- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
My question involves a insurance surcharge from the state of: MA
On 1/31/2017, in a snow storm, I slid into a guardrail on a corner when making a left hand turn. I was going about 15mph, if that. Both my wife and I are considered essential personnel, therefore skipping work is not an option. When I was finally was able to get out of work, I went to pick my kids up. about 2 blocks away from my home, the above happened. Police came by and determined they were not going to cite me due to road conditions. I commented to the officer that I was surprised the city wasn't doing more to improve the roads, to which he responded " it's pretty bad out there. Everybody is pretty extended as much as possible....a lot of this out there"
A month later or so, I received a notice that I was considered >50% at fault, as is usually the case in a one car accident.
I'm assuming that since my wife and I are required to report to work, and the documented driving conditions/weather, as well as the lack of ticket, there's gotta be something out there I can refer to in my appeal.
I had seen some cases cited on a cite shortly after receiving the notice of surcharge, but of course now I cant find where it was (don't know why I didn't bookmark it!)
Anyway, if anyone could help, I'd appreciate it.
On 1/31/2017, in a snow storm, I slid into a guardrail on a corner when making a left hand turn. I was going about 15mph, if that. Both my wife and I are considered essential personnel, therefore skipping work is not an option. When I was finally was able to get out of work, I went to pick my kids up. about 2 blocks away from my home, the above happened. Police came by and determined they were not going to cite me due to road conditions. I commented to the officer that I was surprised the city wasn't doing more to improve the roads, to which he responded " it's pretty bad out there. Everybody is pretty extended as much as possible....a lot of this out there"
A month later or so, I received a notice that I was considered >50% at fault, as is usually the case in a one car accident.
I'm assuming that since my wife and I are required to report to work, and the documented driving conditions/weather, as well as the lack of ticket, there's gotta be something out there I can refer to in my appeal.
I had seen some cases cited on a cite shortly after receiving the notice of surcharge, but of course now I cant find where it was (don't know why I didn't bookmark it!)
Anyway, if anyone could help, I'd appreciate it.