If you have been involved in a hit and run accident, you may be entitled to recover monies from your own automobile policy under the uninsured motorist coverage. In Massachusetts, if an individual negligently operates their car and strikes your car and leaves the scene of the accident and you have suffered bodily injury as a result, you may be entitled to bring a claim against your own automobile policy for uninsured motorist coverage. You may also be able to bring an uninsured motorist claim for a hit and run accident even if the other driver’s car did not make contact with your car. If the other driver drove negligently causing you to swerve out of the way, lose control or leave the roadway and strike another object, then you may be entitled to bring an uninsured motorist claim. If you have been involved in a hit and run accident, whether the other car made contact with your car or not, you should immediately notify the police and obtain the names, addresses and telephone numbers of any witnesses.
Filing an uninsured motorist claim with your own car insurance does not adversely affect your insurance premium. We have helped many hit and run accident victims in Brockton, Easton and surrounding Massachusetts towns recover compensation for their injuries. Our lawyers are specialists in car accident person injury cases; if you have been the victim of a hit and run car accident, please contact us today for a free consultation.