Avoiding Truck Blind Spots

Most people know what a blind spot is, and most drivers know where blind spots are in their own vehicles. But many people do not realize just how expansive a semi-truck’s blind spots are—and that there are four of them. When you are in a trucker’s blind spot, you increase your chances of getting hit…

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Concerns for Pregnant Woman in Massachusetts Car Accident—Placental Abruption & Uterine Ruptures

Car accidents can result in three types of uterus injuries: uterine rupture, uterine laceration and complete transection. Pregnant woman in their second trimester are 40% more likely to be involved in an accident than at any other time in the three year period prior to the pregnancy. A car accident can have serious consequences even…

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Rate of Heroin in Opioid-Related Deaths Continues to Decline While Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Increase

First Quarterly Report of 2017 on Opioid-Related Deaths in Massachusetts Released The rate of heroin in opioid-related deaths continues to decline while fentanyl increases. BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) today released its first quarterly opioid report of 2017, which showed an increase in opioid-related overdose deaths attributed to fentanyl and declines…

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Article Written by Attorney Patrick Noonan Published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

Public Urination Laws in Massachusetts and Why They Need to be Changed “Time to get a public urination statute on the books,” an article written by Massachusetts attorney, Patrick Noonan, was recently published by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Vol. 45, Issue No.: 44, October 31, 2016). The article discusses the way in which Massachusetts punishes the…

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Coordination of Benefits: The Relationship Between PIP, MedPay, MassHealth, Medicaid, Medicare and ERISA Health Plans

We Understand How Your Insurance Coverage Works Understanding your rights and insurance coverage benefits is not always easy and oftentimes, insurance companies make pursuing your rights harder than it has to be. The information below explains how different types of medical insurance coverage benefits that accident victims in Massachusetts may be entitled to receive. If…

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You Do Have the Right to Remain Silent

“You do have the right to remain silent,” written by Patrick J. Noonan, criminal defense attorney, was originally published in the Lawyers Journal (Vol. 20, No.: 10, June 2013), which examines a detainee’s right to remain silent during police interrogation in Massachusetts.  Read on Mass. Bar Association Website  ||  More Publications by Patrick J. Noonan You do have…

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Nobody’s Perfect: The Need for New Expungement Law

“Nobody’s Perfect: the need for new expungement law,” written by Massachusetts criminal defense attorney, Patrick. J. Noonan, was published in the Lawyers Journal (Vol. 22, No.: 10, June 2015), which examines the difference between sealing a criminal record and expunging a criminal record in Massachusetts. Read on Mass. Bar Association Website || More Publications by Patrick J. Noonan Nobody’s…

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Audit: Youth ‘Felt Very Safe’ at Casa Isla, Days Before Shutdown Amid Allegations of Abuse

By Shira Schoenberg August 4, 2015 Note: This article was originally published on MassLive.com. BOSTON – On Aug. 21, 2014, an auditor who was trained in monitoring prisons to ensure that they complied with anti-sexual assault policies conducted an audit of a Boston juvenile detention facility. Auditor Kurt Pfisterer interviewed four boys in the facility,…

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