Massachusetts Personal Injury Lawyers

Experienced Accident Attorneys Serving Massachusetts

The days after an injury rarely feel typical. You may be waiting for test results or trying to explain an absence to your employer while an insurer is already reviewing fault and requesting a statement.

Kanner & Pintaluga helps bring structure to that uncertainty. Depending on the case, our work may include preserving evidence, interviewing witnesses, identifying insurance coverage, reviewing medical and employment records, and calculating losses that extend beyond the bills already in hand. We negotiate from a developed factual record rather than an incomplete view of the injury.

Types of Personal Injury Cases We Handle in Massachusetts

Personal injury claims arise in many different settings, but they share a central question: did a person or business fail to use reasonable care, causing someone else to be hurt? Kanner & Pintaluga evaluates Massachusetts injury claims involving the following.

Accidentes automovilísticos

A Massachusetts car accident lawyer can investigate crashes involving speeding, distraction, unsafe lane changes, impaired driving, or failure to yield. Useful evidence may include crash reports, photographs, video, witness accounts, vehicle data, phone records, and medical documentation.

Massachusetts is a no-fault auto insurance state, which means an injured person may initially look to Personal Injury Protection, or PIP, for certain losses regardless of who caused the crash. PIP does not necessarily resolve every loss or prevent a claim against an at-fault party. The coverage available and the right to pursue additional damages depend on the facts, injuries, policies, and Massachusetts law.

Commercial Truck and Work-Vehicle Accidents

A tractor-trailer, delivery van, bus, or other commercial-vehicle crash may require driver files, electronic data, maintenance records, cargo information, and company policies. More than one business may share responsibility.

Motorcycle, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Accidents

People outside a passenger vehicle have little protection from impact. These claims may involve disputes about visibility, right of way, speed, signals, or crosswalks. Scene photographs, video, vehicle damage, and witness statements can help establish what occurred.

Reclamaciones por resbalones y caídas y por responsabilidad civil de los propietarios de inmuebles

Unsafe stairs, spills, defective flooring, poor lighting, inadequate security, and untreated snow or ice can cause serious harm. A property owner is not automatically responsible whenever someone gets hurt. Liability depends on who controlled the property, what created the danger, whether reasonable care was used, and how the condition caused the injury. Prompt photographs, reports, video, and maintenance records can be valuable.

Catastrophic Injury Claims

Brain injuries, spinal cord damage, severe burns, amputations, and other life-altering conditions can create years of consequences. These claims may require evidence addressing future treatment, rehabilitation, equipment, home modifications, lost earning capacity, and long-term support.

Demandas por homicidio culposo

When negligence causes a death, Massachusetts law allows the estate’s executor or administrator to pursue a wrongful death action in qualifying circumstances. The claim requires careful review of available damages and deadlines.

What Evidence Can Strengthen a Massachusetts Injury Claim?

Useful evidence connects the responsible party’s conduct to the injury and shows how the person’s life has changed.

Early investigation can protect evidence before vehicles are repaired, conditions change, or video is overwritten.

Massachusetts Injury Laws and What Victims Should Know

You do not need to study the Massachusetts General Laws before calling an attorney. Still, understanding a few state-specific rules can make the claims process less confusing.

Many Personal Injury Lawsuits Have a Three-Year Filing Period

Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 260, Section 2A generally provides a three-year limitations period for tort actions, including many negligence-based personal injury lawsuits. The date used to calculate that period and any exception depend on the circumstances.

Different deadlines or notice requirements may apply to government claims, medical malpractice, minors, wrongful death, or other circumstances. Evidence can also disappear long before the filing period ends.

Massachusetts Uses Modified Comparative Negligence

Fault is not always assigned entirely to one person. Under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 231, Section 85, a claimant’s negligence does not bar recovery when it is not greater than the total negligence attributed to the party or parties from whom recovery is sought. Any damages awarded are reduced in proportion to the claimant’s share of negligence.

For example, a person with $100,000 in damages who is found 20% responsible may recover $80,000. If the claimant’s responsibility is greater than 50%, recovery is generally barred under this rule. Because percentages of fault depend on evidence, an insurer’s first conclusion is not necessarily the final word.

Massachusetts Auto Claims Involve No-Fault PIP Rules

According to the Massachusetts Division of Insurance, Massachusetts is a no-fault state. PIP is part of the required auto insurance system and may cover certain medical expenses, lost wages, and replacement services after a crash, regardless of fault, subject to policy terms and legal limits.

Massachusetts also restricts recovery for pain and suffering in many motor vehicle cases. Under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 231, Section 6D, the claimant generally must incur more than $2,000 in reasonable and necessary treatment expenses or meet a listed exception, such as death, loss of a body member, permanent and serious disfigurement, certain loss of sight or hearing, or a fracture.

Crossing that threshold does not guarantee a settlement. Liability, causation, injuries, coverage, documentation, and defenses still matter.

Recoverable Losses Depend on the Case

A claim may involve medical expenses, rehabilitation, lost income, reduced earning capacity, pain, disability, scarring, and loss of normal activities. No calculator can determine value from a diagnosis alone. Evidence of responsibility, future needs, coverage, and the injury’s real effect all matter.