Our Boston car accident lawyers know that victims of traffic collisions can get caught in the middle of a fight between doctors and insurance companies who are more concerned with making money than helping accident victims. MI Spine & Brain Surgeons, PLLC v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co., an…
Attorneys who handle car accident lawsuits in Boston understand that these cases may involve a substantial amount of pretrial litigation. Packard v. Falls City Area Jaycees, et al., involves a deadly collision between a motorcycle and a pickup truck. This motor vehicle accident occurred at the entrance to a demolition…
Our Boston car accident lawyers regularly handle cases involving hit-and-run drivers and know that these situations often require the assistance of a crash investigator. According to a recent article in the Boston Globe, a man from Chelsea is alleged to have made an improper lane change while speeding on the…
Our Boston car accident lawyers know being run over by a vehicle is one of the scariest and most dangerous types of vehicle crashes. You are almost certain to suffer serious injury that may require extensive medical treatment and physical or occupational therapy. According to a recent article in the…
Our Boston car accident lawyers know rules of evidence often seem counterintuitive and can be very confusing to clients. In Valedez v. Watkins Motor Lines, et al., an appeal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit, two men were working as vehicle delivery drivers. Their job was…
Our Boston car accident lawyers know traffic accidents are seldom “accidents.” According to a recent report in the Boston Globe, four people were injured in a head-on collision in East Dennis, Massachusetts. Police are saying that the driver of one of the vehicles involved in the crash drifted over the…
In Carter v. Progressive Mountain Ins., the Supreme Court of Georgia explored the issue of whether Underinsured Motorist (UM) coverage could based upon the wording of a settlement with the at-fault driver’s insurance company. In Carter, the plaintiff was in a car accident that was allegedly caused by an intoxicated…
Our Boston car accident lawyers understand the importance of arguing for jury instructions helpful to the plaintiff’s case. In Reis v. Volvo Cars of North America, as reported in the New York State Law Reporting Bureau, the court applied a standard of care instruction applicable to malpractice cases in a…
A 2005 study revealed as many as one driver out of every 10 at-fault drivers flee after a motor vehicle accident. As the Gazette reported, however, drivers who flee from a crash tend to leave evidence behind that can make it possible for law enforcement to find them. When a…
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently made several critical safety recommendations. The letter urged the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to adopt the proposed regulations in order to make the roads safer by reducing the risk of truck collisions. Truck accidents are typically among the most serious collisions…