Massachusetts Accidents

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.

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.

Usually no more than $100,000 from the city, even if your injuries are worth more. That cap surprises people. A realistic Lowell example: on Labor Day weekend, traffic is heavy...

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...

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.

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 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 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 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.

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 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...

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.

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 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 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...

Losing, destroying, altering, or failing to preserve key evidence can directly reduce the value of a claim - or sink it entirely. When that happens, a court may limit defenses,...

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.

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...

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.

The part that trips people up most is that it is not the same as "more likely than not." It is a higher burden of proof than a preponderance of the evidence, but lower than...