Massachusetts Accidents

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

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 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.

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....

Yes - and the biggest money mistake is letting your own health insurance pay first while you miss workers' comp and third-party claim deadlines. If you were hurt in a...

If the crash happened at a Worcester intersection with a missing or hidden stop sign, the other driver's suspended license and lapsed policy are bad facts for them, but your fastest money usually starts with your own coverage.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

After a wreck in the I-93 tunnels under downtown Boston, an excess verdict is a jury award or court judgment that comes in higher than the at-fault driver's insurance policy...

The one thing your employer or landlord is hoping you never find out: "no-fault means that's the end of it" is a lie. That's the myth that costs injured people real money in...

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,...

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.

The insurance company will usually tell you PIP should cover it and that pursuing more is probably not worth the trouble. In Massachusetts, that is often incomplete. What is...