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Follow These 5 Steps if You’re Involved in a Serious Automobile Accident

Despite advancing technology in auto safety, millions of car accidents still result in injury. If you’re involved in an automobile accident in Massachusetts, there are several steps to protect your rights and maximize your payout. Knowing how to navigate an experience resulting in a personal injury or property damage can go a long way in helping you recoup medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering damages. To help you prepare, here are five tips

Massachusetts Auto Accidents: An Overview

Wherever an auto accident happens, it is never convenient, often overwhelming, and at times life-altering. If you have recently been in an accident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this article will help you sort out what the process looks like from here, giving you a sense of what you have already done and what remains to be done to get your life back on track. For any Massachusetts driver, whether you have been in an

Personal Injury – Motor vehicle Accident involving Pizza Delivery driver and a head on collision

Our client was working as a pizza delivery driver in Marlborough, Massachusetts. While delivering an order, another vehicle turned left ahead of him and struck his vehicle head-on. He sustained serious injuries to his knee and ankle which required ORIF surgery to repair. The insurance company only offered $60,000.00 for our client’s injuries. Prior to litigation, Attorney Briones suggested that the insurance company have her client examined by a third-party medical doctor of their choosing.

Personal Injury Case – Car Accident-Head On Collision

Our client was driving on Route 20 in Marlborough when the defendant, who was traveling in the opposite direction, crossed over into her lane of travel and hit her head-on. Rescuers resorted to the jaws of life to extricate her from the remains of her vehicle. She was immediately transported to the trauma unit at UMASS Medical Center in Worcester. Doctors determined the injury to her left ankle put her at risk of losing her

Personal Injury – Slip and Fall on Stairs

Our client was a teenager who fell while leaving the apartment building where he lived in Framingham, Massachusetts. As he was running out of the building and down the staircase at the rear entrance of the building, he lost his balance and reached out to grab the railing–only to find that it was not there. The young man landed on his right knee and was in severe pain. He was taken by ambulance to the

Wrongful Death Suit in Massachusetts

The heartbreak of a loved one’s death is compounded by the logistical and financial stresses of providing a burial according to the deceased’s wishes, paying off residual bills, and coping with the loss of an income. In cases where a loved one’s death was caused by another’s actions, this can be especially emotionally difficult—but the law does allow for a remedy to the financial stress caused by a wrongful death. In Massachusetts, a wrongful death

What to do if you are injured in a car accident while using a rideshare app as a passenger

The sharing economy and start-ups have brought many new and wonderful services to consumers, but sometimes the law struggles to catch up to the innovations of technology. In the case of ridesharing platforms like Uber and Lyft, some cities and municipalities have struggled to impose regulations and taxes on individual drivers or the companies as a whole. Ensuring passenger safety through thorough background checks on potential drivers and swift penalties for those who take advantage

My husband was in a fatal accident, can I file a wrongful death claim?

Under Massachusetts law, a person or company may be liable for wrongful death if the death of another is caused by (1) negligence, or failing to exercise reasonable care, (2) a “wanton or reckless act,” or (3) a breach of warranty. In order to bring forward a wrongful death claim, the surviving individual must have suffered damages due to the untimely death of another. Precisely who those survivors can be varies from state to state.

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