Bike Accident Lawyers Blog
Bicycle crashes in Boston and surrounding cities such as Cambridge happen all too often, sadly resulting in serious personal injury or death. When a person is gravely injured or killed in a bike crash, there will be direct actions that can be filed by the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s estate, but there will also be potential claims if the plaintiff had a surviving spouse.
One of these claims by the surviving spouse is known as loss of consortium. This law, which has been applied in various other states, was addressed in a landmark case in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts entitled Diaz v. Lilly. The tort had been around for a long time at common law, but at common law, there were many ambiguities. In Diaz, the court held that the tort of loss of consortium could be brought as a direct claim. Continue reading
However, as we have more people on bikes, we are seeing more serious, and sometimes fatal, bike crashes involving a collision between a bike and motor vehicle. While we are going to talk about a ways biking can be made safer, as well as things bike riders can do to avoid a collision, it is important to understand that, despite the fact that many motorists, and even police, like to assume the bike rider is at fault, the reality of most of these situations is quite different. 
The 15-year-old boy was seriously injured when the brakes failed on a bike he had been fixing, and he crashed into a window. He was unable to stop when the brakes failed, so he put his arms out in front of him to brace the impact. However, when his hand hit the pane of glass, it shattered, and the boy when flying through the window. 