If you are the spouse or family member of the victim of an automobile
accident, you may have a claim against the person legally responsible for
causing the accident under the rules of loss of consortium.
In addition to pain and suffering damages, you may have other
damages you haven't even considered.
There are a number of complex legal issues involved in these claims. You will
need to have an experienced attorney to make sure that you have properly
asserted all of the necessary claims in your lawsuit.
Please call our office to speak to a MA car accident attorney. Take advantage of our free, no obligation
consultation about your case. Call now at (617)523-5010.
Massachusetts General Laws: Chapter 231: Section 6D Damages for
pain and suffering in tort actions arising out of operation, etc., of motor
vehicles; restrictions
Section 6D. In any action of tort brought as a result of bodily
injury, sickness or disease, arising out of the ownership, operation,
maintenance or use of a motor vehicle within this commonwealth by the defendant,
a plaintiff may recover damages for pain and suffering, including mental
suffering associated with such injury, sickness or disease, only if the
reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in treating such injury, sickness or
disease for necessary medical, surgical, x-ray and dental services, including
prosthetic devices, and necessary ambulance, hospital, professional nursing and
funeral expenses are determined to be in excess of two thousand dollars unless
such injury, sickness or disease (1) causes death, or (2) consists in whole or
in part of loss of a body member, or (3) consists in whole or in part of
permanent and serious disfigurement, or (4) results in such loss of sight or
hearing as is described in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of
section thirty-six of chapter one hundred and fifty-two or (5) consists of a
fracture.