Boston Personal Injury Lawyers Fighting for Injured Victims Throughout Suffolk County

An unexpected injury can disrupt nearly every part of your life, from your health and ability to work to your finances and responsibilities at home. In a busy city like Boston, serious injuries can happen on crowded streets, inside businesses and apartment buildings, at work, or anywhere another person or company fails to act responsibly.

If someone else’s negligence caused your injuries, Massachusetts law may allow you to pursue compensation for the harm that you suffered. RTRLAW’s Boston personal injury attorneys help injured people investigate what happened, deal with insurance companies, and pursue the financial recovery they need to move forward.

When Someone Else’s Negligence Changes Your Life

A serious personal injury claim is about much more than the accident itself. Medical treatment, missed work, pain, reduced mobility, and uncertainty about the future can continue long after the scene has been cleared or the dangerous condition has been repaired.

Insurance companies may begin protecting their own interests almost immediately, sometimes before an injured person fully understands the extent of the damage. Adjusters may dispute fault, question treatment, request recorded statements, or push for an early settlement before future medical needs are clear.

You do not need to determine the value of your case by yourself while you are recovering. RTRLAW can evaluate the evidence, identify the legal issues involved, and help you understand what compensation may be available to you under Massachusetts law.

Personal Injury Cases We Handle in Boston

Personal injury law covers many different situations, but every successful case begins with the same basic question: did another person, business, or organization fail to act reasonably and cause someone to be hurt? RTRLAW represents victims across a range of accident and injury claims throughout Boston and the surrounding communities.

Car Accidents

Boston drivers routinely share congested streets with commuters, pedestrians, cyclists, buses, rideshare vehicles, delivery drivers, and commercial traffic. Distracted driving, speeding, unsafe turns, following too closely, driving while being impaired, and failuring to yield can quickly lead to serious crashes.

Boston automobile claims also involve the Commonwealth’s no-fault insurance rules, which can make the process considerably different from a traditional negligence claim. RTRLAW can help determine which insurance benefits apply and whether you can pursue additional compensation from an at-fault driver.

Rideshare Accidents

Uber and Lyft accidents can create additional insurance questions because available coverage may depend on what the rideshare driver was doing when the collision occurred. A driver who is offline, waiting for a passenger request, traveling to a pickup, or carrying a passenger may be covered differently.

RTRLAW investigates the driver’s status, trip information, applicable insurance policies, and the conduct of everyone involved in the collision. We can represent injured rideshare passengers as well as drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, and occupants of other vehicles.

Truck and Commercial Vehicle Accidents

Delivery trucks, tractor-trailers, box trucks, construction vehicles, and other commercial vehicles are a constant presence on roads throughout Greater Boston. Their size, length and weight can turn a traffic collision into an accident involving catastrophic or fatal injuries.

Commercial accident claims may involve the driver, trucking company, vehicle owner, maintenance contractor, cargo company, or another business. RTRLAW investigates all potentially responsible parties rather than assuming the driver is the only possible defendant.

Motorcycle Accidents

Motorcyclists have far less physical protection than occupants of passenger vehicles and can suffer devastating injuries even when a collision occurs at a relatively low speed. Many crashes happen because another motorist fails to notice a motorcycle before changing lanes, turning, or entering an intersection.

Insurance companies sometimes attempt to rely on stereotypes about motorcyclists when evaluating fault. RTRLAW focuses on the evidence showing what actually happened and how the other party’s conduct contributed to the collision.

Pedestrian Accidents

Walking is an everyday part of life in Boston, whether someone is commuting to work, crossing between neighborhoods, heading to an MBTA station, or simply running an errand. The City continues to pursue its Vision Zero 2030 goal of eliminating fatal and serious traffic crashes, reflecting the ongoing risks pedestrians and other vulnerable road users face on Boston streets.

Pedestrians struck by vehicles may suffer traumatic brain injuries, fractures, spinal injuries, or other life-changing harm. RTRLAW investigates driver conduct, traffic signals, crosswalks, surveillance footage, witnesses, and other evidence that may establish responsibility.

Bicycle Accidents

Boston’s expanding bicycle infrastructure means cyclists increasingly share the road with passenger vehicles, trucks, buses, rideshare vehicles, and pedestrians. Doorings, unsafe turns, failure to yield, distracted driving, and vehicles entering bike lanes can all lead to serious injuries.

Cyclists have the same need for a thorough investigation when a motorist disputes fault. Photographs, video, vehicle damage, witness accounts, and digital evidence may help establish exactly how the crash happened.

Slip and Fall and Trip and Fall Premises Liability Injuries

Property owners and businesses have responsibilities to maintain reasonably safe conditions for people lawfully using their premises. Wet floors, damaged stairs, uneven pavement, defective handrails, poor lighting, clutter, and other hazards can lead to serious falls.

Boston’s winter weather adds another layer to these cases because Massachusetts no longer distinguishes between natural and unnatural accumulations of snow and ice when evaluating a property owner’s duty of reasonable care. Whether reasonable precautions were taken by a property owner depends on the particular circumstances.

Negligent Security and Assault-Related Injuries

Some injuries occur because a property owner fails to take reasonable security precautions under circumstances where criminal conduct was foreseeable. Apartment buildings, hotels, parking facilities, bars, entertainment venues, and other properties may present security issues depending on their location and history.

These cases require careful investigation into previous incidents, security procedures, lighting, access controls, surveillance systems, and other circumstances. RTRLAW can evaluate whether inadequate security contributed to an assault or other preventable injury.

Dog Bites and Animal Attacks

Massachusetts has a specific statute governing injuries caused by dogs. The owner or keeper is generally liable for damage caused by the dog unless the injured person was trespassing, committing another tort, or teasing, tormenting, or abusing the animal.

Dog bites can cause puncture wounds, nerve damage, infections, scarring, and significant emotional trauma, particularly for children. RTRLAW can investigate ownership, available insurance coverage, medical treatment, and the circumstances surrounding the attack.

Nail Salon Injuries

A manicure or pedicure should not result in an infection, chemical burn, laceration, or permanent nail damage. Injuries may occur when salons use contaminated tools, fail to sanitize equipment, mishandle chemicals, or perform services using unsafe techniques.

These claims may require medical evidence connecting the condition to the salon service as well as documentation of sanitation or licensing issues. RTRLAW can investigate the salon’s practices and determine whether negligence contributed to your injury.

Food Poisoning

Foodborne illness can become much more serious than a brief upset stomach. Contaminated food may cause hospitalization, dehydration, organ complications, lost time from work, or lasting health problems.

Establishing where an illness originated can be one of the most difficult parts of a food poisoning claim. Medical testing, purchase records, restaurant inspection information, other reported illnesses, and expert analysis may all become important.

Bed Bug Injuries

Hotels, short-term rentals, resorts, and other properties may expose guests to bed bug infestations when proper inspection and treatment are neglected. Bites can cause skin reactions, infections, scarring, allergic responses, sleep disruption, and emotional distress.

Successful cases often depend heavily on documentation, including photographs, medical records, receipts, communications with management, and evidence of the infestation itself. RTRLAW can evaluate whether a property owner or operator failed to respond reasonably to a known or discoverable infestation.

Wrongful Death

Some acts of negligence result in injuries from which a victim never recovers. When that happens, surviving family members may have legal rights under Massachusetts wrongful death law.

Wrongful death cases require careful attention to who may bring the claim and what damages may be recoverable. RTRLAW approaches these cases with sensitivity while aggressively investigating the conduct that led to the loss.

These are only some of the injury matters that can arise in Boston. Whatever the circumstances, the first step is determining what happened, who was responsible, and how Massachusetts law applies to the specific facts.

What To Do After an Injury in Boston

The aftermath of an accident can be confusing, particularly when you are in pain or dealing with emergency medical treatment. A few practical steps can protect both your health and evidence that may later become important to your case.

Immediately after an accident, be sure to:

Get medical care: Seek prompt medical evaluation, even if you are unsure how serious your injuries are. Concussions, internal injuries, herniated discs, and soft tissue injuries may become more noticeable after the initial shock wears off.

Report what happened: Notify the appropriate person, whether that is police after a traffic collision, a store manager after a fall, a landlord after an unsafe-property incident, or another responsible party. Ask for documentation of the report whenever possible.

Photograph or video the scene: Take pictures or video of vehicle damage, hazards, injuries, traffic controls, floor conditions, broken equipment, or anything else that may explain how you were hurt. Conditions can change quickly after an accident.

Identify witnesses: Obtain names and contact information for anyone who saw what happened or noticed the dangerous condition beforehand. Independent witnesses can become particularly important when the responsible party later disputes your account.

Preserve records: Keep medical paperwork, receipts, photographs, damaged property, correspondence, insurance documents, and records showing missed work. Small pieces of information can become important when calculating damages months later.

Be careful with insurers: Insurance adjusters may ask for a recorded statement or broad medical authorization soon after the accident. Understanding why information is being requested before providing it can help protect your claim.

Contact RTRLAW: Early legal involvement gives us an opportunity to request video, preserve physical evidence, locate witnesses, and begin investigating while memories and records are still fresh.

No single checklist can account for every type of accident. The important point is to protect your health first and preserve as much information as possible while the circumstances can still be documented accurately.

Massachusetts Personal Injury Laws That May Affect Your Case

Massachusetts personal injury law includes several rules that can directly affect whether you have a claim, which insurance benefits may apply, and how much compensation you may recover. The rules can vary significantly depending on whether the injury resulted from a motor vehicle collision, a defective product, dangerous property condition, government negligence, dog attack, or another incident.

Understanding the general rules is helpful, but the specific facts of your accident still matter. Deadlines, insurance requirements, and exceptions should be evaluated based on the type of claim and the parties involved.

Three-Year Statute of Limitations

Massachusetts generally requires personal injury tort actions to be filed within three years after the cause of action accrues under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 260, § 2A. Certain types of cases may be subject to different deadlines, notice requirements, or exceptions.

Waiting until the three-year deadline approaches can make an otherwise valid claim much harder to prove. Surveillance footage may be erased, witnesses can become difficult to locate, physical conditions may change, and other evidence can disappear long before the statute of limitations expires.

For that reason, the legal deadline should be treated as the final filing date rather than a reason to delay investigating the claim. Speaking with an attorney early provides more time to identify and preserve evidence.

Massachusetts Comparative Negligence

Massachusetts follows a modified comparative negligence system under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 231, § 85. An injured person may generally recover compensation when their own negligence is not greater than the combined negligence of the person or persons against whom recovery is sought.

This means someone who is 20% responsible for an accident may generally recover 80% of their otherwise recoverable damages. A person who is exactly 50% responsible may still recover damages reduced by 50%, while someone found more than 50% responsible is generally barred from recovery.

Insurance companies may attempt to increase the percentage of fault assigned to an injured person because doing so can directly reduce what they must pay. Photographs, video, witnesses, accident reports, physical evidence, and other documentation can therefore play an important role in protecting the value of a claim.

Massachusetts No-Fault Auto Insurance and PIP Benefits

Massachusetts is a no-fault automobile insurance state, and Massachusetts motor vehicle insurance policies generally include Personal Injury Protection, commonly called PIP. Under current Massachusetts law, PIP can provide up to $8,000 per person for qualifying medical expenses, lost earnings, replacement services, and certain other losses, regardless of who caused the collision, subject to applicable deductibles, health-insurance coordination rules, and other statutory requirements.

When an injured person has health insurance, the interaction between PIP and health insurance coverage can become more complicated. PIP generally pays the first $2,000 in qualifying medical expenses before health insurance becomes involved, with additional PIP benefits potentially available for expenses such as deductibles, copayments, uncovered medical treatment, wage loss, and other qualifying losses, up to the applicable PIP limit.

Massachusetts also restricts when someone injured in a motor vehicle accident may recover damages for pain and suffering. Under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 231, § 6D, the threshold is generally satisfied when reasonable and necessary accident-related treatment expenses exceed $2,000, or when the injury results in death, loss of a body member, permanent and serious disfigurement, certain qualifying losses of sight or hearing, or a fracture.

PIP benefits and a liability claim against an at-fault driver are therefore separate but related parts of many Massachusetts car accident cases. RTRLAW can review both the available No-Fault benefits and whether the injuries satisfy the requirements for pursuing additional damages from the responsible driver.

Claims Involving Government Entities

Boston personal injury cases sometimes involve City property, public vehicles, government employees, public agencies, or other governmental entities. These claims can involve special procedural requirements that apply well before the ordinary personal injury statute of limitations expires.

Under the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act, Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 258, § 4, a claim against a public employer generally must first be presented in writing to the appropriate executive officer within two years after the cause of action arises. A civil action generally must then be brought within three years after the cause of action accrued.

The identity of the correct recipient matters. Massachusetts law identifies specific officials who may receive presentment for cities and towns, while claims against the Commonwealth may be presented to the Attorney General.

These additional requirements are one reason an injured person should not assume that having three years to file a lawsuit means there is no reason to act sooner. RTRLAW evaluates the defendant, type of accident, insurance coverage, applicable notice requirements, and filing deadlines before determining how a Massachusetts personal injury claim should proceed.

How RTRLAW Builds a Strong Boston Personal Injury Case

A successful personal injury claim requires more than showing that someone was hurt. The evidence must connect another party’s wrongful conduct to the accident, establish the resulting injuries, and demonstrate the financial and personal consequences.

RTRLAW puts this practice into motion by:

Investigating what happened: We review reports, photographs, video, witness statements, physical evidence, and other available information to establish how the incident occurred. When accounts conflict, independent evidence can become especially important.

Preserving time-sensitive evidence: Surveillance recordings, vehicle data, electronic communications, maintenance records, and other evidence may disappear if no one acts quickly. We identify what should be preserved and pursue it as early as possible.

Identifying responsible parties: Some accidents involve more than one defendant. Businesses, employers, property owners, contractors, vehicle owners, product manufacturers, or insurers may become relevant depending on the facts.

Documenting medical damages: We gather records showing the injuries, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and expected future medical needs. The long-term prognosis can be just as important as the initial emergency treatment.

Calculating financial losses: Lost wages are only one part of the economic impact of a serious injury. Reduced earning capacity, future treatment, assistance at home, and other supported losses may also need to be evaluated.

Challenging unfair insurance tactics: Adjusters may minimize injuries, question treatment, dispute causation, or attempt to place excessive blame on the victim. RTRLAW responds with evidence rather than allowing an insurer’s first assessment to dictate the value of the case.

Preparing for litigation: Some cases can be resolved through settlement, while others require filing a lawsuit and preparing for trial. Building the case thoroughly from the beginning helps preserve both options.

Every case is different, and the strategy should reflect the evidence rather than follow a predetermined formula. RTRLAW’s goal is to develop the strongest claim the facts support while allowing you to concentrate on recovering.

Compensation Available in a Boston Personal Injury Case

The purpose of personal injury compensation is to address the losses caused by another party’s negligence as fully as the law permits. The value of a case depends on the nature of the injury, available evidence, future prognosis, insurance coverage, degree of fault, and the effect the accident has had on the individual person.

Some of the compensation that may be available includes:

Medical expenses: Recoverable damages may include emergency treatment, hospitalization, surgery, diagnostic testing, physician visits, therapy, medications, assistive equipment, and reasonably necessary future medical care.

Lost wages: If an injury prevents you from working during recovery, lost income may become part of the claim. Employment records, tax returns, and medical restrictions can help establish these losses.

Reduced earning capacity: Permanent limitations may prevent someone from returning to the same occupation or earning at the same level. Serious injury claims should account for supported long-term financial consequences.

Pain and suffering: Depending on the type of claim and applicable law, compensation may address physical pain, limitations, loss of mobility, and disruption of ordinary activities.

Emotional distress: A serious accident may cause anxiety, trauma, sleep disturbance, depression, or other psychological consequences. Appropriate documentation can help establish how those effects have changed a person’s life.

Permanent disability and disfigurement: Scarring, loss of function, brain injuries, spinal damage, and other permanent conditions can affect independence, relationships, work, and quality of life for decades.

There is no reliable “average Boston personal injury settlement” that can tell you what your individual case is worth. A meaningful valuation requires understanding the actual evidence, the defendant’s liability, your medical condition, and what the injury is likely to mean for your future.

Common Injuries in Boston Personal Injury Cases

The severity of an injury is not always apparent at the accident scene. Some conditions cause immediate trauma, while others worsen over hours or days as inflammation, neurological symptoms, and pain develop.

Common injuries in Boston personal injury cases may include:

Head injuries and concussions: Even a seemingly minor impact can cause headaches, dizziness, memory problems, sensitivity to light, or difficulty concentrating. More serious brain injuries can affect a person’s ability to work, communicate, or function independently.

Neck and back injuries: Sudden twisting or impact can strain muscles, damage discs, or aggravate the spine. These injuries often cause ongoing pain, stiffness, numbness, or weakness that can interfere with sitting, standing, driving, and working.

Fractures: Broken wrists, ankles, ribs, hips, arms, and legs are common after falls and vehicle crashes. Depending on the location and severity of the break, treatment may involve surgery, hardware, immobilization, and months of rehabilitation.

Joint injuries: Shoulders, knees, elbows, and hips can be badly damaged during an accident. Torn cartilage, dislocations, and ligament injuries may leave a person with reduced strength, instability, or limited range of motion.

Spinal cord damage: Serious trauma to the spinal cord can cause major neurological problems, including weakness, loss of sensation, or partial or complete paralysis. These injuries often require extensive medical care and long-term assistance.

Nerve injuries: Compression, stretching, or direct trauma to a nerve can cause burning pain, tingling, numbness, or loss of muscle control. Some nerve injuries improve with treatment, while others can create permanent limitations.

Internal organ damage: Blunt-force trauma can injure organs such as the lungs, liver, spleen, or kidneys. Internal bleeding and organ damage may require emergency surgery and are not always immediately obvious after an accident.

Cuts and puncture wounds: Broken glass, metal, sharp surfaces, and debris can cause deep lacerations or puncture injuries. These wounds may damage muscles, tendons, or nerves and can leave lasting scars.

Burn injuries: Exposure to flames, hot liquids, chemicals, electricity, or heated surfaces can damage skin and underlying tissue. Severe burns may require skin grafts, reconstructive procedures, or specialized rehabilitation.

Soft tissue damage: Muscle strains, sprains, bruising, and tendon injuries can cause substantial pain even when imaging does not show a broken bone. These injuries can limit mobility and may take longer to heal than expected.

Facial and dental injuries: Falls, crashes, and other high-impact incidents can damage teeth, jaws, noses, and facial bones. Treatment may involve dental reconstruction, surgery, or cosmetic procedures.

Scarring and permanent disfigurement: Some injuries leave visible marks that do not fully heal. Scars can affect appearance, movement, confidence, and quality of life long after the initial medical treatment ends.

Mobility limitations: Injuries to the legs, pelvis, spine, or joints may make walking, climbing stairs, or standing for long periods difficult. Some people require braces, canes, walkers, or other assistive devices during recovery or permanently.

Psychological trauma: Serious accidents can lead to anxiety, sleep problems, panic, depression, or post-traumatic stress. These effects can be just as disruptive as the physical injuries themselves.

Loss of limb or function: Catastrophic injuries may result in amputation or permanent loss of use of an arm, leg, hand, or other body part. These cases often involve lifelong medical needs and major changes to daily living.

Life-threatening and fatal injuries: The most severe accidents can cause irreversible trauma or death. When that happens, surviving family members may be able to pursue a wrongful death claim under Massachusetts law.

The type of injury often determines far more than the immediate course of medical treatment. It can also affect how long someone is unable to work, whether future care will be needed, and how the accident changes everyday life.

Personal Injury Risks Are Part of Life in a Busy City Like Boston

Boston combines dense residential neighborhoods, busy commercial districts, major highways, historic streets, public transportation, heavy pedestrian activity, cyclists, rideshare vehicles, and constant construction. Accidents can therefore arise in very different settings from Back Bay and Downtown to Dorchester, Roxbury, South Boston, Jamaica Plain, Allston-Brighton, and neighborhoods throughout the city.

Traffic safety remains an active concern for Boston, which has reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating fatal and severe traffic crashes through Vision Zero 2030. The City’s own program recognizes the particular risks faced by pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders, children, older adults, and other vulnerable road users.

Local knowledge matters, but successful injury claims still come down to evidence. Whether you were hurt on I-93, Massachusetts Avenue, a neighborhood sidewalk, inside a restaurant, or on someone else’s property, RTRLAW focuses on proving what happened and how it affected you.

Why Injured Boston Residents Choose RTRLAW

Choosing a personal injury law firm means trusting someone with a matter that can affect your medical care, finances, and future. RTRLAW has represented injured clients since 1988 and brings more than 35 years of experience to that responsibility.

RTRLAW offers:

No upfront attorney’s fees: You do not pay attorney’s fees upfront to hire RTRLAW for a personal injury case. Our attorney’s fee is paid only if we recover compensation for you.

Hundreds of millions recovered: RTRLAW has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for clients across its personal injury practice. Past results do not guarantee a particular outcome, but they reflect decades spent pursuing compensation for injured people.

Clear communication: Clients should not be left wondering what is happening with their case. Our team explains the process, provides updates, and answers questions throughout the representation.

Personalized case strategy: A pedestrian accident does not require the same investigation as a bed bug claim or a slip and fall. We build the strategy around the specific facts rather than forcing every client through the same process.

Prepared to fight disputed claims: Insurance companies do not always accept responsibility or value injuries fairly. RTRLAW is prepared to challenge unfair positions through negotiation and litigation when necessary.

Our role is to take as much of the legal burden off your shoulders as possible while keeping you involved in the decisions that matter. You remain the client, and you deserve to understand the strategy being used to protect your interests.

What to Expect When You Contact RTRLAW

Contacting a personal injury lawyer does not mean that you have decided to sue anyone. Your first conversation is an opportunity to explain what happened, discuss your injuries and options, and learn whether the circumstances may support a claim.

If RTRLAW accepts your case, we can begin investigating the incident, communicating with insurance companies, preserving evidence, obtaining relevant records, and documenting your damages. As the case develops, we explain the available options and advise you before major decisions involving settlement or litigation.

The sooner that process begins, the more opportunity there is to preserve evidence that might otherwise disappear. Getting information early can also help you avoid decisions that unintentionally make the insurance process more difficult later.

Frequently Asked Questions About Boston Personal Injury Claims

How long do I have to file a personal injury lawsuit in Massachusetts?

Massachusetts generally gives injured people three years after a personal injury cause of action accrues to file a tort lawsuit. Certain claims have additional or different requirements, particularly those involving government entities, so you should not assume the general deadline is the only one that matters.

Can I recover compensation if I was partly responsible?

Potentially. Massachusetts allows recovery when your negligence was not greater than the combined negligence attributable to the defendant or defendants, although your damages are reduced according to your percentage of fault.

How much is my Boston personal injury case worth?

There is no fixed formula or meaningful average that can accurately predict the value of your individual case. Injury severity, medical expenses, future treatment, income loss, permanent limitations, fault, insurance coverage, and many other factors must be evaluated.

What if the insurance company already offered me money?

You can receive an early offer before you know your final diagnosis or future medical needs. Because accepting a settlement generally requires giving up further claims, it is worth understanding the full extent of your damages before agreeing to resolve the case.

Do I need an attorney if the other person was clearly at fault?

Clear liability can make one part of the case easier, but insurers may still dispute causation, treatment, damages, insurance coverage, or the amount of compensation. An attorney can also investigate whether there are additional defendants or policies that are not immediately obvious.

Will my personal injury case go to trial?

Most injury claims do not necessarily require a trial, but whether settlement is appropriate depends on what the responsible party and insurer are willing to offer. Preparing a strong case for litigation can also improve your position during negotiations.

What if I was injured on the City of Boston or other government property?

Government claims may involve special notice requirements. Under the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act, qualifying claims against a public employer generally require written presentment within two years, even though the statute also contains a three-year lawsuit deadline.

How much does it cost to hire RTRLAW?

There are no upfront attorney’s fees for our personal injury representation. RTRLAW receives an attorney’s fee only if we recover compensation for you.

Contact RTRLAW’s Boston Personal Injury Attorneys Today

A serious injury can leave you facing medical treatment, missed work, financial pressure, pain, and questions you never expected to have to answer. When someone else’s negligence caused that situation, you deserve the opportunity to understand your rights and determine whether compensation is available.

If you were injured in Boston, contact RTRLAW by calling 617-648-8133 today for a free consultation. With more than 35 years of experience representing injured clients, our Boston personal injury attorneys are prepared to investigate your case, protect your rights, deal with the insurance companies, and fight for the compensation you deserve with no upfront attorney’s fees and no attorney’s fee unless we recover for you.