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By: Karen Piso Nadeau, Esquire On November 21, 2022, a man was killed, and nineteen other people were injured when an SUV went off the designated roadway of a parking plaza and collided into the store front of an Apple Store in Hingham, MA. The Toyota 4Runner collided into the store’s front glass. The driver ...  Read More »

By: Karen Piso Nadeau, Esquire – There is a lot of noise on television about what personal injury attorneys can do for you and why they are special, and you should hire them. Sometimes, there are three personal injury ads in a row from three different law firms in the same half hour telling you ...  Read More »

By: Karen Piso Nadeau, Esquire Whether it is the client’s first phone call to our Cambridge law firm or an existing client finishing their treatment for injuries suffered in an accident, one of the most often asked questions is: “How much is my case worth?”  Or asked another way: “What amount of compensation do I ...  Read More »

By: Karen Piso Nadeau, Esquire For some parents in Massachusetts, the massive migration of college kids home for summer started last month with laundry bags full of dirty clothes and taking over our laundry space.  Others had high school graduations in towns like Cambridge, Massachusetts with high school seniors ready to kick off summer early.  ...  Read More »

By: Karen Piso Nadeau, Esquire When someone is seriously injured in an accident in Massachusetts with an expectation of permanent and lifelong injuries requiring medical care into the foreseeable future and perhaps an inability to return to their employment and work, we consider the benefit of retaining experts on their case. Experts are people who ...  Read More »

By Karen Piso Nadeau Massachusetts car crashes involving more than two vehicles create additional challenges for those injured in the accident. There are more people involved, more witnesses, more drivers, and more insurance companies ready to play the blame game. Some unfamiliar with these multi-vehicle accidents think the more, the merrier. They reason that there ...  Read More »

By: Karen Piso Nadeau, Esquire The news makes us very aware of the tragic deaths taking place all over the world, while here in Massachusetts we hear of accidents happening locally resulting in someone’s untimely death. Usually, the person is killed in a horrific car accident.  We also see deaths in the summer months arising ...  Read More »

By:       Leslie S. Harkavy, Esquire We are all just so worn out from Covid right now.  It is called “covid fatigue”.  We all did our part and stayed home and off the roads. We stopped taking public transportation, ride shares and driving to work.  It’s hard to believe then, when I read a headline saying ...  Read More »

By Karen Piso Nadeau, Esquire My December blog focused on five common mistakes made either before our client is involved in an accident or shortly after the accident occurs. I described five things you can do to avoid making these mistakes to improve the chances of the best possible outcome for you and your family ...  Read More »

By Karen Piso Nadeau, Esquire The past year presented new clients with some of the same old problems to overcome.  Most of these problems could have been easily avoided, making the likelihood of a successful personal injury result much higher for our clients.  Many of these issues we have successfully conquered for our clients resulting ...  Read More »

By:  Karen Piso Nadeau, Esquire For many of our Massachusetts injured clients that we have represented over the years, the fear of the unknown is the most significant thing that creates a lot of anxiety and worry when they or a loved one has been injured in an accident at the hands of someone else’s ...  Read More »

by:  Leslie S. Harkavy, Esquire Earlier this year, our local community Facebook page posed questions from concerned citizens about the bicycle laws in Massachusetts. In our town, bicycle riders were using the town sidewalks in a commercial area to ride their bicycles. People were scared at the speed with which the bicyclists were riding and ...  Read More »

By Karen Piso Nadeau, Esquire     Issues Addressed: What is Spoliation of Evidence in Massachusetts? What can be Done to Protect injured Victims in an Accident when Evidence Disappears? A recent case decision involving a train’s fatal collision with a pedestrian addresses a familiar scenario in personal injury cases.  According to Amtrak, despite the ...  Read More »

By Karen Piso Nadeau, Esquire My June blog on our Nadeau Harkavy LLC website focused on safety while on the roads of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  This blog will consider other safety concerns and tips for staying safe this summer in New England and beyond. The good weather in Boston, and the freedom from the ...  Read More »

 By Karen Piso Nadeau, Esquire In Massachusetts, during the COVID pandemic, we experienced the negative consequences of isolation, trying to stay safe and keep our families healthy.  Staying at home, not going into Boston, shutdowns and business anything but usual meant fewer people out and about and less cars, bikes, and pedestrians on the road.  ...  Read More »