Texting While Driving Accident
Texting While Driving: A Criminal Offense
Any type of distracted driving, such as text messaging while driving, whether it’s touch or voice-activated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is against the law, plain and simple.
Unlike operating under the influence laws in Massachusetts, which state that a person’s blood alcohol level must be .08% or higher to be considered impaired, there is no gray area – no minimum threshold which must be met – when it comes to texting while driving. If someone is texting while they’re driving, they’ve broken the law. And if you’ve been injured in an accident caused by someone who was texting while they were driving, you have the right to seek monetary compensation for medical expenses, future medical expenses, lost wages, the loss of the ability to earn a living or earnings capacity, permanency of injury including disability, physical pain and mental suffering and disfiguring scarring.
While determining if a motor vehicle operator who caused an accident was texting while they were driving is typically straightforward – physical evidence at the accident scene and phone records are difficult to dispute – making sure that you receive the maximum amount of compensation to which you’re entitled is much more problematic. It requires an attorney with an ability to fully comprehend medical records, and an intricate knowledge of how injuries might typically affect an injured person now and in the future.
Successfully securing maximum damages from a driver who caused an accident while texting also requires an inherent knowledge of how automobile insurance companies handle such cases; the information they’ll use to assign monetary value to an injury, the ways in which they’ll attempt to minimize the liability of their client, and dispute the injury to reduce their financial exposure.
Prior to opening his own Cape Cod law practice in 2004, Attorney Steven T. Snow worked for a Boston law firm which represented automobile insurance agencies and their customers. Since establishing his Mashpee law firm, Attorney Snow has proven himself to be one of Cape Cod’s most knowledgeable and tenacious personal injury lawyers. He has the experience and understanding needed to ensure that you receive the best possible outcome following an accident with a driver who was texting while operating a motor vehicle.
Attorney Steven T. Snow helps you and your family file bodily injury and wrongful death lawsuits against those responsible for these accidents. If the driver’s negligence causes your injury, you may be entitled to compensation for current and future medical expenses, lost wages, the loss of the ability to earn a living or earnings capacity, permanency of injury including disability, physical pain and mental suffering.
Attorney Steven T. Snow PC
Steven T. Snow worked his way through law school as a retail stockbroker with Merrill Lynch. After earning his law degree from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1988, Attorney Snow worked for a Boston law firm that represented insurance companies. This experience provided him with an understanding of exactly how insurance companies value personal injury claims, and how they prepare for trial. He uses this knowledge to anticipate and counter his opponent’s defense strategies ensuring his clients obtain a judgment on their behalf. Attorney Snow bodily injuries and wrongful death claims through mediation and arbitration and trial.
Regardless of the type of injury you may have sustained, or the obstacles you may be facing, Attorney Steven T. Snow has the experience and skills to secure the best possible results in your case.
