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Personal InjuryMassachusetts Court Upholds Motion for New Trial Based on Excessive Damages Awarded to Victim of Car Accident When Judge Found Medical Evidence Failed to Support Alleged Harm

March 28, 20170

In a personal injury lawsuit following a car accident, the issue of liability, or legal fault, was conceded. This means that the defendants admitted they were at fault, and the issue before the jury was the amount of damages to award the injured victim. The procedural issues in this case reflect the importance of medical records and...

Injury Settlement Personal InjuryMassachusetts Court Holds Plaintiff Recovering Property Damage Following Collision Must Prove all Damages

March 22, 20170

Recently, a Massachusetts appeals court affirmed a judgment in favor of an insurance company in a civil action for damages following a motor vehicle accident. Following an accident, automobile insurance companies may pay damages to an injured individual after a determination that their insured was legally at fault for a collision. In this lawsuit, the plaintiff received a...

Injury Settlement Personal InjuryCalculation of Punitive Damages Against Car Insurer Does Not Include Post-Judgment Interest for Accident Victim and Family, According to Massachusetts Appellate Court

February 16, 20170

An appeal before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court addressed the measure of punitive damages to be awarded to a motor vehicle accident victim and his family. Insurance companies that delay payment, after liability has been demonstrated in a car accident claim, may be assessed additional damages for their conduct. The issue in this case centered on how...

Personal InjuryMassachusetts Appeal Court Affirms Verdict Awarding Pedestrian Damages in Lawsuit Against Driver Who Struck and Injured Her in Cambridge Crosswalk

February 3, 20170

The Massachusetts Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s judgment in a personal injury lawsuit brought by a pedestrian injured by a truck driver who struck her in the evening, while she was crossing the street in a marked crosswalk. The issue before the trial court had been the relative fault of the two parties, since eyewitness...

Truck Accident InjuryStudy Finds Truck Drivers with Poor Health May Increase The Risk of a Crash

January 19, 20170

A recent study found that commercial truck drivers with three or more medical conditions double or quadruple their chance for being in a crash than healthier drivers. The study let by the University of Utah School of Medicine found that truck drivers poor health could be dangerous not only to themselves, but to other drivers...

Injury SettlementHow to determine the value of your claim for injuries as a result of a motor vehicle accident

January 17, 20170

Many victims of car accident cases want to know the value of their claim for settlement purposes. The truth is there is no set rule to the actual value of a victims claim for pain and suffering. There are many factors that play a role in determining the approximate value of a car accident bodily...

Bus AccidentSchool Bus crash causes several students to be injured

January 16, 20170

Students were injured after an 1-95 school bus crash in Weston Massachusetts. The accident caused the bus to crash through an Interstate 95 Guardrail and then the bus rolled onto its side. Fortunately, there were no serious injuries. The bus was taking several students home to Boston after an early release day at Sudbury’s Ephraim...

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, 20160

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, 20160

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....

RecognitionThe Law Offices of Michael O. Smith has been named as one of the best personal injury lawyers in Boston for 2016

July 15, 20160

The Mass Injury Group has been named as one of the best personal injury lawyers on Boston by Expertise for the year 2016. Expertise.com looked at 285 Personal Injury Lawyers in Boston and picked The Mass Injury Group as one of the top 20. The List was hand picked by using a number of criteria...

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