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Who Can Recover After a Fatal Maine Work Zone Crash

In Maine, a wrongful death case and a survival claim are not the same thing, and that difference can decide who gets paid, whether funeral costs are recoverable, and what minor children may be entitled to.

ARTICLE by Michael Devlin

Insurance says your panic attacks after a Brunswick rear-end crash belong in arbitration - are they kidding?

A Brunswick parks worker got rear-ended in highway traffic and now the insurer is acting like PTSD, missed work, and a mandatory arbitration clause make the claim disappear.

ARTICLE by Rick Plourde

Delayed Head Injury After Maine Company Van Crash

In Maine, a work injury claim usually turns on when the injury happened and when you knew it was serious, and that gets messy fast when concussion symptoms blow up weeks later.

ARTICLE by Donna Sprague

Wife was rear-ended in Lewiston after a double shift and now they're saying the deadline passed

A high-speed rear-end crash by an impaired driver can still leave you fighting over missed notice deadlines, bar liability, and what the DUI case actually proves.

ARTICLE by Rick Plourde

My coworker said nobody pays if a blowout hurt my kid in Auburn. True?

Send a written evidence-preservation letter within 24 hours to the driver, the vehicle owner, and their insurer, and get the crash report number from Auburn Police or the...

Can my Auburn employer fire me for filing after defective farm equipment hurt me?

Probably not. Maine law bars an employer from firing you, cutting your hours, or otherwise punishing you for pursuing a workers' compensation claim. Report the injury and...

Maine Motorcycle Dooring Claim With Missed Treatment

A treatment gap after a Maine motorcycle dooring claim can wreck the value fast, especially when fault is already disputed and nobody got cited.

ARTICLE by Donna Sprague

Does a kid's Maine injury settlement need a judge's approval?

Everyone says parents can just sign for their child, but actually yes, often they cannot. From the insurance company's perspective, they want you to believe a parent in...

What happens if I told nobody after a South Portland grain-truck delivery crash?

In Maine, a smaller injury claim from a delivery-car crash often lands around $15,000 to $60,000, but the amount can drop fast if you waited and told nobody. If you were hurt...

mandatory reporter

This started with a simple rule: when certain workers see signs of abuse, they do not get to stay quiet. Maine uses that idea today to protect older adults, especially nursing...

My brother's Brunswick boss says use health insurance after a deer-crash delivery wreck. Legal?

In New Hampshire, an ordinary commute usually stays outside workers' compensation. In Maine, a crash while making a delivery, driving between job sites, or running an employer...

My boss says a blowout makes this "just an accident" - true?

A tire blowout does not magically erase a drunk or drugged driver's fault, and an employer's immigration threat does not change that.

ARTICLE by Michael Devlin

Why is my Lewiston boss telling me use my insurance after a work crash?

You have just 30 days to give notice of a work injury in Maine before you risk losing workers' compensation rights. Most people assume the system starts when the insurance...

Liability After a Maine Rental Car Crash on I-95

If you wreck a rental car in Maine and somebody else is injured, the fight usually starts with insurance layers, the rental contract, and what you do in the first 24 hours.

ARTICLE by Corey Thibodeau

My husband just got hit by a van in Bangor who takes settlement money first?

The part insurers, landlords, and employers hope you never learn is this: they do not automatically get first cut of a Maine settlement. The money usually gets divided in...

I used my own insurance after a work crash in Portland. Did I ruin workers' comp?

No. If you got rear-ended on Forest Avenue delivering supplies or heading between jobs in Portland and the ER ran your regular health insurance first, that usually does not...

Rear-ended on Broadway between South Portland showings and now three insurers won't own it

A South Portland real estate agent can end up in a three-way insurance fight after a rear-end crash, especially when the wreck happened in a personal car during work hours.

ARTICLE by Keith Ouellette

How do I prove a Lewiston test-drive crash was work-related during a storm?

What the insurance company does not want you to know about this is that a "test drive" can still be a work injury in Maine if your employer sent you, benefited from the trip,...

Did I miss Maine's deadline to get paid for Portland pothole damage?

The one thing a city insurer is hoping you never find out is that a road-defect claim can have a much shorter notice deadline than an ordinary insurance claim. Picture a...

A clear stop-sign crash, and suddenly your bad back is "caught on video"

A Lewiston carpenter gets T-boned at a four-way stop, then learns the insurer is filming him and looking for any excuse to cut what the crash is really worth.

ARTICLE by Rick Plourde