Automobile Accidents

• Just When You Think Your Child is Safe...

  Bruce Bierhans | June 18, 2008 3:50 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  As a parent, wouldn't you think your child was safe if he or she attended an overnight graduation related event on school grounds? Of course, you would have every right to believe that such an event...

• 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...

• Facing tough economic times, NH reconsiders seat belt law

  Carrie Strasser | February 06, 2009 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  New Hampshire is the only state in the country that does not have a seat belt law, says the Eagle-Tribune in an article on Thursday. On Tuesday, the House Transportation Committee considered a...

• Cape Cod Winter Driving: Be Protected and Know Your UM Coverage

  Bruce Bierhans | January 21, 2009 4:58 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  You're on your way to the Cape Cod Mall. You're stopped at a red light and are rear ended by a bubble gum chewing 19 year old talking on her cell phone and putting on mascara looking in her rear...

• 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

• 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...

• "Good Samaritan" Responsible for Hit-and-Run Accident

  Christina Cole | April 05, 2007 3:27 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  A "good Samaritan" who called 911 after stopping to help a 7-year-old girl in a hit-and-run accident last week, was actually the driver that struck her, police said.The man, 24, was arrested on felony charges for being a habitual offender, his conduct following the accident and for filing a false accident report.The girl was riding her toy scooter last Friday across the street from her house...

• Trash in Car Caused Crash

  Christina Cole | February 12, 2007 11:27 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  West Yarmouth Police report there was so much trash in the driver's car that some fell onto the gas and brake petals, causing her to lose control of her Ford Focus.While in the midst of losing control of the vehicle, the driver went through a post office parking space, up over the curb and across the freeway before hitting a Ford Explorer and backing over the sidewalk and then hitting a flower...

• 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.