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April 9, 2010

Football Head Injuries: A Follow-Up

I’ve previously blogged about the prospect of football helmet manufacturers facing product liability lawsuits for design defects in their helmets and the resulting brain injuries that occur. This week came news that former NFL lineman Ralph Wenzel has filed a Worker’s Compensation claim that says head injuries he sustained in the course of his NFL [...]

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April 3, 2010

Electric Bicycles: Coming Soon To A Massachusetts Roadway Near You

Electric bicycles have long been popular in Europe and Asia but, a couple weeks ago on NPR’s Science Friday With Ira Flatow, I learned about their growing popularity here in the United States. Industry experts in America predict there will shortly be one million electric bikes on the road here in the States. An electric [...]

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Also posted in Bicycle Accidents, Brain Injury, Products Liability
February 17, 2010

Can An Injured Olympic Athlete Sue The Olympics?

The Wall Street Journal’s law blog featured a discussion today of the legal rights of the family of Nodar Kumaritashvili, the young Georgian luger who died in an Olympic practice run last Friday from head injuries sustained when he and his sled flew over a low wall coming out of a sharp turn on the [...]

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Also posted in Brain Injury, Sports Injuries, Wrongful Death
January 21, 2010

Lawyers In Massachusetts And Elsewhere Ponder Whether Football Helmets Cause Head Injuries: Part II

Assuming that the modern-day football helmets effectively prevent against the most serious head injuries – such as fractured skulls – but are ineffective in preventing other sorts of head injuries would Massachusetts product liability law regard the typical football helmet as a dangerous or defective product? That’s a good question and there’s really no clear [...]

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Also posted in Brain Injury, Dangerous and Defective Products, Products Liability, Sports Injuries
January 20, 2010

Lawyers In Massachusetts And Elsewhere Ponder Whether Football Helmets Cause Head Injuries: Part I

In November, a Wall Street Journal article asked, “Is It Time to Retire the Football Helmet?” At the beginning of this month, Representative John Conyers (D-MI), of the House Judiciary Committee, held the second part of a hearing on whether football gear is causing brain injuries. As football fans in Massachusetts and throughout New England [...]

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