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Auto Accident Personal InjuryBoston Slow Streets Program and Vision Zero Intends to Reduce Incidence of Vehicle Collisions and Fatalities

September 13, 2017

Recently, a Boston Globe article made clear that the city’s “Slow Streets” program will affect select neighborhoods with the effort of eliminating serious Boston car accidents. The neighborhoods selected to participate in the program are Grove Hall/Quincy Corridor, Chinatown, Mount Hope/Canterbury, Highland Park, and the West of Washington Coalition. As a community-based initiative, Slow Streets is...

Auto Accident Personal InjuryVictims of Boston Hit and Run Accidents Have Legal Rights

August 30, 2017

Throughout Boston, hit and run accidents take many different forms. Often, drivers of motor vehicles hit a pedestrian and continue to drive, hoping to attempt to avoid liability. In other cases, one vehicle strikes another and flees the scene without stopping to provide help or exchange information. In most circumstances, hit and run collisions leave...

Auto Accident Personal InjuryTwo Crucial Legal Elements in Boston Car Accident Claims

August 16, 2017

After suffering injuries in a car accident in Boston or the surrounding areas, individuals have three years to file a case in court, according to Massachusetts law. This important law, called the “statute of limitations,” is strictly interpreted by courts, and if a case is not filed within this period of time, the plaintiff may...

Auto AccidentMassachusetts Review Board Affirms Decision in Favor of Employee Traveling Home, Holds “Going and Coming” Rule Does Not Bar Compensation

June 7, 2017

The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents, Review Board, recently analyzed whether an employee could receive workers’ compensation for injuries sustained while driving home from a nursing job. According to the “going and coming” rule, employees who are traveling to and from work are barred from recovering compensation for their injuries. In the case before the Board, the workers’...

Auto AccidentCompany that runs Boston based Duck Tours changes safety procedures in response to recent death of a women struck by a duck boat

August 5, 2016

The Company that operates the “Duck Boat” tours in Boston will now require two staffers to be on all duck boats in light of the recent death of a 28 your old women that was struck and killed by a duck boat while riding a scooter. Allison Warmuth, 28, was driving a motor scooter near...

Auto AccidentStudy shows more Americans are driving in an angry, aggressive and engaged manner which can lead to motor vehicle accidents.

July 22, 2016

A new study by the AAA Foundation for traffic safety found nearly 80% of drivers expressed significant anger, aggression or road rage behind the wheel at least once in the past year. The study shows that some drivers even resorted to purposefully ramming another vehicle or getting out of the car to confront another driver....

Auto AccidentVictim struck by another driver without insurance recovered $100,000.00 by filing an “Uninsured” (UM) claim with their own Auto Insurance Company

June 16, 2016

A Plaintiff involved in a Motor Vehicle accident who was struck by another vehicle without Insurance filed suit in the Superior Court’s in an action she brought for bad faith denial of uninsured motorist (“UM”) coverage. An uninsured driver crashed into the Plaintiff’s car by improperly turning into her lane. The Plaintiff suffered a fractured...

Auto AccidentPickup truck plows into bicyclists killing 5 and injuring others

June 15, 2016

Police in Michigan have arrested a man suspected of plowing his pickup truck into a group of bicyclists, killing five of them and seriously injuring four others. The driver left the scene, but a suspect, described as a 50-year old man, was apprehended a short while later, according to law enforcement. The District Attorney Office...

Auto AccidentNewly Licensed drivers are much more likely to cause car crashes

October 26, 2015

Motor vehicle accidents remain the number one cause of Death for teens in the US. Just because a person obtains a drivers license, does not mean they are a safe driver. In fact, newly licensed drivers, regardless of their age, are at the highest risk for causing motor vehicle accidents. This is primarily due to...

Auto AccidentThe Massachusetts Department of Transportation conducted a study of Cape Cod Traffic in an effort to reduce motor vehicle accidents

April 23, 2015

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has been studying the traffic conditions in almost 300 locations on and around the Bourne Bridge and the Sagamore Bridge, the two bridges that allow traffic to go to and from Cape Cod over the Canal. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has identified 82 areas which have the most frequent...

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