Lowell Personal Injury Lawyer Blog

When injured in an accident, many people do not want their health insurance paying their medical bills. They think that the person who caused the accident should be paying medical bills as they come in. Unfortunately, that’s not how it works in Massachusetts. Most times, the person who causes an injury doesn’t make any payments…

The first part of a jury trial often gets glossed over in the movies and on TV: picking the jury. The legal system wants jurors who will hear the facts and come to a decision without any biases or preconceived notions. Getting those jurors takes some work. Therefore, jurors go through a process called Voir…

One of the most frequent questions we get when we settle cases for our clients is whether the money our client receives is taxable. In injury cases, most settlements are not taxable. The IRS has declared that all damages that stem from a person injury do not have to be declared on your taxes. That…

If you’ve been in an accident and are making a claim for injuries, treat your social media just as you would when you are applying for a job. Insurance companies are constantly looking at Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms to see what injured people are doing. What they’re first looking for are obvious…

If you’re in an accident, one thing you’ll notice is that you’ll start to get a lot of calls from insurance companies. Most of the time, they’ll start with an adjuster asking to make sure that you’re OK. They’re trained to do that to get you comfortable. After that, there will be many questions. Where…

There are many different parts of a car insurance policy. One of the cheapest is underinsured motorist coverage. This covers you if you’re injured and the responsible person does not have enough insurance. A common example is when a college student causes a car crash, but only carries the minimum amount of insurance. Many times,…

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, distracted driving claimed 3,477 lives in 2015 (the most recent year with available statistics). That’s over three thousand people a year who are taken from their families because someone didn’t want to pay attention behind the wheel. These tragedies leave behind families that struggle emotionally and financially.…

When a car runs a stop sign and causes an accident, it usually means the driver is at fault. But, what if there’s no driver? This is a major question that needs to be answered as self-driving cars change from theory to reality. For over 100 years, we have created a legal landscape that is…

With the holiday weekend coming up, all of us at Marcotte Law Firm would like to remind everyone to not drive if you’ve been drinking. In 2016, over 10,000 lives were taken because of car crashes involving a drunk driver. When it’s as easy as ever to get a cab or order a rideshare (or…

When a vehicle is totaled, our clients are first worried whether everyone is okay. For some, it goes from bad to worse when they realize that they owe more on the car than it’s worth. We often have to explain to our clients that insurance companies are only required to pay what the car is…