What to do after a Rhode Island tractor-trailer crash when the carrier or its insurer starts calling before you even know how bad the case is.

Bad weather does not automatically let an employer, contractor, driver, or road agency off the hook when a Rhode Island crash happened on ice, slush, floodwater, or a badly treated private access road.

You were on the clock, in the employer's vehicle, and now everyone is trying to dump the blame on you - here's how fault usually gets split in Rhode Island and why that does not automatically kill your claim.

An off-duty firefighter was on the way to another work site when a drowsy driver hit him in East Providence, and now auto insurance, UM/UIM, and work-related coverage are all being shoved onto somebody else.

A denial with no real explanation is exactly when injured Uber passengers in Providence make the mistakes that wreck the rest of the claim.

A bad police report after a Woonsocket hit-and-run can wreck a serious injury claim unless you know how permanent-damage proof actually gets built.

A Providence retail worker on a visa can still pursue a bike-door injury claim even without an ER visit, but the fight gets messy fast when the driver, car owner, employers, and health insurer all start pushing blame around.

A Providence rideshare driver got hit by a left-turning car on a green light, and now the insurer's hired doctor is pretending the MRI means nothing.

Three years is the outside deadline in Rhode Island for most injury lawsuits, but waiting after a Providence rear-end can wreck the evidence long before that.