According to media reports, an elderly woman struck a Concord family on Commonwealth Avenue in Concord around 9 a.m. on Saturday, sending the family to the hospital and causing serious injuries to the 20-month-old child who was being pushed in a stroller at the time. The mother, 39-year-old Laura Labriola,…
According to news reports, police have arrested a suspect in the 2010 hit-and-run crash that killed 81-year-old Christos Agganis. The suspect, 24-year-old Steffany Barbanti of Saugus, is suspected of striking the 81-year-old man then fleeing the scene and is being charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash. She…
According to a report published by the Highway Loss Data Institution in January 2012, talking on a hand-held cell phone is banned in 10 states and in Washington, D.C. This group includes several states in the Northeast region of the country, including Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and New York.…
Police have charged Lisa Leavitt with motor vehicle homicide while intoxicated and negligent driving in the Haverhill pedestrian accident that claimed the life of Karen LaPierre early Sunday morning. At the time, LaPierre, 63, was loading her car with doughnuts she had picked up to bring to church for morning…
Last week, our Boston injury lawyers published a blog post about a new National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study on text messaging and cell phone use while driving. As evidenced by the number of distracted driving fatalities that happened in 2010, too many people are dying because there are drivers…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has published its 2010 Fatality Analysis Reporting System, and our Boston injury lawyers are pleased to report that the latest figures show that last year saw a drop in Massachusetts motor vehicle crash deaths. There were 314 traffic fatalities in the state in 2010,…
The state’s highest court is getting ready to take a formal look into whether Massachusetts drunk driving acquittal level at the district court level is too high. The announcement of the inquiry comes following a report by the Boston Globe that the judges had a 30% greater acquittal rate than…
A 22-year-old driver has been charged in the Worcester, Massachusetts car crash that left two people dead. A prosecutor says that Robert J. Curran was allegedly driving at 80-100 mph at around 2am when he struck the vehicle transporting 19-year-old Joel Rodriguez and 18-year-old Andres Guzman. Also injured in the…
According to some experts, the constant use of mobile devices may soon end up classified as an addiction similar to alcoholism or drug addiction. This is bad news, considering that most people won’t go anywhere without their cell phones, and dangerous when you think about how many accidents occur every…
13 people were injured when a Newton motor vehicle crash on Monday when a van drove into a stopped garbage truck at around 9am. Three of the special needs passengers sustained serious injuries. The Jaws of Life had to be used to remove the passenger in the front seat. At…