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Marasco & Nesselbush Represents Injured Drivers and Passengers in Quincy
A car accident can leave you with injuries, medical bills, missed work, and an insurance company questioning who caused the crash or how much your claim is worth.
Massachusetts no-fault insurance may cover certain medical expenses and lost wages regardless of who caused the crash, while additional losses may support a claim against the negligent driver.
At Marasco & Nesselbush, our Quincy car accident lawyers represent injured drivers, passengers, and families throughout Norfolk County and the South Shore.
Founded in 1999, our law firm has recovered more than $500 million for clients across its practice areas, including substantial car accident settlements involving disputed fault and permanent injuries.
Our Quincy office at 234 Copeland Street, Suite 210 gives local drivers and families access to experienced personal injury attorneys, substantial litigation resources, and a legal team familiar with serious injury claims.
Contact Marasco & Nesselbush for a free consultation about your car accident, or use the chat feature to request assistance.
We handle qualifying cases on a contingency fee basis, with no attorney fee unless compensation is recovered.
Why Choose Marasco & Nesselbush After a Quincy Car Accident?
Since 1999, Marasco & Nesselbush has represented people seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents, including cases involving disputed liability, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord damage, and substantial future medical needs.
Our attorneys work with experienced investigators, paralegals, and other legal professionals to prepare complex claims for settlement negotiations and trial.
Our firm’s experience includes:
- More than $500 million recovered for clients: Our published verdicts and settlements span the firm’s practice areas and include significant results in serious motor vehicle cases.
- A $6.2 million rollover accident recovery: Founding partner Joseph Marasco and partner Timothy Lynch, working with New York co-counsel, secured $6.2 million for a passenger who suffered quadriplegia in a New York highway crash. The attorneys challenged the defense’s arguments concerning seat-belt use through expert analysis, ultimately obtaining a settlement that exceeded the available insurance coverage.
- A $4.5 million disputed-liability settlement: Joseph Marasco, Mark Grimm, and Thomas Moran obtained $4.5 million in a car accident case involving a traumatic brain injury after extensive discovery, witness depositions, and medical expert preparation before trial.
- A $1 million car accident settlement: Timothy Lynch secured $1 million for a Rhode Island client who suffered emotional distress after witnessing a serious car accident.
- Massachusetts litigation credentials: Mark Grimm and Ian Connors are admitted to practice in Massachusetts. Ian’s previous experience representing both sides of personal injury disputes informs his assessment of contested injury claims.
- Local accessibility and client service: Our Quincy office provides South Shore residents with local access to the firm.
How Our Quincy Car Accident Lawyers Help After a Crash
A personal injury case arising from a car crash often requires more than sending bills to an insurance adjuster, particularly when fault is contested or injuries may have lasting effects.
Depending on the case, our legal team may assist by:
- Investigating the collision: Obtaining police reports, witness statements, photographs, vehicle damage records, and available surveillance or electronic vehicle data to determine how the crash occurred.
- Establishing liability: Examining traffic violations, vehicle positions, the actions of each driver, and any employer or other party whose conduct contributed to the accident.
- Managing insurance issues: Reviewing Personal Injury Protection (PIP), bodily injury liability, uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage, and requests from insurance adjusters.
- Documenting losses: Evaluating medical treatment, lost wages, future care needs, and restrictions affecting the injured person’s ability to work or live independently.
- Negotiating or litigating: Presenting a documented demand, assessing whether a proposed settlement accounts for the available damages, and preparing for court when negotiations do not resolve the claim.
- Communicating with clients: Explaining the legal process, significant case developments, settlement choices, and deadlines requiring client decisions.
Our Quincy personal injury lawyers examine car accident cases under Massachusetts’s specific automobile insurance rules.
Injured and not sure what your case is worth? Find out for free.
What to Do After a Car Accident in Quincy
Medical treatment and safety take priority over gathering evidence, particularly when a person has suffered a head injury, significant pain, bleeding, or other emergency symptoms.
If you can do so safely, take these steps:
- Get medical help and report the crash: Call 911 when someone is injured or there is an immediate hazard, and follow the instructions of emergency personnel.
- Move out of danger: Get to a safer location if possible without worsening an injury, and avoid standing in moving traffic.
- Exchange information: Obtain the other driver’s contact details, insurance information, and registration information, along with independent witness contact information.
- Document the scene: Photograph vehicle damage, traffic signals, lane markings, debris, and visible injuries without interfering with emergency responders.
- Save medical and financial records: Keep discharge instructions, treatment records, missed-work documentation, receipts, and vehicle repair estimates.
- Meet reporting and insurance requirements: Notify your insurer as required and determine whether you must submit a Massachusetts operator crash report within five days.
- Review settlement paperwork carefully: Seek legal advice before accepting a final release or broad medical authorization that could affect your rights.
For local emergency care, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Milton operates a 24-hour emergency department in Milton, while South Shore Hospital in Weymouth operates a Level II Trauma Center.
In a serious emergency, call 911 and follow the responding medical team’s direction rather than choosing a facility based on proximity alone.
Common Car Accidents and Liability Disputes in Quincy
The direction of impact and actions immediately before a collision often determine which witnesses, vehicle records, or traffic-control information will be important.
Car accident cases we handle include:
- Rear-end and chain-reaction crashes: Following too closely, distracted driving, and failure to respond to stopped traffic may cause rear-end collisions. The sequence of impacts can be disputed when several cars are involved.
- Intersection and side-impact crashes: Running a red light, failing to yield, or turning across approaching traffic can produce disputes about signal timing, sightlines, and the right of way.
- Head-on, highway, and rollover accidents: Wrong-way driving, unsafe passing, or loss of vehicle control can cause severe injuries and require examination of vehicle movement and crash forces.
- Drunk driving and distracted driving: A driver impaired by alcohol or distracted by a phone may fail to recognize vehicles or react to traffic conditions. Police reports, impairment test results, witness statements, and records from related criminal proceedings may help establish responsibility in a civil injury claim.
- Hit-and-run and uninsured driver collisions: When the responsible motorist cannot be identified or lacks insurance, applicable uninsured motorist coverage may offer a route to compensation.
A third party may also bear responsibility in some cases, such as an employer whose employee caused a collision while working or a maintenance provider whose negligent repair contributed to the crash.
Car Accident Risks on Quincy Streets and Highways
In Quincy Center and along Hancock Street, turning vehicles, pedestrians, buses, and traffic entering commercial properties can complicate intersection collisions, while crashes on I-93 and Route 3 may involve higher speeds and multiple vehicles.
Near the Braintree Split, an investigation may need to reconstruct merging movements, lane changes, hard braking, and the order of impacts in a multi-car collision.
A Boston Region MPO study published in 2012 identified Southern Artery (Route 3A) at Sea Street/Coddington Street as a historically high-crash intersection, based on 2007–2009 records that included rear-end and angle collisions.
Burgin Parkway, Southern Artery, and streets near Quincy High School also require attention to intersections, school-area crossings, turning traffic, and vehicle or pedestrian movements.
Roadway features alone do not prove negligence, but a crash location may help identify relevant traffic controls, witnesses, video recordings, and agencies responsible for the road.
Massachusetts Car Accident Laws That Affect Your Claim
PIP and Massachusetts No-Fault Insurance
Massachusetts is a no-fault state for many auto injury claims, meaning eligible drivers and passengers may receive PIP benefits without first proving another driver was responsible.
Personal Injury Protection generally provides up to $8,000 per eligible person for covered medical costs, a portion of lost earnings, and certain replacement services, subject to policy conditions and deductibles.
PIP generally replaces up to 75% of qualifying lost earnings, and when applicable private health insurance is available, the first $2,000 in eligible medical expenses is ordinarily paid through PIP before additional bills are coordinated with health coverage.
Under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 90, Section 34M, PIP claims must be presented to the insurer as soon as practicable and generally within two years of the accident.
The two-year PIP claim requirement is distinct from the deadline to file a personal injury lawsuit.
When Can an Injured Driver Recover Pain and Suffering?
Under Chapter 231, Section 6D, a person generally must incur more than $2,000 in reasonable and necessary medical expenses to recover pain-and-suffering damages in a covered motor vehicle tort case.
Exceptions include fractures, the loss of a body member, permanent and serious disfigurement, specified losses of sight or hearing, and death.
An injured person who does not satisfy this threshold may still have other legally recoverable losses, depending on the claim.
Massachusetts Modified Comparative Negligence
Massachusetts follows a modified comparative negligence rule: an injured person may generally recover damages when their share of fault is no greater than the combined negligence of those they are suing.
Under this comparative fault rule, damages are reduced by the injured person’s percentage of negligence.
For example, someone found 25% responsible for a crash with $100,000 in otherwise recoverable damages would generally recover $75,000.
A driver’s or insurer’s accusation of shared fault does not itself establish the final percentage of responsibility.
Accident Reports, Insurance Limits, and Filing Deadlines
Massachusetts generally requires an operator to submit a written crash report within five days when a collision causes injury, death, or more than $1,000 in damage to any one vehicle or other property, subject to statutory incapacity provisions.
For policies issued or renewed from July 1, 2025, the state’s compulsory coverage minimums include $25,000 per person/$50,000 per accident for bodily injury to others and uninsured motorist coverage, and $30,000 for another person’s property damage.
Under Chapter 260, Section 2A, the general statute of limitations for a Massachusetts personal injury lawsuit is three years after the claim accrues, although certain claims have different requirements.
Insurance negotiations do not necessarily extend the filing deadline.
What Compensation Is Available After a Quincy Car Accident?
Car accidents can cause whiplash, herniated discs, broken bones, traumatic brain injuries, spinal injuries, internal bleeding, and other physical injuries requiring emergency treatment or rehabilitation.
Serious car accident injuries may prevent someone from returning to work, require additional medical treatment, or create lasting physical limitations that affect daily life.
Depending on liability, available coverage, and the harm established, recoverable damages may include:
- Economic damages: Medical bills, future medical expenses, lost wages, diminished earning capacity, and other documented financial losses.
- Non-economic damages: Physical pain, emotional distress, disability, scarring, and loss of enjoyment of life, subject to applicable Massachusetts rules.
- Property damage: Vehicle repair or replacement costs and losses involving other personal property where legally recoverable.
The value of a car accident claim depends on the severity of the injuries, expected recovery, medical expenses, lost earnings, evidence of fault, and applicable insurance coverage.
Fatal car accidents may give rise to wrongful death claims, which generally must be brought by the deceased person’s estate executor or administrator under Massachusetts law.
Punitive damages are not generally available for ordinary negligence, but Massachusetts permits them in specified wrongful death claims involving gross negligence or malicious, willful, wanton, or reckless conduct.
Dealing With an Insurance Company After a Crash
An insurer may question which driver caused the accident, whether particular treatment was necessary, or whether the evidence supports future wage and medical losses.
A quick settlement offer can be difficult to assess before the injured person knows whether recovery will require surgery, rehabilitation, or lasting work restrictions.
Our attorneys review insurance coverage, medical documentation, fault disputes, and proposed releases to assess whether an offer reflects the claim’s supported value and whether acceptance is in the client’s best interest.
Signing a final settlement ordinarily prevents additional recovery on the released claims, even if later medical treatment becomes necessary.
If negotiations do not produce a fair settlement, a lawsuit may be appropriate; filing one does not necessarily mean the case will go to trial.
Talk to a lawyer and get a free case evaluation today.
How Does a Quincy Car Accident Lawsuit Work?
Most car accident claims begin with an insurance investigation rather than an immediate lawsuit.
To recover damages in a negligence lawsuit, an injured person generally must establish that the defendant owed a duty of reasonable care, breached that duty, and caused injuries resulting in legally recoverable losses.
When negotiations fail, the Massachusetts court system provides a process involving the complaint, discovery, expert testimony when needed, settlement discussions, and potentially trial.
Quincy District Court hears qualifying civil claims, and Massachusetts generally permits ordinary money-damages cases to proceed in District Court when there is no reasonable likelihood of recovering more than $50,000.
Higher-value claims may proceed in Norfolk County Superior Court, but case type, venue, and procedural rules determine the appropriate court; an accident in Quincy does not require every lawsuit to be filed in Quincy District Court.
Our Massachusetts-admitted attorneys can explain the filing options and decisions that may arise in a particular case.
How Much Does a Quincy Car Accident Lawyer Cost?
Marasco & Nesselbush offers free consultations and handles qualifying car accident cases on a contingency fee basis, allowing clients to discuss their legal options without paying an upfront attorney fee.
The attorney fee is based on compensation recovered rather than hourly billing, and no attorney fee is owed unless the case produces a recovery.
Court filing charges, medical record costs, and expert fees are separate case expenses that should be addressed in the written agreement, including what happens if there is no recovery.
Contact Our Quincy Car Accident Lawyers for a Free Consultation
Marasco & Nesselbush has represented injured clients since 1999, with substantial motor vehicle recoveries and experience in cases involving disputed fault, serious injuries, and significant future losses.
Our Quincy office connects injured drivers, passengers, and families with Massachusetts-admitted attorneys and an established regional personal injury practice.
Contact Marasco & Nesselbush for a free consultation today about your Quincy car accident, or use the chat feature to request assistance.
