Maine Injury, Accident, & Disability Law Blog : Maine Personal Injury Lawyer & Attorney : Joe Bornstein Law Firm : Portland Bangor Maine

The Law Offices of Joe Bornstein – one of Maine’s leading personal injury and disability law firms – is pleased to announce the hiring of its 10th attorney, Ivy L. Frignoca. Attorney Frignoca joins a staff of nearly 60 legal professionals and will head the firm’s trial practice group.

Well versed in the field of personal injury law, Attorney Frignoca received her undergraduate degree from the University of Vermont and her law degree from the University of Maine in 1993. After graduating, Ivy clerked for the Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court before beginning a trial practice.

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A popular hip replacement part is being recalled.

Johnson & Johnson, in conjunction with its DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary, recently announced that it’s recalling parts used for hip replacements. An estimated 93,000 people will be affected by the product recall.

The DePuy ASR XL Acetabular System and the DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System are the two products involved in the recall. The Acetabular System helps address pelvic problems, while the Resurfacing System substitutes a metal device for the ball of a human hip. Both carry a high rate of repeat surgeries needed by people who have received the parts.

The decision to recall the two products is based on the findings from a recent study conducted in the UK. The study showed a five-year rate of revision surgery of 12 percent for the ASR Resurfacing System and about 13 percent for the ASR XL system. The double digit rates are uncommon and higher than expected.

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The Law Offices of Joe Bornstein is pleased to announce its latest marketing venture. In an attempt to promote our new telephone number, 1-800-CALL-JOE, our new advertising takes us high above downtown Portland atop the Time and Temperature Building. In a repetitive sequence of four that begins with the current time and temperature, our ad flashes: “CALL” and then “JOE”

Located at 477 Congress Street, the Time and Temperature Building is a longstanding fixture in the Portland skyline. Built in 1924, the building was once home to Maine’s first indoor shopping center on its ground floor. Today, the 14-story office building is home to many prominent businesses, including local television and radio stations, and is visible throughout Portland and as far away as Peaks Island.

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Nearly ten years after first envisioned, Portland’s Bayside Trail is open.

In association with the city of Portland, Portland Trails, Trust for Public Lands (TPL) and the Bayside Neighborhood Association, the Bayside Trail officially opened to the public with a ribbon cutting ceremony on August 19th. The 1.2 mile trail runs parallel to Marginal Way and travels through the Bayside Neighborhood connecting the Eastern Promenade with Deering Oaks.

Funded in part by federal grants, city funds and private money, the $2.3 million trail connects some of the city’s most used trails and parks. The paved and lighted trail runs from Elm Street to the Eastern Prom Trail allowing pedestrians and bicyclists to travel from Bayside to the Back Cove trail, East End Beach, or Portland's waterfront. The trail’s design and construction incorporated many green elements including rain gardens, LED lighting, and concrete that captures stormwater and avoids run-off.

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Maine State Police will be cracking down on impaired driving from August 20th - September 6th. In association with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the nationwide safety campaign Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest will help educate Americans on the dangers of drinking and driving while attempting to put an end to it.

Each year, nearly 12,000 people die in accidents in which a driver was at or above the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit of .08. Recent studies show that 32 percent of fatalities in motor vehicle accidents involve an intoxicated driver, with the highest percentage of alcohol impaired drivers in fatal crashes age 21-24.

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On August 12, the United States Postal Service unveiled a new stamp depicting Winslow Homer's painting, Boys in the Pasture. The stamp is the 9th in the American Treasures Stamp series released by the Postal Service and honors the artist who is said to have did for the United States what the French Impressionists did for Europe.

Considered one of the foremost artists in 19th century America, Winslow Homer (1836 –1910) was a landscape painter and printmaker. The 44-cent stamp was dedicated at the 2010 American Philatelic Society Stamp Show in Richmond, Virginia, the largest annual postage stamp show held in the United States. Boys in the Pasture, an 1874 oil-on-canvas, is currently on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA.

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