Blog Posts in April, 2015

Family grateful that loved one survived recent auto crash

A Holyoke family recently went through a very distressing incident in which a loved one was seriously injured in a car accident. The woman was driving through the intersection of Cabot and Elm Streets on a recent Saturday afternoon when another driver sped past a stop sign and broadsided her vehicle. Following the auto crash , the Massachusetts woman was trapped within her car until bystanders ...

2 Massachusetts pedestrians injured in an accident

When a collision takes place between a vehicle and the human body, there can be little question of which side will fare the worst. In a recent incident in Amherst, Massachusetts, two young women were injured in an accident as a driver crashed into them. They suffered injuries in the accident, but were lucky to have escaped grave harm. Police believe that the accident took place in the afternoon ...

No charges to be filed in tragic automobile accident

Many Massachusetts readers will remember a horrific incident that took place last December and brought devastating injuries to a young woman who had just graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She remains hospitalized and unconscious, and the Northwestern District Attorney's office recently released a statement summarizing the results of the police investigation into the matter. ...

On appeal, sleeping driver entitled to workers' compensation

Massachusetts workers rely on workers' compensation to provide financial support when a workplace injury takes place. In certain cases, however, the path to receiving this benefit is not as straightforward as it could be. When workers' compensation is denied, the injured party is left with little choice other than to pursue benefits in a court of law. A recent case is an example of the road that ...