Boston car accidents in which pedestrians are hit often result in serious personal injury or death. These cases often involve substantial pain and suffering and other types of legal damages so the plaintiff’s pedestrian accident lawyer will often have to look to all possible sources of potential recovery when fighting…
Boston traffic accidents that result in burn injuries are among those that result in the highest damage awards. That’s because the injuries sustained are often severe, if not fatal. A car is powered highly flammable gasoline and there are also various other fluids flammable and possibly combustible. Even antifreeze, which…
In Boston, a troubling number of car accidents involve an at-fault driver flees the scene. Some of these are fatal crashes. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Highway Loss Data Institute (IIHSHLDI) keeps statistics by states on the number of fatal crashes by year. According to their findings, in 2015,…
According to a recent news report from CBS, two people were injured in an accident involving a car and dump truck in Dracut, Massachusetts. Authorities have said the collision, which occurred on Route 110, involved a woman who allegedly lost control of her vehicle and cross the double yellow line…
According to a recent news article from the Boston Globe, firefighters had to cut a woman free from a mangled car in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Authorities have said the vehicle was carrying a 31-year-old mother, her husband, and their eight-month-old daughter at the time of the serious Boston area car crash.…
Whenever there is a car crash in Boston, the drivers and occupants should call the police and exchange insurance information. There are various components of a car insurance policy including liability to others for personal property damage (car), liability to others for personal injury, comprehensive coverage, and personal injury protection…
While just a few years ago, self-driving cars seemed more like science fiction than reality, it now appears they will be regular fixtures on the road sooner rather than later. While Google is still devolving its system that uses advanced radar, GPS, an an array of camera’s, the high end…
Boston area car accidents often involve only vehicles owned by private citizens, but on occasion, they can involve vehicles owned by a municipal government. If the driver of the government owned vehicle was responsible for the crash, the legal doctrine known as sovereign immunity comes into play. In the Commonwealth,…
It is the responsibility of every motorist to drive in a safe and responsible manner to prevent a foreseeable injury to persons and property. Failure to do so is considered a form of negligence. This act of negligence could be the basis for a Boston car accident lawsuit. While there…
The majority of Boston car accidents involve more than one vehicle. Many of these are fender-benders with two vehicles, though chain reaction crashes are fairly common on highways and other roads with heavy congestion. However, getting rear-ended or t-boned may by another car or truck may not be the most…