Westborough, MA Personal Injury Lawyer

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Nobody is truly expecting to get hurt when they go about their day. In addition to being surprising and scary in the moment, serious injuries can have many lasting effects. You may be recovering physically for a long time, need various medical procedures, miss time at work, or be prevented from doing activities you enjoy.

If you got injured in or around Westborough and suspect that negligent conduct is involved, you can take the parties responsible to court and fight for financial compensation. Our lawyers have handled hundreds of these claims, so we know what it takes to fight hard and win. Let us handle the legal issues while you focus on recovering from injuries and getting back to living your life.

The Law Office of John J. Sheehan provides free case reviews when you call our Worchester, MA personal injury lawyers at (617) 925-6407.

Types of Personal Injury Claims in Westborough, MA

People can get hurt in many different ways. Accordingly, there are many different types of personal injury lawsuits that a plaintiff may bring to our personal injury attorneys. No matter your situation, we will tailor our services to fit your needs and build the strongest claim to get you a win in court.

Car Accident Lawsuits

Car crashes happen every day and lead to people getting hurt. Drivers have an obligation to follow traffic laws and act as a reasonable motorist would when behind the wheel. Accordingly, you can sue negligent drivers, car companies, and other parties in car accident lawsuits. Car accidents can happen for all kinds of reasons, ranging from drunk driving to speeding to driving too aggressively.

Truck Accident Lawsuits

Truck accidents can cause incredibly serious injuries, sometimes just due to large, big-rig trucks being so much heavier and bigger than a car or SUV. In many cases, victims of truck accidents are left with life-altering injuries, so it should be no surprise that you can file a lawsuit after you are hurt in a truck accident.

Truckers can be negligent in all the ways that regular drivers can. However, there are also other rules they need to follow. For example, the FMCSA has rules and regulations detailing how long a trucker is allowed to stay behind the wheel in one sitting. If a trucker drives longer than they should, gets tired, and hits you, you can sue them for negligently ignoring that regulation. Additionally, truckers need to be properly trained to operate their large vehicles, so you may be able to sue the company they work for if they got in a crash because they did not know how to properly drive a truck.

Bus Accident Lawsuits

Bus accidents happen for a lot of the same reasons as car accidents. However, bus crashes are much more likely to hurt lots of people because they often carry passengers. On top of that, like trucks, buses are much larger than pretty much every car on the road, so if you are driving a car and get hit by a bus, the chances are that you are going to be much more seriously hurt than if you were hit by a car.

Also, like truckers, bus drivers need to know how to properly drive an unwieldy vehicle like a bus, so you can sue bus companies if they hire undertrained or untrained drivers and one of them hurts you in a crash.

Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

If a doctor misdiagnoses or fails to diagnose an illness, botches a surgery, prescribes the wrong medication, or recommends the wrong treatment for a condition, the consequences can be incredibly severe – up to and including death. For that reason, you can file medical malpractice lawsuits against negligent medical professionals.

A very important part of any medical malpractice case is ensuring that qualified experts are testifying as to the defendant’s negligent conduct. Many of these cases hinge on the credibility of expert witnesses, so our attorneys will get you the best experts we can to help improve your case.

Premises Liability Lawsuits

If you get hurt because of a problem with someone’s property, you can sue the property owner in a premises liability lawsuit. Examples of things that could lead to a premises liability lawsuit include slipping on a wet floor in a supermarket, falling down poorly lit stairs, or contracting illness from exposure to asbestos in a building that is not up to code.

What Can I Obtain Compensation for in a Westborough, MA Personal Injury Case

Regardless of what incident led to you filing a lawsuit, you have to request damages in your claim, and those damages will be based on the various factors affecting your case.

You can seek damages for things like medical expenses, property damage, and lost opportunities to earn income at work. To provide support to show that you really have these injuries and are owed damages, you can offer evidence like hospital invoices, repair bills, salary information, and anything else that helps prove their value. You can also get financial compensation for things that probably will not have a paper trail, like emotional distress or physical pain. For those types of damages, though, you are going to have to argue their worth to the court instead of simply pointing to a piece of paper that denotes their value. There are several methods of doing this, such as placing a value on the effects of your injuries for one day and then totaling the days you are expected to deal with your injuries. Ultimately, figuring out what damages you are owed and their value will depend on the facts of your case, so you should talk about it with our lawyers.