Massachusetts Injuries

A Brockton construction worker who walks to work is getting blocked by the insurer after developing tennis elbow from heavy equipment, and the fight is over whether care is "medically necessary."

A project manager driving between job sites in Springfield can still be on the job, and an employer cannot just invent "light duty" to cut off benefits when CRPS makes even desk work impossible.

A hair salon worker with a compound femur fracture is getting hit with the oldest insurance trick in Massachusetts: blame you hard enough and the money disappears.

An EMT in New Bedford is being told a childbirth epidural injury is fake or pre-existing, even with MRI findings, and that's exactly where insurers try to bury a real claim.

A Lowell student athlete with a prior back issue can still have a real injury claim after a crash, but the insurer will use old scans and delay tactics while the truck's black box data is disappearing.

A Boston accountant dealing with suspected nursing home neglect finds out the hospital that treated the fallout wants a huge cut of the recovery.

A broken pelvis after an Uber drop-off can turn into a three-insurer blame circus fast, especially when the car that hit you was a rental.

A quiet fall, a gap in treatment, and three different companies denying blame is exactly how a decent Worcester injury claim gets gutted.

A bad leg break at a Worcester business can still be a real claim even if the company says its driver was "off the clock."

A crushed-hand case in Fall River can involve workers' comp, a machine defect claim, and uninsured motorist coverage, so one quick settlement number usually means somebody is trying to close the file cheap.

A med mistake at assisted living can still be a real injury claim in Massachusetts even if the contract buries an arbitration clause.

If your neck pain showed up a day or two after a Massachusetts crash, the clock is already running with insurance, medical records, and the state's injury deadline.

If a mine worker in Massachusetts is getting two totally different stories about serious lung damage, the first fight is evidence, not trust.