Video: What is my Massachusetts Car Accident Worth? MA Personal Injury Attorney Paulsen Explains
February 17, 2025
Transcript
Introduction
Good afternoon. I’m Tracy Paulsen of Rightful Legal, a Massachusetts-based personal injury firm. Today I wanted to talk about a question that I receive a lot from clients:
Common Question: Average Car Accident Settlement
What is the average settlement for a car accident in Massachusetts?
The answer is: it depends. It really depends on the variables of your particular case and the injuries you’ve suffered in your specific circumstances.
Types of Recoverable Damages
Typically in a car accident, you can recover damages for medical bills. That includes all of your bills from seeking care, including hospital bills, testing, transportation, and visiting various doctors.
Pain & Suffering Explained
You can also claim damages for lost wages—time that you’ve missed from work when you haven’t earned money.
Another area is pain and suffering. Pain and suffering is a little bit more elusive. This can be determined by the physical and emotional pain that you’ve suffered due to your injuries. This can include things such as anxiety and stress caused by the injury and the accident. It can also include your loss of enjoyment of daily life—how your life has been affected and you’ve been precluded from doing things that you normally enjoy, or from participating in daily activities. This is a big part of a settlement.
Attorney Advocacy
Our attorneys here—our car accident attorneys in Massachusetts—will advocate on your behalf to get you the highest settlement possible and fair compensation.
Insurance Companies’ Role
Remember that the insurance company’s job is not to pay you a fair settlement. Their job is to protect themselves and lowball you.
Our job is to fight them on that—to fight for your justice and your compensation—and to make sure that we handle this with care.
Focus on Recovery
Your only job is to get better, feel better, and get back to your life as quickly as possible.
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Please call me at 617-821-5856 if you or someone you love has been injured in a car accident, or if you just generally have any questions. I’m here to talk and always offer a free consultation. Thank you.
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