The term is used to describe people who do not a have a traditional steady job, and instead work to…
These days it seems like so-called active shooter incidents are occurring more frequently than ever before, given that Americans own an estimated 265 million firearms. Aside from the intentional acts of terror, there are accidental shootings being reported in the media as well. If an accidental shooting occurs on-the-job, any…
Working in a factory can be a dangerous job. There are a lot of ways to get injured including slip and fall accidents, machine guarding accidents, heavy equipment accidents and falling inventory. In some cases, there is a catastrophic failure at the factory such as one recently reported by Fox…
When we think of workplace injuries in terms of Boston workers’ compensation cases, we are generally dealing with some type of accident. In many cases, it is simply an accident that was not anyone’s fault. In some cases, the accident is actually the result of an employer’s negligence. There is…
Opioid addiction has become a major epidemic in Boston and across the U.S. It is also become a hot topic for politicians and media outlets. While Massachusetts has long suffered from a major problem with heroin addiction, many times it begins with workers injured on the job who start taking…
Boston and the surrounding areas in New England are known for extremely cold winters with temperatures that fall below zero, but it is the strong winds that often wreak the most havoc on our area. We are regularly dealing with blocked streets and power outages due to downed trees. This…
When a worker is injured on-the-job in Boston, he or she should immediately report the injury to a supervisor or the employer. And if that worker desires to be compensated for medical bills, the cost of rehabilitation including physical or occupational therapy, and to recover for lost wages due to…