If an insurance company says you were partly responsible for an accident, comparative negligence in Massachusetts may affect how much compensation you can recover. Being blamed does not automatically mean your personal injury claim is over. You were injured because of someone else’s actions. You received medical treatment, missed time from work, and submitted a claim expecting the insurance company to evaluate what happened. Then the response comes back: They say you were partly responsible. Maybe another driver caused a collision but the insurer says you were speeding. Perhaps you fell because of a dangerous property condition but the insurance company argues you should have seen it. Or another person’s negligence clearly contributed to your injury, yet the insurer claims something you did made the accident worse.
Being blamed does not necessarily mean your personal injury claim is over.
Massachusetts follows a comparative
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