Personal Injury Cases

What Happens When My Massachusetts Personal Injury Case Settles? The Settlement Phase: Demystifying What Happens Once Personal Injury Attorneys Negotiate a Fair Settlement of Your Claim

By: Karen Piso Nadeau, Esquire Your personal injury attorneys and the at fault insurance company amicably agree on the terms of your personal injury settlement.  Your lawyers skillfully draft a Release and get the Insurance Company to approve this Release which is acceptable to all insurance companies in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  You expect to …  

What Happens If You Are Injured in a Drive Share Car Crash such as Uber or Lyft in Massachusetts?

By: Karen Piso Nadeau, Esquire Drive share vehicles are everywhere and used by many of us to get where we are going. Many of us have the Uber or Lyft applications easily accessible on our cell phones for the moment a drive share vehicle is needed. Ride share as we know it today is travel …  

What Could Have Been Done to Avoid the Tragic Death and Catastrophic Injuries Suffered by the Victims of a Vehicle Colliding into the Front of an Apple Store in Hingham, Massachusetts?

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 …  

The Truth About Massachusetts Personal Injury Attorneys and Representing a Client Injured in an Accident

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 …  

How Do We Keep Our Kids Safe Now that School Is Out for Summer in Massachusetts?

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.  …  

MA Traffic Deaths Are Up 15% Since the Start of the Pandemic – What To Do If Your Loved One is Killed in a Traffic Accident?

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 …  

Five More Common Hurdles Seen in Massachusetts while Representing People Injured in Accidents and Five More Things You Can Do in the New Year to Avoid Them – Part 2

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 …  

Five Common Mistakes Seen in Massachusetts While Representing Personal Injury Victims Hurt in Accidents and Five Tips for The New Year – Part 1

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 …  

TOP PERSONAL INJURY QUESTIONS ABOUT BICYCLE RIDING IN MASSACHUSETTS

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 …  

When Evidence Disappears in Massachusetts

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 …