Massachusetts Personal Injury Legal Questions

Yes, you may potentially be responsible for damages.You should immediately contact your insurance company and put them on notice of the potential claim. Failure to promptly notify the insurance may jeopardize the coverage you have and expose you to paying any damages and attorney fees yourself. ... Read More

While the preferred method it to provide the insurance company your medical records, it is not uncommon to provide the insurance company with a medical authorization to get your records.  You may take steps to limit their access, such not limiting access to records only and not allowed the insurance to speak to your medical providers or limiting the time period that they may get records (ie a year before the accident). ... Read More

Whether or not you would go to jail will not be based solely upon whether or not you had a license. It will depend on factors such as the seriousness of the accident, whether or not anyone was injured, your previous criminal history, if any and the skill and experience of the attorney who represents you on the matter.... Read More

A code of professional responsibility may be legally enforceable and or enforceable by a professional association and may be a basis of a civil action in malpractice. A cannon is a name for artillery (tube) and is derived from an Italian word for tube and is a name derived from one class (size) of the artillery during the late middle ages-early renaissance that has become a commonly used word to describe all tube artillery.... Read More

This is not a California case so I am not sure what is going on. My guess is that a settlement has been reached. You have to check with your stepmother or go to the court house or on line to see what the filed document says. Your stepmother filed a loss of consortium claim [loss of her husband] and any settlement would state what part goes to her and what part to your father's estate. What goes to him would be considered his personal property and not community property [important in California and the former Spanish states] so all of it should go into the estate.... Read More

More information would be needed to answer your question.  You stated that your son fell, but not how or why he fell.  If he is responsible for the fall, for example, he tripped over his own shoelace, there would be no claim.  However, if one can show the museum or other third party responsible for the fall, then there may be a valid claim.  I would suggest you contact an experienced slip and fall attorney for a free consultation.  In Massachusetts, you have 3 years to make a claim or else the claim is forever barred. Steven A. Schwartz Attorney/Partner   JOEL H. SCHWARTZ, P.C. One Washington Mall, 16th floor Boston, MA  02108 (617) 742-1170 (800) 660-2270 (617) 250-2072 fax sas@joelhschwartz.com www.joelhschwartz.com  ... Read More

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