New Hampshire and Massachusetts Personal Injury Lawyer Blog

How Big is the Problem? It’s big and getting bigger! Here are some facts: In 2013, 3,154 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver and 424,000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver – an almost 10% increase since 2011.1 Nearly one in five crashes (18%) in which someone…

International Walk to School Day is a global event that involves communities from more than 40 countries walking and biking to school on the same day in October. It began in 1997 as a one-day event. Over time, this event has generated record-breaking participation and become part of a year-round movement. Many communities and schools…

May 17th through the 23rd is National Dog Bite Prevention Week put on my the American Veterinary Medical Association. Every year there are approximately 800,000 dog bites and dog attacks in the United States that require medical treatment. Any dog can attack or bite and it iis important for owners to recognize what they can do to lessen…

Raising the Limit: Recent Trends In the past few years, states have been raising their speed limit levels on a lot of their highways. This has led to intense debate over whether or not raising the speed limit has made the roads safer or more dangerous. Research has turned up mixed results. Almost anyone will…

Back on June 7, 2014, at 1:00 am comedian Tracy Morgan and other passengers in his car were severely injured when a Wal-Mart truck failed to brake and slammed into their vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike. One of Tracey Morgan’s friends was killed in the crash. An investigation revealed that the Walmart truck driver…

Yesterday was the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It was a day of remembrance for those who lost their lives in the worst attack on US soil. It was ironic that yesterday we learned that the US Treasury had declared that the Boston Marathon bombing was not determined to be an “act of terrorism”…

If you’ve driven into New Hampshire recently, you may have noticed the electronic signs alongside the road which state “one bad driving decision, a lifetime of regrets.” While this holds true for any driving decision, it appears that bicyclists in New Hampshire feel that they are immune from the “rules of the road.” In Hudson…

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…