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...
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, 20160
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...
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...
NegligenceChange in our country’s amusement park industry needed after death of a 10 year old boy riding a water slide
April 12, 20160
The death of a 10 year old boy from Kansas while riding the world’s tallest water slide has revived a call for change in the amusement park industry. Many advocates say there is a lack in federal oversight of our nation’s water park safety. The ten year old boy was killed while sliding down the...
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...
NegligenceUncategorizedShipyard Employer cited over $100,000.00 by OSHA after finding many serious workplace safety hazards
June 18, 20150
According to the National News Claims Journal, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently handed out a $101,600.00 fine to Detyens Shipyards, Inc. of South Carolina due to various findings of serious safety violations. OSHA conducted a comprehensive inspection of their facility in December of 2014 and found many serious safety hazards that put their...
Auto AccidentThe Massachusetts Department of Transportation conducted a study of Cape Cod Traffic in an effort to reduce motor vehicle accidents
April 23, 20150
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...