Cape Ann is an historic gem. The rocky coast, white sand beaches, granite curbed streets, colonial and revolutionary era architecture, art colonies and, of course, America’s Oldest Seaport make Cape Ann a tourist attraction along side its immense local culture. With all of that beauty comes the problems of antiquated infrastructure, old civic planning of roads (narrow roads, one way streets, and minimal setbacks to see around corners). With the influx of tourism and summer residents, the population on Cape Ann is said to double in the summer and a lot of those drivers do not know their way around. They also aren’t likely to have a great deal of experience on boats of any kind. This inevitably results in an excessive amount of maritime, car, motorcycle and truck accidents and unfortunately, injured motorists, passengers and pedestrians.
Orlando & Associates, P.C. can help whether the person who is injured lives out of state or the person who causes the injury lives out of state. In the maritime context, if you are injured on the “navigable waters” like Gloucester Harbor or the Essex River, we have maritime personal injury attorneys ready to advocate for you. This can happen on a schooner, whale watch, pleasure boat, or any other type of vessel. If you are injured in a motor vehicle collision on land, like when a tourist improperly navigates our historic streets causing injury, we can represent you against that tourist in Massachusetts Courts pursuant to the “Massachusetts Long Arm Statute” (https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleII/Chapter223a/Section3). The same is true if you are the tourist and you live out of state, but you are injured while visiting Cape Ann.
The so-called “Long Arm Statute” states that when an individual who lives out of state causes an injury in Massachusetts, that individual is subject to the jurisdiction of our courts. Of course, if any individual is injured in Massachusetts, irrespective of where they live, Orlando & Associates, P.C. has experienced Massachusetts personal injury attorneys to assist. If you are injured on Cape Ann or anywhere in the Commonwealth or at sea, call Orlando & Associates, P.C.tu
By virtue of reading this blog post you are not represented by Orlando & Associates, P.C. as an attorney/client relationship is not created without agreement of both parties. Therefore, Orlando & Associates, P.C. is not responsible for any decisions you make in furthering any legal matter in which you may be involved. Each individual person’s case or legal issue is unique and you should not rely completely upon the basic information contained within this blog post to pursue your own legal matter. Should you have any questions about the content of this blog post or any legal matter, contact an attorney from Orlando & Associates, P.C. It costs you nothing to have an initial consultation.
