Author: Joshua Brabant If you’ve been injured in a car accident, you may wonder what your settlement is worth and how much you will end up with in your pocket. Just to be clear, there is no specific formula in order to determine exactly what your case is worth, but there there is a general…
Continue reading ›Author: Joshua D. Brabant Spring is here and motorcyclists are getting back out on the road. There are inherent risks to riding a motorcycle. Some of the risks unique to motorcycle riding include: While riding a motorcycle can be risky, riders can take steps to make trips safer. By getting professional training, being aware of…
Continue reading ›Author: Joshua Brabant Motorcycle accidents can be extremely serious and can cause grave, even fatal injuries. Determining who is at fault can be extremely difficult but crucial to obtaining damages for the accident. There are two types of damages to prove: compensatory and punitive damages. Compensatory damages cover medical bills, rehabilitation, loss of property and…
Continue reading ›Author: Joshua Brabant If someone is injured in a car accident in Massachusetts, there is something called the Tort Threshold that must be met in order to present an injury claim against the responsible driver’s insurance company for the person’s injuries. The threshold is $2000 dollars in medical bills. If the bills are less than…
Continue reading ›Author: Joshua Brabant The Boston Herald reported that a “Swampscott garbage-truck driver” has been charged by Boston Police with “leaving the scene of a fatal accident” after he hit and killed a bicyclist in Charlestown yesterday. The truck driver is being arraigned in Charlestown Municipal Court in connection with the car accident which was near…
Continue reading ›Author: Joshua Brabant The Patriot Ledger recently reported that a person driving a motorcycle was transported to the South Shore Hospital with injuries after “going off Oldham Street and crashing in a wooded area.” The article stated that ” Pembroke police received a 911 call just before 7 p.m. Sunday reporting a motorcycle accident near…
Continue reading ›Author: Joshua Brabant Several years ago the Massachusetts Courts increased the Small Claims cap from $2,000 to $7000 dollars. An exception to the cap has always been made for property damage caused by a motor vehicle. But now with the increase in the Small Claims Cap, some people are now bringing suit for their car…
Continue reading ›Author: Joshua Brabant In a recent article by NPR, Does Google Glass Distract Drivers? The Debate is on, The question of whether Google Glass will have a substantially enhancing or distracting effect on drivers is considered. One focus of the article is the new legislative body that is rising around this new technology. Ira Silverstein,…
Continue reading ›Author: Joshua Brabant USA Today recently reported that “Nissan is recalling 1 million vehicles because the air bag system software might not be able to tell whether there is a person sitting in the front passenger seat, so the air bag might not inflate in a crash.” Nissan admitted in documents filed with the National…
Continue reading ›Author: Joshua Brabant Consumer Reports recently had an article titled “The road to self-driving cars” in which they detailed the current and future technologies that are paving the pathway to totally self driving car. A scenario they lay out as being a reality now is stated as: “You get into your car in the morning…
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