A drunk driving crash can change your life in seconds. You may be facing emergency medical care, time out of work, painful recovery, and the stress of wondering how you will pay for it all. Many people also learn a hard truth quickly: the drunk driver’s insurance coverage is often…
Holiday Ride-share And Impaired-Driver Risk Ride-sharing should make Boston safer during the holiday season. Most nights it does. But when an Uber or Lyft driver is impaired, passengers and other motorists can be left facing injuries and a complicated insurance landscape. If you were hurt after a festive night out…
As Thanksgiving and Christmas approach in Boston, office celebrations, Friendsgiving dinners, and family gatherings start to fill the calendar. Alcohol is often part of these events, and unfortunately, so are drunk driving crashes. If you or someone you love has been hit by a drunk driver after a holiday party,…
Massachusetts closed out the annual Labor Day impaired-driving enforcement wave on September 1 as part of the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. At Jeffrey Glassman Injury Lawyers, we recognize the effectiveness of high-visibility patrols, sobriety checkpoints, and public education efforts in preventing tragedies. When a crash does…
Late summer is a dangerous time on American roads and waterways. From mid-August through Labor Day, alcohol related crashes historically spike as travel, celebrations, and late nights increase. This year is no exception. Our drunk driving victims’ attorneys are tracking high-profile cases, new enforcement waves, and policy changes that matter…
As a personal injury attorney dedicated to protecting victims of drunk-driving crashes, I know that the most effective way to save lives is to stop these tragedies before they happen. Beginning with the 2026 model year, a groundbreaking federal requirement will mandate that all new passenger vehicles be equipped with…
The Human and Legal Cost of Impaired Driving Every year in the Commonwealth, crashes caused by drivers under the influence shatter lives and place an enormous financial and emotional burden on victims and their families. Massachusetts law recognizes that innocent people injured by drunk driving deserve not only compassion but…
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is now the only state in the U.S. where individuals convicted of a first-time offense of operating under the influence of alcohol cannot be subjected to interlock ignition devices before their car keys are returned. Boston drunk driving accident attorneys understand a number of traffic safety…
Our drunk driving injury lawyers in Massachusetts are following legal efforts aimed at drunk drivers across New England as the 2019 legislative session begins in earnest. Massachusetts ranks in the middle of the pack, placing 22nd in a scoring of legal efforts in all 50 states to reduce the risk…
CBS4 Boston rang in the new year by asking why Massachusetts does not have tougher drunk driving laws. It’s a fair question and an admirable focus as we enter 2019. As we reported earlier this fall on our Boston Drunk Driving Accident Lawyer Blog, relaxed marijuana laws and the opioid…