Automobile Accidents | InjuryBoard Boston

A recent article on traffic injuries, written by researchers at a non-profit organization affiliated with Emory University, states that worldwide, traffic accidents cause 1 million fatalities and over 20 million injuries per year. The authors (Lauren P. Giles, B.A.; Elisabeth S. Hayes, M.B.A.; and Mark L. Rosenberg, M.D., M.P.P., Road Traffic Injuries: Can we Stop a Global Epidemic?), draw the...

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The federal Center for Disease Control estimates that alcohol is involved in car crashes that kill someone in the United States every 13 minutes. That equals more than 15,000 deaths per year due to drunk driving accidents. The government has made a number of recommendations to reduce alcohol-related deaths and injuries on the roadway.It pressured states - with the threat of losing federal money...

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A friend of mine joked recently that he had a vision of his demise - run over by a minivan driven by someone talking on a cell phone. He may be right. The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society estimates that drivers distracted by cell phones cause 2,600 highway deaths and 330,000 injuries each year. Since everyone knows they shouldn't talk on a cell phone while driving, it remains a mystery why...

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Severe spinal cord injuries fall into the category of injuries that can be described as life-altering. Enormous strides have been made in the last decade to help individuals paralyzed by spinal cord trauma live longer with a higher quality of life. Naturally, the greater the damage to the spinal cord and the more severe the limitation on movement and self-sufficiency, the greater the supports...

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Is there anyone who drives regularly on the highways who has not had a perilous encounter with a large tractor trailer truck? Unlikely. Maybe when seeing an 18 wheeler in your rear view mirror closing fast, or watching a double tractor trailer weaving in and out of lanes or passing traffic at 80 miles an hour, you wondered whether large trucks really cause much death and injury in addition to...

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On July 10, 2006, Melina Del Valle (38) of Boston was killed when a nearly 3000 pound ceiling panel feel from the recently completed I 90/Ted William's Connector Tunnel in Boston's Central Artery. The tragedy follows a decade of concerns over escalating costs related to the tunnel, which included at least one indictment and conviction for false plan submission. Massachusetts Governor, Mitt...

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Regardless of the injury (or loss of life), a claim against an airline for injuries that occured during international travel may be subject to strict limitations. The definition of "international travel" is strictly applied and will turn on locations listed on your passenger ticket. There may also be variations based on the countries to which you travelled. The evidence required to overcome...

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Massachusetts law requires drivers to purchase a minimum insurance policy of $20,000 per person and $40,000 per accident. Often this coverage is insufficient to cover even medical expenses related to the collision. A little known aspect of auto insurance law is U coverage... U policies, or policies covering motor vehicle collisions where the party at fault has either no insurance or not enough...

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