Massachusetts Accidents

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.

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 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.

What surprises many families is that a death case in Massachusetts can include two different claims: a wrongful death claim for certain family losses, and a survival action for...

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 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.

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.

File a written presentment claim within 2 years if the bus was run by a public entity, and file the court complaint within 3 years. For a Boston Public Schools bus claim, that...

Picture a rider getting clipped near Mass Ave and Boylston on a busy June afternoon, then not saying much until a week later because they thought the pain would fade. Most...

After a service-truck crash near the Alewife Brook Parkway/Route 2 cloverleaf in Cambridge, the insurance company will tell you their exam matters, that you need to attend, and...

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...

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...

Massachusetts updates workers' comp benefit rates every October, but the bigger issue is this: your boss does not get to make you use your own health or auto insurance instead...

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.

What the insurance company does not want you to know: in Massachusetts, you usually have 3 years to sue over an accident injury, and an old MRI does not wipe out your claim if...

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.

The one thing the insurer is hoping you never find out is that "just a pothole claim" can still be a defective-product case. The adjuster will tell you the spring-thaw pothole...

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...