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A District Court in Massachusetts allowed a Hospital located in Concord to proceed with a trial to recover personal injury protection benefits resulting from an auto accident.  See Emerson Hospital v. Amica Mutual Insurance Company.  Amica Insurance Company argued their failure to pay for medical services to the Hospital after an auto accident was proper because...

There are often times when an injured worker is denied workers compensation benefit because the employer and/or workers compensation insurance company allege they are not an employee, but rather an independent contractor.  Recently, a Massachusetts trucking company could not avoid paying higher premiums to their Workers Compensation Insurance by arguing their drivers were independent contractors...

In a recent decision by the Middlesex Superior court of Massachusetts, a Judge found an insurance company violated the law and failed to effectuate a prompt settlement of a pedestrian bus accident case and ultimately awarded over $7,000,000.00 in damages to the plaintiff.  The case involved a plaintiff who was crossing the street in a...

Fifteen workers were injured on Monday afternoon when there was a large explosion at a machine factory in Peterborough New Hampshire located right over the Massachusetts border.  Unfortunately, many of the injured workers sustained serious injuries and two of the workers sustained critical injuries.  The two critically injured employees needed to be transported by Med...