Call Earley Before It’s Too Late!Multi-vehicle accident cases are more complex than many other cases simply due to the number of victims and drivers involved. If you were in a pile-up collision, you need an experienced Boston multi-vehicle accident lawyer who can help you seek compensation from all at-fault parties.
Contact Earley Law Group today for a free consultation with a knowledgeable Boston chain reaction car accident attorney. We’ll review your case and explain your options for maximizing your compensation.
How Our Boston Multi-Vehicle Accident Attorneys Can Help Protect Your Rights
Over the past two decades, our Boston personal injury attorneys have protected the rights of hundreds of car accident victims and secured the compensation they needed. We help people injured in multi-vehicle accidents by thoroughly investigating the incident to identify the at-fault parties and gather the evidence needed to hold them financially liable. Our team will also evaluate your losses and determine a fair amount for what you have suffered. That way, we can pursue compensation for the full extent of your injuries and losses.
We’ll handle the entire claims process for you, including communicating with the insurers and other involved parties, so you don’t have to deal with the stress of it all. Our lawyers are highly experienced in negotiating with insurance companies and will seek the maximum compensation from all available sources. We treat every case as if it’s going to trial, which we can use as leverage during negotiations. And we’ll never charge you anything unless we recover money for your car accident claim.
How Are Legal and Insurance Processes More Complicated for Chain-Reaction Collisions?
Managing a personal injury case is usually more complex for chain-reaction collisions. That’s because there are many more victims and at-fault parties in these cases. Identifying the liable parties when multiple vehicles are involved can quickly become challenging. Often, there isn’t one single cause of the collision. Instead, a variety of factors and mistakes made by several people can lead to a pile-up.
Massachusetts also has a mixture of no-fault and fault-based auto insurance, adding more confusion to the situation. One driver’s liability policy isn’t always enough to cover the full extent of the victims’ losses in an accident. To maximize your compensation after a Boston pile-up accident, you may need to file a personal injury protection (PIP) claim with your insurer and liability claims against several parties responsible for the collision. It’s crucial that you work with a lawyer who can identify all the at-fault parties and collect the evidence needed to hold them financially liable.
How Is Fault Determined in a Multi-Vehicle Accident in Massachusetts?
Determining fault in a multi-vehicle accident in Massachusetts involves performing a thorough investigation and gathering various pieces of evidence. Common types of evidence used in these cases include:
- Accident scene pictures of the vehicles involved, skid marks, road and weather conditions, and relevant traffic signs and signals
- Traffic, surveillance, and dashboard camera footage showing the accident occurring
- Eyewitness statements from those involved in the accident and unrelated parties
- Testimony from crash reconstruction specialists on how the collision likely began
- Data from the onboard computers in newer vehicles involved in the crash establishing their speed and brake applications
It’s essential to remember that multi-vehicle accidents often involve multiple at-fault parties. For example, someone who is texting and driving doesn’t see traffic slowing ahead, causing them to slam into the vehicle in front of them. However, that vehicle is following the car in front of them too closely, so they also rear-end that car. In this case, the distracted driver and the tailgating driver may share liability.
Your Boston car accident lawyer can use their experience and resources to do the in-depth investigating needed to identify everyone who caused the collision and hold them accountable.
How Does Shared Liability Work in a Boston Pile-Up Accident?
When multiple parties are to blame for a pile-up accident, Massachusetts law states that each at-fault party is responsible for compensating the victim for all of their losses. If one of the liable parties can’t pay, the other may be responsible for the full amount.
If you were also partly at fault for the multi-vehicle accident that caused your injuries, you can still seek compensation for your losses as long as you are less than 51 percent at fault. However, the compensation you recover may be reduced by a percentage equal to your degree of fault.
A skilled multi-vehicle collision attorney can maximize your compensation by attempting to prove the at-fault parties are responsible and reduce your liability.
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What Compensation Can I Claim After a Multi-Vehicle Crash in Boston?
After a multi-vehicle crash in Boston, you can seek compensation for various losses, including medical expenses and lost wages, by filing a claim against your own PIP policy. If your injuries meet Massachusetts’s serious injury threshold, you can file claims against any at-fault drivers’ liability insurance policies. Serious injuries must result in over $2,000 of medical expenses or cause serious or permanent disfigurement, loss of a body part, a broken bone, or lost vision or hearing.
Depending on the circumstances and sources of compensation available, you may be able to pursue money for your:
- Medical bills
- Long-term care costs
- Lost wages
- Reduced future earning capacity
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Property damage
A skilled Boston multi-vehicle accident attorney can determine what compensation you may be entitled to and help you pursue it.
Talk to Our Boston Multi-Vehicle Accident Attorneys Today
For over 20 years, Earley Law has provided each client with our signature “The Earley Experience.” That means we treat clients with the utmost respect, maintain honest and open communication, put maximum effort into seeking maximum compensation, and never charge fees unless we win.
Our approach to handling cases with the compassion and care they deserve has earned us more than 700 Google reviews for the quality service and results we provide to accident victims*, such as this one:
“Right off the bat you could tell Christopher is a kind hearted person. After my injury, I was left in physical and emotional distress. Not only did he provide excellent service, but he also cared. His communication is always quick and timely. Always kept me up to date, every step of the way. Christopher demonstrates the qualities of a very reliable and knowledgeable lawyer, and as a client I highly recommend him.” – Billy W.
Contact our firm today for a free consultation to discuss your case with a knowledgeable Boston pile-up accident attorney and learn more about The Earley Experience.
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