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Coming soon after the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to suspend a new Department of Transportation regulation which would have required truck drivers to take at least 34 hours off of work after working sixty hours in seven days or seventy hours in eight days, accidents involving tractor trailer trucks appear to be on the rise…

Yesterday, July 22, 2014, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate took the progressive step of passing House Bill 4123, more commonly referred to as the “Trial Court Bill.” Prior to enactment, Massachusetts trial courts did not allow attorney conducted voir dire and prohibited attorneys from suggesting a specific monetary amount for damages in a civil…

This past weekend saw some sad examples of fatal dog attacks involving children, a somber warning for dog owners and parents. The first case involved a seven month old infant in Ohio who was attacked by a dog owned by his step-grandmother who was watching him at the time. The second case involved a four…

Only a few days into June and all of the hard work of the NHTSA who promoted Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in May seems to have been undone. Throughout New England, including Massachusetts and New Hampshire, fatal motorcycle accidents seemed to dot the news headlines. On Monday, a 51 year old man from Weare, New Hampshire was…

April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. The National Safety Council wants everyone to take a pledge and not drive distracted. Who’s Ready to Take the Pledge? Did a distracted driver collide with your car? Were you injured and need help? Call the Granite Law Group for a free consultation! We can help you recover…

It’s that time again – the Winter Olympics – when we stare in awe at professional Olympians who can perform ski racing and ski jumps with relative ease. Perhaps we wonder how one gets to such a high level of performance. The answer is practice. But what happens when you’re practicing on the slopes and…

The United States Department of Transportation announced its Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign against drunk driving during the holidays. According to the NHTSA, in 2012, 10,322 lives were lost due to drunk driving crashes, up 4.6% from 2011. During last year’s holiday season alone, 830 people died from drunk driving crashes. On average,…

Lebanon has been the center of fatal crashes and challenges to current laws in the past month. On December 7, 2013, Amanda Murphy, 24 and her finance, Jason Timmons, 29, both from Wilder, Vermont where traveling in their 2005 Ford Escape on I-89 in Lebanon when they were hit by a 2005 Chevrolet Pickup truck…

This week is the busiest travel period of the year with the Wednesday before Thanksgiving being the busiest travel day of the year. Due to the increased traffic during this period, it is no surprise that auto accidents are more frequent during this time period as well. On top of the regular traffic, this year…

In the mad dash to get this year’s greatest deals on Black Friday, take a moment to consider what you are purchasing and ensure that the product is safe and age appropriate. If toys are not age appropriate, the risk of injury and misuse increases. Other toys may have been recalled and you can easily…