Car Accident Representation

Get Compensation For Your Auto Accident

The automobile crash lawyers at Coleman & MacDonald Law Office understand the significant challenges crash victims frequently face in getting compensation for medical bills, lost wages, and pain and distress. Your life can be ruined by an auto accident. More than damage to your automobile, it can strip one's capacity to function or enjoy what you did and can debilitate you from accidents and cost.

We've recovered millions. When we take your case, you can be confident of your automobile incident lawyer's ability and our law firm's resources in handling every aspect of your situation. We deal with insurance adjusters, reimbursement discussions, and mediation to prep for a jury trial.

Skillful Car Accident Attorneys

Our automobile crash attorneys have successfully handled many car accident cases. The automobile accident cases we manage include:

• Car vs. motorcycle accidents
• Construction automobile accidents
• Car vs. bicycle accidents
• Head-on collisions
• Chain reaction accidents
• Injuries brought on by driver impairment
• Rear-end collisions
• Automobile accidents when utilizing Uber
• Sideswipe accidents
• Drunk driving accidents
• Automobile accidents caused by excessive speeding
• Fatal automobile accidents
• Hit-and-run crashes
• Weather-related crashes
• Distracted driving car accidents

What We Fight To Recuperate:

• Medical expenses
• Lost wages
• Loss of earning potential
• Physical illness and suffering
• Emotional anguish/illness
• Loss of consortium (claims caused by partners or children)
• Home damage

Massachusetts Crash Statistics

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates approximately 6.3 million police-reported automobile accidents yearly. About 35,000 people died, and almost 2.5 million were injured. That means nearly 100 people are currently dying in traffic crashes in America daily. This has a nationwide price of $242 billion, which includes court and legal expenses losses, medical costs, productivity, property damage, emergency services, and insurance administration expenses.

When we factor in the quality of life valuations, the value that results from deaths or injuries rises to almost $840 billion. Massachusetts isn't immune. Within a new 10-year time period, the NHTSA reported almost 3,700 traffic deaths in the Commonwealth. A proportion of these comprised pedestrians and motorcyclists.

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security reports that the state has a Yearly average of:

• 111,000 absolute crashes
• 4,700 severe harms
• 360 deaths

Automobile accidents are a major cause of death for youth between the ages of 23 and 10. In terms of accidents, violent car accidents have been associated with: traumatic brain injury, broken bones, lacerations, burns, permanent scarring/disfigurement, amputation, internal organ damage, paralysis, and muscle strains/whiplash. Such accidents can be life-altering.

Reasons for Boston Car Accidents

Traffic deaths are brought on by the neglect of one or more people, employers, or government agencies. The NHTSA accounts when it comes to driver negligence:

• Virtually one-third of fatal accidents involve a drunk driver
• Speeding kills an average of 9,300 individuals per year
• Distracted driving kills roughly 3,200 individuals yearly
• Around 850 people die annually because of drowsy driving

Every one of these activities is the consequence of an option. A motorist never plans to hurt anybody. Distracted driving, driving impaired, or speeding has fatal and severe repercussions. In such situations, you may have the alternative of seeking compensation with the insurer and possibly other people of that individual whose negligence has also contributed to losses or accidents in query.

Compensation from corporations can arise when the at-fault motorist has been on-the-job at the time of this crash, a poorly-configured structure zone contributed to the wreck, or a faulty automobile/automobile part contributed to causing the impact or exacerbating the consequent harms.

We might seek to hold government agencies liable if:

• A government contractor or employee has been negligently operating a car or truck
• A street or roadway has been defectively designed/poorly preserved
• A dangerous illness on the roadway persisted regardless of the agency's actual or constructive knowledge

The takeaway here is that most accidents are preventable. Our Boston car crash lawyers are vigilant in our efforts to get the compensation they deserve.

Massachusetts No-Fault Rules

There are two standard ways automobile accidents are managed in this state: fault vs. no-fault. In "fault" cases, motorists may take one another to court for reimbursement based on the intensity of their losses. In "no-fault," those involved in crashes cannot pursue injury claims in court until specific standards are satisfied.

Massachusetts is a "no-fault" condition, per Mass. Ann Laws Ch. 90, Section 34M. This provision deals primarily with "personal injury coverage," also called "PIP." This signifies drivers are needed to sustain a minimum quantity of auto insurance policy in anticipation of an accident. If a crash does happen, an individual should submit a claim with their car insurance company for advantages and personal injury coverage. They will have to prove they incurred if a wreck victim wants to file a suit against a motorist outside the system:

• At least $2,000 in medical bills
• Accident-related injuries:
• Broken bones
• Significant loss of vision or hearing
• Any critical level of disfigurement

Your attorney can assist you in determining which causes might be appropriate in your situation. It is worth noting that if you share a few of the responsibilities for the crash, you're not prevented from tripping. Feb Mass. Ann. Laws Ch. 231, part 85, Massachusetts follows an "altered comparative negligence" method. This signifies that wreck victims can claim compensation provided their share of this fault does not exceed 51 percent. But if the court does find the plaintiff (the person who filed the claim) was comparatively negligent, their share of monetary damages will be reduced.

Minimum Automobile Insurance Required

Massachusetts law requires drivers to take a minimum amount of insurance, and it needs to be noted that the rates in the Commonwealth have collapsed:

• PIP (personal injury protection) - $8,000 per individual, per accident
• Bodily harm to other people: $20,000 per person/$40,000 per accident 
• Property damage: $5,000 per accident
• Bodily injury brought on by uninsured car: $20,000 per person/$40,000 per accident

Uninsured motorist coverage (UM), per M.G.L. Ch. 175, department 113L, protects you once you're hurt by another driver that doesn't have insurance or isn't identified (i.e., hit-and-run).

The law doesn't require underinsured motorist coverage (UIM), but owning it is a superb idea. Underinsured motorist coverage will compensate if your losses exceed the quantity of the at-fault motorist insurance. Considering that many motorists take the amount of policy and lots of crashes may lead to losses, having UM / UIM policy that is great is vital, as it provides your car incident attorney another path of compensation for your benefit.