Category Archives: Personal Injury
Assault and Battery: You Can Sue for Damages Even Though They’re Also Crimes
When you hear about assault and battery, you probably think of crimes. And yes, assault and battery is a crime. But many people don’t realize that in addition to the state bringing criminal charges against someone who commits an assault and battery, a victim can also sue for assault and battery. Intentional or Negligent?… Read More »
Understanding Massachusetts Wrongful Death Cases
When people talk about or write about injuries that happen in injury claims, they often don’t talk about the most horrific injury of all: one that causes death. The loss of a loved one, not because of a disease or an unavoidable accident, but rather because of someone’s negligence or carelessness, is the ultimate… Read More »
Bicycle Accident Cases Aren’t as Easy as You Think
Much like pedestrians, bike riders are incredibly vulnerable against cars. Bikes are light, have little or no safety equipment, and provide no protection to the rider from either the car hitting them or from the ground below. Despite that, when a car hits a bicycle, it is anything but a simple case. Bike riders… Read More »
Issues When Minors Driving Drunk, Cause Injuries
Imagine that you are in an accident, and before the accident, you were pretty sure that the negligent driver that hit you, was driving drunk. The vehicle was swerving, going too fast, running off the road—all the hallmark telltale signs that someone is driving behind the wheel while drunk. When the cars come to… Read More »
Is Your Injury Settlement or Verdict Taxable by the IRS?
If you’ve been injured in an accident, you may be wondering, even if you won significant compensation, whether it’s worth it, knowing that you’ll have to pay Uncle Sam. Extra compensation is great, but not if it’s going to end up in a significant tax bill being owed. Well, it turns out you don’t… Read More »
Insurance Issues and Problems in DUI Cases
When you are hit and injured by a driver who is driving under the influence, there is a contradiction or a duality involved in the case. On the one hand, juries rightfully punish a drunk driver, and have very little sympathy for them. So little sympathy in fact, that the law even allows you… Read More »
Who Else Might be Liable For Your Drunk Driving Accident?
If you are injured in an accident involving a drunk driver, you sue the driver if you have been injured in that accident. That makes sense. But in a drunk driving accident, there may be other people or entities that also may be liable for you, for injuries that you sustained in a drunk… Read More »
Dog Injury and Bite Cases: Who Really “Owns a Dog?”
In Massachusetts, the owner or the keeper of a dog is strictly liable for injuries or damages caused by that dog. And although there are a number of defenses to dog bite cases, one defense that many victims may not anticipate, is for the person sued, to argue that they are, not in fact,… Read More »
How Do You Prove the Other Driver was Driving Drunk in Your Accident Case?
Let’s say you’re in a car accident, and based on the negligent driver’s behavior, you’re pretty convinced that he or she was drunk, or driving under the influence. How do you prove that? You didn’t exactly whip out a breathalyzer test for the other driver to take after the accident happened. So if you… Read More »
How Does Leash Use Affect a Dog Bite Case?
Owners of dogs that cause harm to others, are strictly liable for the damages caused by the dog. That means that there is an “expedited path” to showing liability because a victim doesn’t need to show that the owner of the dig necessarily did anything wrong. So long as someone owned the dog, and… Read More »
