Automobile Accidents

• Tanker Explosion Badly Burns Trucker

  Jenny Albano | March 28, 2008 11:35 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  On Friday, March 28, a tanker exploded and shut down Interstate 91 in Chicopee. The driver of the tanker became badly burned after being trapped inside the truck during and after the explosion. Over a dozen drivers stopped their vehicles to try and free the man from the wreckage but were stopped by the flames.The driver was finally rescued and taken to a local hospital. The driver suffered...

• Yet Another ATV Accident

  Bruce Bierhans | March 24, 2008 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  On Saturday night, a twelve year old boy sustained serious injuries in an accident involving an ATVin Harwich.For years, consumer groups have sought further regulation of these vehicles because of their weight, design flaws...and their propensity to cause serious injuries, including head injuries, in adolescent males. In the Harwich case, the Cape Cod Times reported that several witnesses fled...

• Fatal Train Crash Caused by Human Error

  Jenny Albano | March 19, 2008 10:22 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  A crash that occurred last year was found to be caused by human error and failure to follow safety procedures by the National Transportation Safety Board. The collision of a commuter train and a maintenance truck took the lives of two track workers in Woburn.The crash occurred on Jan. 9, 2007, when the engineer of southbound Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Train 322 received a clear signal...

• Are you an injured "Faker"

  Bruce Bierhans | March 05, 2008 1:47 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  Please see the blog on our Southeastern Massachusetts site about the new "Fake Bad Scale" now being used by insurance companies to defeat or diminish injured victims claims.

• Cell Phones and Driving

  Bruce Bierhans | February 11, 2008 2:58 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  See the entry on Cell Phones and Driving in my Southeastern Massachusetts blog.Bruce A. Bierhans

• Teenage Boy Killed in Somerset Crash

  Jenny Albano | February 10, 2008 6:44 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  An 18 year-old from Fall River was killed in a car accident on Saturday, February 9. Corey Leite was driving the car when he hit a tree and utility pole and was pronounced dead at Charlton Memorial Hospital at 10:39 P.M. One passenger in the 1983 Ford Mustang suffered minor injury, while two others were unhurt in the crash shortly after 10 p.m. The Mustang crashed through the fence of a...

• Snow and Soft Tissue Injuries

  Bruce Bierhans | January 16, 2008 2:56 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  It's that time of year on Cape Cod. You're stopped at a red light and your car gets hit in the rear end by another vehicle.Your car has some damage, but it's minimal. You get out of the vehicle a bit stunned, but tell everyone you feel ok. Two days later, your lower back and/or neck hurt and you feel fatigued with a mild headache. Sound familiar?You likely have what is known in our profession as...

• Foreseeable Injuries

  Bruce Bierhans | December 19, 2007 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently issued a very practical but controversial decision. The court held that the mother of a boy struck and killed by a car could sue the drivers doctor because the doctor failed to warn the driver of the risks associated with taking certain medications.This may appear harsh, but it is nothing more than a logical extension of the existing law of...

• Cape Cod Teenager Found Guilty of Motor Vehicle Homicide

  Chrissie Cole | September 26, 2007 1:17 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  A Cape Cod teenager was found guilty of causing the car accident that killed his best friend, in March 2006, and sentenced to 18 months in jail.The teen, 18, of Barnstable, was found guilty of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation following a bench trial. The judge ruled he was the cause of the accident that led to the death of his best friend, 16-year-old Melissa Gifford.He will serve...

• Massachusetts Firefighters Respond to Rollover Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | September 13, 2007 10:05 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  Massachusetts Firefighters, in Newton, responded to a horrible rollover car accident on Route 9 in the Chestnut Hill section of Newton on Wednesday.The assistant Fire Chief arrived on the scene and reported a two vehicle accident with a rollover. One car was traveling on either side of Route 9. A Volkswagen crashed with an SUV while traveling west on Route 9. The impact of the crash sent the...