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         CUSHNER & BLOOM, P.C.

 1170 BEACON STREET

BROOKLINE, MA  02446

 

Tel. (617) 608-0019

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IF YOU HAVE BEEN INJURED, CALL ME......EXPERIENCED, CARING, INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATION........

 

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AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS

WHAT ABOUT MY
CONSCIOUS PAIN AND SUFFERING?

Generally, a person injured in a motor vehicle accident in Massachusetts who suffers a bodily injury, sickness or disease as a result of the accident may bring a lawsuit (or have an insurance claim distinct from the PIP claim) for his/her damages for pain and suffering, including mental suffering associated with such injury, sickness or disease, only if the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in treating such injury, sickness or disease for necessary medical, surgical, x-ray and dental services, including prosthetic devices, and necessary ambulance, hospital, professional nursing and funeral expenses are determined to be in excess $2,000, unless such injury, sickness or disease (1) causes death, or (2) consists in whole or in part of loss of a body member, or (3) consists in whole or in part of permanent and serious disfigurement, or (4) results in such loss of sight or hearing or (5) consists of a fracture.

These provisions generally do not apply to motorcyclists involved in accidents in Massachusetts, that is, these injured operators are not required to satisfy these criteria as a condition precedent to recovery of damages for pain and suffering since operators and passengers on motorcycles are usually excluded from PIP coverage. A passenger on a bus or trolley car operated by a public authority that becomes injured as a consequence of the negligence of its operator may also be excluded from having to meet these criteria.

 

Personal Injury Law is often complicated and subject to recent changes in the law.  At Cushner & Bloom we stay on top of the latest Massachusetts court decisions for the benefit of our clients and ourselves.  If you have any questions on a personal injury matter, please feel free to contact Attorney Steven Bloom.



By e-mail: cbpc@ix.netcom.com
By regular mail: 1170 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02446
By telephone: (617) 608-0019 or through my Comments Page.
 

 

    

 
 

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