Dussault & Zatir, PC - New Bedford, MA

Vigorous Injury and Workers Compensation Representation

Experiencing a traumatic injury on the road or at the workplace can upend your livelihood, derail your career, and place immense financial strain on your family. Since opening its doors in February 1990, Dussault & Zatir, PC has served as a stalwart advocate for injured individuals across Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Headquartered on Kempton Street in New Bedford with regional offices in Fall River, Taunton, and East Providence, the practice combines aggressive trial capability with attentive, compassionate guidance. With more than a century of cumulative trial experience and thousands of successful client outcomes, the legal team focuses exclusively on civil tort litigation and workplace disability claims. When you need a lawyer who will demand maximum financial recovery from recalcitrant insurance companies and negligent corporations, Dussault & Zatir delivers authoritative counsel.

Motor Vehicle Collisions and Serious Traffic Accidents

Congested thoroughfares such as Interstate 195, Route 18, and Route 140 witness severe vehicular collisions daily. Insurance adjusters are trained to minimize liabilities and frequently attempt to pressure victims into accepting settlements that fall drastically short of covering future medical procedures and rehabilitative care. If you are looking to hire an attorney who knows how to hold negligent drivers and fleet carriers accountable, the firm conducts exhaustive accident investigations, reconstructs crash scenes, and works with medical specialists to calculate the true value of your losses.

Key motor vehicle accident services handled by the firm include:

• Car accident lawyers prosecuting claims involving distracted driving, rear-end collisions, drunk driving crashes, and intersection failures.
• Truck accident lawyers taking on interstate commercial motor carriers, investigating federal hours-of-service violations, brake failures, and improper cargo loading.
• Motorcycle accident lawyers safeguarding the rights of motorcyclists who sustain traumatic brain injuries, road rash, and compound fractures.
• Pedestrian injury lawyers and bicycle injury lawyers representing vulnerable road users struck on city streets and crosswalks.
• Wrongful death lawyers advocating on behalf of surviving families following fatal crashes to secure compensation for lost financial support and companionship.

Massachusetts Workers Compensation and Construction Site Injuries

Employees injured in industrial settings, maritime operations, fish processing facilities, or construction sites face immediate wage losses and complicated administrative hurdles before the Department of Industrial Accidents. Dussault & Zatir possesses extensive experience guiding injured employees through the complexities of state workers compensation rules, ensuring clients secure timely weekly wage replacement and complete medical treatment coverage without delay.

Workplace injury representation delivered by the firm includes:

• Workers compensation lawyers securing temporary total disability benefits, partial disability payments, and permanent loss of function awards.
• Construction accident representation addressing falls from elevated scaffolding, ladder collapses, trench cave-ins, and heavy machinery accidents.
• Third-party liability litigation pursuing compensation from outside subcontractors, property owners, and equipment manufacturers alongside statutory benefits.
• Assisting disabled claimants with Social Security disability insurance appeals before administrative law judges.
• Slip & fall injury lawyers pursuing commercial property owners for dangerous premises conditions, unplowed ice, and defective walkways.
• Dog bite injury lawyers enforcing strict liability under Massachusetts General Laws against negligent pet owners.
• Defective product injury lawyers holding industrial equipment and consumer product manufacturers strictly accountable for injuries.

Operating on a contingency fee basis with 24/7 phone accessibility, complimentary consultations, and multilingual assistance in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, Dussault & Zatir ensures injured individuals have the strongest legal ally on their side.