Massachusetts Accidents

A city road claim in Fall River can turn into a fight over notice, vehicle damage, lost income, and a Medicare payback that shrinks the settlement fast.

A Lowell HVAC tech got wrecked by a rental car with bad brakes, and the real fight turned into which insurer is supposed to pay.

If you're an HVAC tech who went through a ceiling and everybody is pointing at somebody else, the evidence you grab in the first 48 hours can decide whether this stays "just workers comp" or turns into a real third-party claim too.

A Lowell HVAC tech got hit by a wrong-way truck and the biggest problem now is that the trucking company's electronic crash data may vanish fast if nobody moves.

Missing work after an injury can drain a paycheck fast and put health insurance, job security, and a legal claim under pressure all at once. FMLA leave is job-protected, unpaid...

A pregnant pharmacist hit while walking on a Brockton road without a sidewalk can get squeezed from both sides fast: employer pressure, insurer surveillance, and settlement offers before the real medical costs show up.

A Worcester business owner hit from behind on a motorcycle needs to lock down evidence fast because a hospital lien can devour a decent claim if the proof is sloppy.

A Springfield nurse gets hit after work, the other vehicle had known brake problems, and the city tries to hide behind immunity because the road was a mess too.

A wrong-way crash is bad enough, but when the truck belongs to the City of New Bedford the rules, deadlines, and payout limits get a lot harsher.

A sworn written statement. "Sworn" means the person signing it affirms the contents are true, usually under penalty of perjury. "Written" matters because a declaration is meant...

A parent in Cambridge is getting pushed to treat a serious injury like it's minor, while the insurance mess gets worse because the employer never carried workers' comp.

Paying your own medical bills because you're scared to report the crash is the mistake that costs people the most. What the insurance company wants you to believe: keep this...

The nightmare version is getting fired right after reporting an injury, filing a workers' compensation claim, or speaking up about unsafe conditions - and being told it was...

You just got a letter that says your employer needs a fitness-for-duty certification before you can return to work. That usually means a healthcare provider must confirm that...

What trips people up most is that an employer usually can fire someone for almost any reason, but not for an illegal reason. At-will employment means either the employer or the...

Insurance companies and defense lawyers sometimes talk about a filing deadline as if it were fixed in stone: miss it, and the case is over. That framing leaves out tolling,...

What usually happens after a serious truck rollover in Massachusetts, who investigates it, and where an injured driver or passenger can get boxed in fast.

The ER note helps you if it says your condition was aggravated by this crash. The insurance companies will use that same note to argue your back was already bad before today....

Not a simple mistake, oversight, or ordinary carelessness. A willful violation involves a person or company knowingly breaking a legal duty, rule, or safety requirement, or...

If a Cambridge crash case is stuck, the lawyer has gone silent, and the insurer is waving around old social media posts, switching attorneys mid-case is allowed in Massachusetts and the fee fight is usually between the lawyers, not you paying twice.