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$ 3.5 million Settlement for
auto injury

Our eighteen-year-old client was driving on an interstate into the early morning sun. As he drove over a rise in the road, he struck a car that was disabled and stopped in the middle of the road because a 150-pound wheel and tire detached from a tractor-trailer rig traveling in the opposite direction. The lugs holding the tire had broken off, causing the tire and wheel to travel across the median strip, and hit and disable the stopped vehicle.
Awarded: $ 3.5 million

$1,000,000 Jury Verdict for
86 year-old woman

Our client an 86 year-old woman sustained an injury after being struck by a bus. The inattentive bus driver was warned by a passenger that the woman was crossing in front of the bus but could not stop in time to avoid impact.
Awarded: $1,000,000

$785,000 Settlement for
crushed ankle

Our client was operating his motorcycle on a two-lane road when a large box truck made a U-turn into his path of travel. The client attempted to avoid the collision by laying his motorcycle on its side. Unfortunately his lower leg and ankle came in contact with the truck causing seven fractures and soft tissue injury.
Awarded: $785,000

DISCLAIMER: Please note that every case is different and these verdicts and settlements, while accurate, do not represent what we may obtain for you in your case.

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Train Accident Injures Massachusetts Man

Posted on Dec 05, 2008

Jack Daniels, a 61-year-old man from Canton, was reported as being in fair condition at Massachusetts General Hospital after he was clipped by an Acela Amtrak train. The speeding train clipped the back part of Daniels’ body while he was attempting to cross the railroad tracks at Canton Junction on Thanksgiving morning. Reports show that the train was traveling at a speed of 90 miles per hour, northbound, from New York to Boston.

“It skimmed him, and took part of his back side off, from what I saw. His clothes were ripped off,” said John O’Brien, who arrived at the scene of the accident just seconds after it occurred.

O’Brien also said that Daniels was conscious when he first saw him after the accident. Daniels was looking for his teeth that had been knocked out of his mouth during the accident. “He was still standing, and he was in shock. People were talking to him, and he was trying to talk to them,” said O’Brien.

Other witnesses said that Daniels had just crossed the railroad tracks and had one leg up to get on the track platform. The Amtrak train clipped him while he was trying to get onto the station’s platform.

Rescue workers from the Canton fire station were at the accident scene in minutes, said O’Brien, and they started to treat Daniels and wrapping him up. Daniels was airlifted to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment for his injuries.

The train accident is being investigated by transit police. According to local police, Daniels was reportedly on his way to Honey Dew Donuts when he was hit by the train.

Transit Police Sgt. Preston Horton told WCVB news that the area where the accident took place has fences, signs and large yellow lines to alert people that it is a danger area. However, despite all of those warnings, people still trespass.

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