New Hampshire and Massachusetts Personal Injury Lawyer Blog

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…

What is Lead? Lead is a soft malleable metal. What are the Sources of Lead? Lead can be found in our environment including in the soil, in our water, and in the air. It has also been found in homes. Lead can be found in many household objects and products we use such as paint,…

October 7th through October 11th, the Network for Employers for Traffic Safety is sponsoring their Gear Up: Drive Safely to Work Campaign. The campaign focuses on driving safety, alterness, vehicle safety and also driver health. We will be promoting this campaign on our Facebook site throughout the week. Please like us on Facebook to receive these…

The Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey made news this week with their recent opinion in the Kubert et al. v. Best et al. case. In this ground breaking decision, the court determined that a send of a text message can potentially be held liable if an accident is caused by said text. Special…