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My right arm is shot from running equipment and workers' comp says treatment isn't necessary

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."

ARTICLE by Joanne Kowalski

Preserve Key Evidence Before a Lowball Lung Claim

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

ARTICLE by Meredith Harrington

Got a call saying "light duty or no checks" in Springfield? Not if your doctor shut it down

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.

ARTICLE by Carlos Medina

I gave birth in New Bedford and now their doctor says the nerve damage is all in my head

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.

ARTICLE by Rosa Tavares

A Worcester insurer will call you 51% at fault to make your broken leg worthless

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.

ARTICLE by Tyrone Mitchell

Six months after that Worcester store fall and your hip still isn't right - did staying quiet wreck the case?

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

ARTICLE by Joanne Kowalski

Ashamed to ask, but a Boston hospital lien can swallow a nursing home neglect case

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

ARTICLE by Patricia Chen

You might see this in a court order or hear it from a lawyer as, "The judge denied a new trial on the condition of remittitur," or "The plaintiff can accept remittitur or try...

Your teammate got $60,000 after the Lowell bus crash - why are they offering you $4,500?

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.

ARTICLE by Kathleen O'Brien

I signed the paperwork fast - did I sign away a Fall River lawsuit?

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

ARTICLE by Tyrone Mitchell

unfair claim settlement practices

$100,000 can disappear fast after a serious crash or a missed diagnosis, and unfair claim settlement practices are the insurer tactics Massachusetts law forbids when a company...

statute of repose

How can a lawsuit be too late even if you only recently found out what caused the harm? A statute of repose is a hard cutoff that can erase the right to sue after a set number...

What trips people up most is that a subpoena is not just a request. It is a formal court-backed order requiring a person, business, or other nonparty to do something specific -...

Can I choose my own doctor for workers' comp in Massachusetts?

Yes - in Massachusetts, you can usually treat with your own doctor for a work injury, not just the company doctor. If you slipped on black ice loading up near Route 18 in New...

statute of limitations

Like a punch-clock deadline at the end of a shift, once the window closes, nobody cares how good your excuse is - the chance is gone. A statute of limitations is the legal time...

Eighteen grand for a crushed hand and an uninsured-driver wreck is a lowball, not a lifeline

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.

ARTICLE by Danny Callahan

Worcester store parking lot, shattered femur, and now the company says he was off the clock?

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."

ARTICLE by Meredith Harrington

Like asking a foreman to recheck a call after a worker gets blamed for a bad read, an appeal is a request for a higher court to review what a lower court decided. It is not a...

jury deliberation

You may see this in a trial notice, a courtroom update, or hear a lawyer say, "The case is with the jury now" or "The jury has started deliberating." That means the evidence is...

permanent total disability

Two-thirds of your average weekly wage can be on the line if this is labeled the wrong way. If an insurer treats a life-changing work injury as temporary or only partial, the...