$100,000 FOR MASSACHUSETTS POLICE OFFICER INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT BY HIT AND RUN DRIVER WHILE ON A DETAIL
What happens when a car hits a Massachusetts Police Officer on duty and drives away before anyone catches its license plate? The officer’s salary and medical bills will be covered under Chapter 41, but who pays for all the overtime and detail shifts that officer misses while out injured and the massive disruption to the […]
$250,000 FOR OFFICER INJURED ON ROAD DETAIL WHO LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON FROM A PRIOR INJURY
Officer Palmer had the minimum allowable limits on his auto insurance the first time he was injured-on-duty. Thankfully, he changed this before he was injured a second time… CRITICAL CHANGES TO MASSACHUSETTS AUTO INSURANCE POLICY It was a fall Sunday morning and Ms. Jones got a later start than she wanted on her drive to […]
$900,000 FOR OFFICER HIT BY HOME HEALTH AID DRIVING TO PATIENT’S HOME
The home health aide industry usually avoids liability by not paying employees until they arrive at the patient’s home. Not this time The morning started out great for young Officer Williams. He was working as a special police officer on his first road detail. He’d spent the summer interning for a local department prior to […]
POLICE MUST CONSIDER THEIR OWN SAFETY ON ROAD DETAILS
As the warm weather approaches, so does the increase in road work which requires a police presence to protect the workers and traveling public. The National Safety Council reported in 2018 over 46,000 people were injured or killed in crashes within roadway work zone sites. Police officers who work details in these zones are often […]
$1 MILLION FOR OFFICER INJURED DURING DETAIL
The Acme employee arrived at the work site in a pickup truck with a front seat passenger. They were towing a large enclosed trailer behind it. Traffic in the eastbound side was shut down to avoid drivers continuing through the work site. Officer Jones and other officers were on scene to re-direct traffic away from […]
$300,000 FOR OFFICER HIT BY ALLEGEDLY UNCONSCIOUS TRUCK DRIVER
During the morning of August 23, 2013, a gas delivery driver for Acme Propane was driving a box truck loaded with propane cylinders. It was a dry, clear day. He drove past orange safety signs alerting him that he was approaching a work zone then drove over two orange cones. He drove off the road […]
$6 MILLION PAID TO FAMILY OF OFFICER KILLED ON DETAIL
A contractor parks two large utility trucks back to back while setting up for an ongoing project on Main Street at an intersection with Booth Street. There is heavy traffic in this area with vehicles approaching the work site from multiple directions. Many of the vehicles pass alongside the two trucks and crew, while others […]