- If you’re involved in a car accident with an injury and the other party is at fault, under Massachusetts law you’re entitled to be compensated for your injuries, pain and suffering, and medical expenses by the insurance company for the driver that caused the accident.
- A car accident injury monetary settlement compensation will depend on the type of injury, medical treatment, medical expenses, age, and whether the injury is permanent or temporary.
- When involved in a car accident, if you are able, you should immediately take photos of the cars’ locations at the time of the collision, photo of the other driver and car’s license plate, call 911 and DO NOT move your cars until you have either taken photos or the police have arrived on the scene. If there are any witnesses, get their full name, address and cell number.
- Your insurance rates will not go up when you are involved in an accident and you’re not at fault and/or when you’re not more than 50% at fault.
- After an accident, you should report it to your insurance company or insurance agent, and you are not required to provide a recorded statement. If your company wants a recorded statement, you should notify it that any statement will be given through your attorney.
- You are NOT required to speak with the person’s insurance company who caused the accident and you SHOULD NOT.
- You should contact FACCHINI LAW FIRM to discuss your accident, injuries and legal rights as soon as possible following the accident. The initial meeting with the Attorney is free.
- In Massachusetts, if you are injured in a car accident and retain an attorney, the standard legal fee is 33.33% of the settlement and deduction of necessary related costs.
- When you retain Michael D. Facchini, FACCHINI LAW FIRM, you get him and his legal secretaries that will personally handle every aspect of your case, answer all your questions, fully advise you of all your legal rights and seek to get you the fairest settlement for your injuries.
- If we are unable to reach a fair settlement, you always have the legal right to file a lawsuit and have a jury decide your case.
- At FACCHINI LAW FIRM, I always advise my clients of their legal rights, whether the settlement is fair and reasonable and whether a lawsuit may or may not be in their best interest. Our client’s concerns and interests always comes first.
- When you retain FACCHINI LAW FIRM, we handle every aspect of your case- from the property damage, wage loss, medical treatment and medical expenses and answer all your questions in a timely manner. We become your voice and best advocate against the insurance company.
- Once you retain an attorney, all communication to and from the insurance companies are required to go through the attorney. There will be no more communication from the client to the insurance company or the insurance company to the client. It is your attorney’s role to zealously advocate on your behalf and to deliver peace of mind to every client.
- A settlement for a car accident injury is money for the injured person’s injuries, past, present and future pain and suffering and lost wages, if working and lost work time.
- A settlement for pain and suffering is not taxable.
- When in a car accident you have up to $8K in medical coverage under your own policy and your rates will not go up if you are not at fault for the accident.
- If involved in a car accident and the other driver fled the accident scene or the driver did not have insurance, you’re ENTITLED UNDER YOUR OWN POLICY to recover for your injuries with a pain and suffering monetary settlement. If your insurance company is not fair with its settlement offers, you can force an Arbitration for the fair settlement amount to be determined by a judge. Your rates DO NOT GO UP.
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