Injured In A Car Accident?

Let our DC and Boston Injury Lawyers Help

In March 2010, a highway accident in eastern Massachusetts killed a pedestrian around 7:30 pm when a 46-year-old Salisbury man stepped into the right lane on Route 95 South in Newbury. As in this case, there is always a risk of an accident any time that vehicles and pedestrians are in close proximity to one another.

All vehicle accidents fall under the category of personal injuries. These traumatic events can cause not only physical and emotional damage, but also financial stress from medical expenses and lost earnings. Our Boston and Washington DC injury attorneys at understand the pain that vehicular accidents can cause and have the experience and determination to help people recover damages.

Whether there is a duty to a plaintiff may come from traffic laws. Police reports sometimes cite violations of vehicle codes, evidencing a duty breach. When involved in an accident, write down the details of the accident to remember the incident accurately. These notes are invaluable when an attorney at Pollack & Flanders LLP assists a client in putting together a compensation demand.

In a car accident, types of damages the injured person may recover include:

• Medical care for brain injury or spinal cord injury
• Loss of earnings
• Pain and suffering from chronic back and neck pain
• Emotional distress
• Psychological counseling

After an accident, write down what you were doing at the time of the accident, where you were going, the people you were with, the time and weather, shocks to your body, and anything anyone said. It at all possible, take pictures with either a cell phone or camera; these pictures are invaluable when presenting your case. Take notes of conversations with insurance adjusters, witnesses, and medical personnel.

Following an accident, make daily notes of your pain and activities. If you do not record your pain, you will forget them once you recover and the injury marks on your body clear away. Take photos of injuries to prove they existed.

For economic loss, document days taken off from work, job opportunities missed, days missed from classes, and social gatherings not attended.

If an accident is with a truck, the following parties may be responsible for a plaintiff’s injuries: truck driver, truck owner, vehicle manufacturer, truck cargo shipper. Each attorney at Pollack & Flanders LLP diligently investigates the relationships between the responsible parties to make sure truck drivers who do not have many assets or trucking companies that try to avoid liability by arguing the drivers are independent contractors do not leave an injured person with little recovery.

With truck accidents, driver errors are likely to be the cause of accidents more so than other factors like weather, road conditions, or vehicle performance. Federal regulations require trucking companies to test drivers for substance abuse. Besides alcohol impairment, sleep deprivation or prescriptions drugs may impair a driver.

Federal regulations have rules on hours of service to ensure drivers obtain needed rest to drive safely. To prove sleep deprivation, the attorneys at Pollack & Flanders can investigate the truck driver’s logs. Federal laws require drivers to record their driving information. Discovery will be made of driver trip tickets for deliveries including stamps that expose the time a driver picks up a load.

Often the legal aspects of vehicle accidents require urgent action. Contact a Boston or Washington DC attorney at Pollack & Flanders to obtain the maximum monetary compensation for car accident losses.