Personal Injury

New Bedford Cracking Down On Impaired Drivers

August 10, 2012 | by John S. Moffa

Beginning next week as of August 15, 2012, the New Bedford Police Department is joining up with 128 other law enforcement agencies in a nationwide movement to suppress driving under the influence. The most common personal injury claims are for car accidents.

The “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” movement will take place from August 15 ^th to September 3, 2012 and the New Bedford Police will be going after any person that consumes alcohol or takes drugs and gets behind the wheel.This armament is being funded by a federal grant through the (EOPSS-HSD) or Executive Office of Public Safety and Security’s Highway Safety Division.

Did you know that on average, someone is killed every 51 minutes in the United States because of a drunk driving accident? On holiday weekends such as the Fourth of July or Memorial Day weekend these statistics become even more shocking.

Mcdonald’s Hot Coffee Case–the Real Storymcdonald’s Hot Coffee Case–the Real Story

September 9, 2011 | by John S. Moffa

In June this year HBO aired a new documentary film called Hot Coffee. This documentary shows how corporate America and the insurance industry helped orchestrate the perceived “law suit crisis”. The McDonalds’ case is perhaps the most frequently cited case in the argument for tort reform and limits on damages that can be awarded to injury victims. Most people believe the case is about a greedy coffee drinker who spilled coffee on herself and won millions of dollars for no apparent reason.

Many of the jurors I encounter bring up “frivilous lawsuits” and the “McDonald’s case” as evidence of what’s wrong with the legal system and to a certain extent America. However, few people know the actual details surrounding the injuries suffered by the victim and the decisions McDonald’s made which could have prevented those injuries.

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August 31, 2011 | by John S. Moffa

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