Most Boston drunk driving accidents involve one or more personally owned vehicle. They also typically occur late at night or in the overnight hours after the bars close since this is the most likely time for someone to be out on the road while drunk. While this is certainly the…
With Memorial Day upon us it is a good time to talk about the risk of teen drunk driving accidents as we head into the summer months. Drunk Driving Car Accident Statistics involving Fatalities in Boston Drunk driving is not only very dangerous to the person behind the wheel, it…
Drunk driving collisions are among the most dangerous types of car accidents in Boston. They tend more often to result in fatalities or serious bodily injury to one or more plaintiffs than other “typical” crashes. While any car accident has the potential to be severe, the reason impaired driving accidents…
Typically, a worker who is injured on the job in Boston is precluded from filing a civil personal injury lawsuit. The reason is identified in Chapter 152, of the Massachusetts General Laws (M.G.L.), which stipulates workers’ compensation is a single-recovery system. If a worker is an employee (as opposed to an…
Negligent Entrustment in Boston Drunk Driving Cases In some drunk driving accidents in Boston the defendant is driving a vehicle owned by a parent, friend, or other family member. There is generally nothing wrong with lending someone a car, but as discussed in Picard v. Thomas, a 2004 case from…
Most car accidents involve only two vehicles. In the case of a serious Boston drunk driving case however, there may be multiple vehicles involved. This can complicate matters as the total loss in terms of both property damage and personal injury can far exceed the policy limits on the alleged…
In many drunk driving car accidents in Boston, a drunk driver will consume too much alcohol to a point where he or she is intoxicated and then crash into another car harming occupants in this vehicle or even hitting a bicyclist or pedestrians. In these cases, there is generally no…
Use and abuse of powerfully addictive drugs like heroin and synthetic opioids like Oxycontin have thrown the country into crisis on many fronts. Massachusetts has been plagued for years with heroin addiction and now also finds itself dealing with the synthetic opioid epidemic. One of the ways it has manifested…
Driving drunk is never a good idea. It is negligent conduct that puts many lives at risk including the drunk driver, passengers in his or her vehicle, pedestrians, bicyclists, and occupants in other vehicles. According to the law as we can see in Chapter 231 of the Massachusetts General Laws…
It is fairy easy to assign fault when an intoxicated person gets behind the wheel and causes a serious or even fatal Boston drunk driving accident. However, there is the more complex issue of whether a bar or social host that served the alcohol was also responsible for the injuries…