Mandatory Minimum Auto Insurance Increases July 1 Like nearly all states, Massachusetts requires a minimum level of automobile insurance. In Massachusetts, just four types of insurance are mandated: bodily injury to others, personal injury protection, liability for damage to someone else’s property, and uninsured motorist coverage for bodily injury. Any additional coverage, such as comprehensive …

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Scaled Back Autonomous Vehicle Regulations Increase Dangers Over the winter, we reported on the proposed changes to federal regulations regarding reporting of autonomous vehicle crashes. The administration says the reason it’s collecting less data about self-driving car crashes is that we are in an ” innovation race” with China and the stakes have never been …

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Did Covid Make Us Worse Drivers? Most Americans think so, according to a report from Pew Research Center. Road fatalities have declined since the peak of the pandemic. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says quarterly road fatalities have been steadily declining since the spring of 2022. If the NHTSA’s preliminary estimates …

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Massachusetts Traffic Deaths Increased in 2024 Traffic deaths Nationwide are falling. between 2022 and 2024, the rate of traffic fatalities in the United States dropped by 7.9%. That continued a downward trend that started in 2023 after a peak number of traffic fatalities – 42,721– in 2022. Unfortunately, the news isn’t as good for Massachusetts …

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‘Tis the Season for Motorcycle Crashes It’s springtime in Massachusetts. That means warmer temperatures, longer days, and the departure (mostly) of snow and ice. Unfortunately, it also means an increase in motorcycle crashes. Some recent examples of serious Massachusetts motorcycle accidents include:  On April 14, a collision between a car and a motorcycle in Andover …

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Staffing Issues Put Nursing Home Residents at Risk Staffing is an important factor in how well and safely a nursing home or other residential facility runs. That’s why there are legal requirements about the number and type of staff members required. Unfortunately, not every facility complies with those requirements.  Sometimes that’s because the nursing home …

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Truck Crashes Into Boston Building, Injuring 6 On April 1, a box truck crashed into a building in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood. According to the Associated Press, the truck also hit several pedestrians. Four people were reportedly transported to the hospital, with two listed in critical condition. The Penske truck had apparently been rented to a …

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What Injury Victims Can Learn from the Christmas Tree Throwing Case It’s not often that U.S. news and social media is littered with information about a personal injury case from another country. But, the dismissal of an Irish woman’s case briefly caught widespread attention, in part because of the reason her case was dismissed. She …

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