Category: Distracted Driving

self driving shuttle

Despite fatal car crashes and other personal injuries around the country, Providence Rhode Island has approved six autonomous transport shuttles. These shuttles will function like any other vehicle – waiting at crosswalks, stopping at lights, and breaking for any unexpected … Continue reading

roadway on hills

Rhode Island and Massachusetts have a wide variety of different terrains throughout the states. There are the bustling, busy traffic areas like Providence or Boston, but then you have the more open roads of Foster, Exeter, or Dighton. Today, I focus … Continue reading

auto accident

Car accidents injure people everyday in Rhode Island. According to the Providence Journal, recently three people suffered from serious personal injuries in a car accident that involved eight vehicles on Elmwood Avenue in Providence near our Eddy Street office. This auto … Continue reading

street sign

According to the Providence Journal, a 48-year-old man died after being hit by a vehicle on West Main Road in Middletown, Rhode Island. Officers from Middletown and Portsmouth responded to the scene at Carmella’s Pizzeria around 9:30pm, where officers found … Continue reading

drunk driving

Want to know what upsets a jury? In my experience as a Rhode Island personal injury lawyer, there is nothing a jury dislikes more than serious injury or death resulting from alcohol use in a drunk driver or other at … Continue reading

accident scene

Did you know there are many legal issues that arise after a car crash that may involve both Rhode Island and Massachusetts drivers? In my personal injury practice, our lawyers frequently deal with highway car accidents. Today, I am reviewing … Continue reading

injured in a car accident?

The National Safety Council recently announced that the United States has reached over 40,000 traffic related deaths for the third straight year. In 2018, 4.5 million people suffered from serious personal injuries due to car crashes. With the rate 2019 … Continue reading

2019 super bowl

Did you watch the 2019 Super Bowl commercials?  As a Rhode Island and Massachusetts car accident personal injury lawyer, I was struck by 3 commercials: “Miracle Violinist” Manami Ito Awes Audience in “The World’s Best” Commercial After the Super Bowl, … Continue reading

drinking and driving

A North Providence Rhode Island Police officer‘s cruiser was recently struck head-on by a woman on Douglas Avenue at about 1 A.M. The young lady’s Jeep crossed the center line and hit the police cruiser, both cars resulting with heavy … Continue reading

subarachnoid hemorrhage

Pedestrian auto accidents can disrupt your life and lead to auto accident legal claims. After a car struck our client while she was walking across the street in Pawtuxet Village, personal injury attorney Mike Bottaro fought to achieve justice for his … Continue reading