The Massachusetts State Police superintendent announced a safety study will help determine ways to reduce the risk of serious injury or death resulting in Massachusetts car accidents involving state troopers. As our Boston injury lawyers have been reporting both here and on our sister site, Boston Car Accident Lawyers Blog,…
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Massachusetts workers’ compensation claims impacted by independent contractor classifications
FedEx Ground has agreed to a settlement of $3 million with the Massachusetts attorney general’s office over a dispute that alleged the company misclassified drivers as independent contractors, the Associated Press reported. Our Massachusetts workers’ compensation attorneys continue to fight on behalf of misclassified employees who are injured in a…
Woman charged after Massachusetts car accident claims life of highway worker
A Lowell woman has been charged with vehicular homicide in connection with a December Massachusetts car accident that claimed the life of a man working on Route 3 in Chelmsford, the Newburyport News reported. Massachusetts State Police charged the 34-year-old woman with motor vehicle homicide, marked lanes violation, operating in…
Big Dig safety review highlights road defects as potential cause of Massachusetts car accidents
Safety concerns remain in Big Dig tunnels, nearly five years after a high-profile incident in which a 28-year-old motorist was killed in a 2006 Boston car accident caused by collapsing ceiling panels, the Boston Herald reported. The chronic problems plaguing the Big Dig are a glaring example of road defects…
Framingham firefighters injured in Massachusetts work-injury accident
State inspectors continue to review an accident earlier this month in which four firefighters were injured when a Framingham fire truck rolled over while returning from a call, the MetroWest Daily News reported. The truck was on Edgell Road about 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning when it rolled 360 degrees and…