Category Archives: Car Accident
Tesla Gets Hit With a Large Verdict After Accident
As cars start to drive themselves more and more, a core legal question exists: When those cars err, and cause injury, who is liable? The driver? After all, drivers still will play some role in operating even an autonomous vehicle. Or is the manufacturer liable if the car’s programming causes it to injure somebody?… Read More »
Should You Speak With the Other Side Yourself, After an Accident?
If you are in a car accident, you will find that there are a lot of parties and people who want to speak with you about your accident. One of those parties will likely be the insurance company that represents the Defendant. Speak or Remain Silent? You may have two, conflicting thoughts. On the… Read More »
What Happens When Passengers are Injured in Car Accidents?
Sometimes when we are injured in a car accident, we’re not the ones behind the wheel—we’re the passenger. And if that’s the case, while some things in your injury case are exactly the same as they would be if you are driving, in other ways, passenger injuries are different. Multiple Avenues to Recover In… 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 »
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 »
Liability When Ice and Snow Cause Accidents
Snow ice and related conditions that come with the winter, are a major cause of accidents in Massachusetts. When they happen and the accidents are caused by icy weather conditions, many people are quick to just blame nature; to throw up their hands and say “nothing anybody could do about that.” But that’s not… Read More »
Self Driving Cars are Coming. The Law May Not be Ready for Them
As the days go by, in the background, car manufacturers inch closer and closer to the day that cars are truly self driving, or autonomous. But as slow as that pace seems to be, it is a lot faster than the pace of the laws that we use to resolve liability and responsibility in… Read More »
Understanding Long-Term Post-Accident Arthritis
Arthritis: you may know it as a long term ailment, a painful condition that generally comes with old age, or at least, constant wear and tear on our joints. And while that is true, that’s not the only way people can develop arthritis. There is such a thing as post traumatic arthritis, and it… Read More »
Uber Compels Couple to Arbitrate Their Injury Case After Car Accident
Imagine that you take an Uber, or another rideshare service. You get into an accident because of the negligence of the driver. You file a lawsuit against Uber. And then you’re told that your case will never see a courtroom, never see a jury. All because you ordered a pizza online. What? Couple Sues… Read More »
Whatever You Do: Don’t Put Your Feet on the Dashboard
It’s a long car ride. You’re tired and want to stretch a bit. So you do something that you think is harmless, innocuous, and which feels pretty good: You put your feet up on the dashboard. Many of us have even figured out ways to do this when we are the driver of the… Read More »
