The MTA has settled a three-year dispute with JDS Refrigeration Transport stemming from an accident caused by a vehicle owned by JDS. The JDS vehicle – carrying bananas at the time – was a tractor trailer that crashed and caused extensive damage in the I-93 Tunnel beneath South Station, located in downtown Boston. Please click here […]

The days of requiring motorcycle operators to wear helmets in Massachusetts may soon be coming to an end. The current law which requires all motorcycle operators to wear helmets may be soon amended to only require those operators under the age of 21 to wear helmets. I for one am opposed to this law. Motorcycle […]

Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, a high-profile Mississippi litigator, with the help of a key whistleblower, is building a large case against different insurance companies for their unfair handling of claims arising from the damage of Hurricane Katrina. Click here for the full text of the story.

Zurich American Insurance Co., the third-largest underwriter in the U.S., has agreed to pay $171 million to nine different states for bid-rigging and price-fixing, with Massachusetts being one of those states. This is another example of a powerful insurance company profiting at the expense of others. In my personal injury practice I see insurance companies […]

As discussed in an earlier post, the minimum mandatory levels of automotive bodily injury insurance coverage in Massachusetts is $20k. But what if the auto accident you were involved in results in medical expenses (more on this in a later post) and/or lost wages and/or pain and suffering damages that exceed $20k? Well this often […]

If you are presently shopping for auto insurance, or if you are interested in changing your current policy, or if you are thinking about changing carriers, I suggest you visit auto-insurance-rates-compared.com for valuable information. Please click here for the link, and feel free to contact me with any Massachusetts auto insurance questions you may have.

I found the following which I think does a pretty good job of enumerating what you should do if you have been involved in an automobile accident. The article was provided by injuryfirms.com. Please click here for the full text of the article.

In Massachusetts you are required to carry a minimum of $20, 000.00/$40, 000.00 in bodily injury insurance coverage. This insurance is commonly called compulsory bodily injury insurance. This protects you and your assets if you are completely or only partially at fault for an automobile accident in Massachusetts, because your insurance company will pay the individual […]

As I have mentioned on previous posts, in order for you to obtain full and fair value from an insurance adjuster on your injury claim, you have to know how to negotiate with the insurance adjuster. While of course I discourage you from negotiating your claim on your own without an attorney, if you decide to […]

Ok, you have finally settled your accident case with the relevant insurance company and they send you a release to sign. Some people just sign and date these documents without even reading them. But, before signing the release you need to understand something: you are, by signing the release, relinquishing all rights to sue the persons that […]