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FREE, FREE, FREE monthly Newsletter written by a FORMER ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY

As a free service to our clients and even to our prospective clients the Law Office of Bernard M. Tully, Esquire, a FORMER ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, publishes a free monthly newsletter, which we send directly to you, via the U.S. mail. THERE IS NO CHARGE TO YOU FOR THIS SERVICE. Our free monthly newsletter covers many areas of the law, outlining current topics in personal injury law, death cases, trucking accidents, criminal law, DUI cases, drug cases, and jury verdicts. We currently send out our free Newsletter to over 4500 people each month!! We often talk about the legal reasons behind the courts' rulings. The areas we discuss usually involve issues important to you, and some of it is actually funny!! Plus, just by reading our FREE Newsletter each month, you can become more knowledgeable about the law than your friends, neighbors or associates!! All this at no charge to you.

YOU can start to receive our monthly newsletters immediately for FREE and with no further obligation. Just call our toll free number at 800-491-4996 For a sampling of our previous newsletters please click below.

Ask the Lawyer - Injury Law

  • 11.28.11 - Attorney Tully, do most medical malpractice/wrongful death trials result in money for the family of the deceased?
  • 11.21.11 - Attorney Tully, are the amounts of the biggest jury verdicts going up or down?
  • 11.14.11 - Attorney Tully, who is responsible when a coal train derails resulting in someone's death?
  • 11.07.11 - Attorney Tully, legally, what is the likely outcome of the recent deadly outburst of contaminated cantaloupes?

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Ask the Lawyer - Criminal Law

  • 11.27.11 - Attorney Tully, how can a Defendant be sentenced to more than the statutory maximum for a crime?
  • 11.20.11 - Attorney Tully, what is the Exclusionary Rule and why is it important in criminal cases?
  • 11.13.11 - Attorney Tully, what happens if I plead guilty to a crime but then decide I want to withdraw my guilty plea before sentencing? Can I do it?
  • 11.06.11 - Attorney Tully, can an inoperable handgun be considered a firearm for sentencing purposes?

February 2012 - Click Here

  • A Police Officer’s Warning
  • Marijuana Marital Bliss
  • Girl To Get $10 Million From Amputations After E.R. Delay
  • Second Hepatitis Trial Results In A $182.5 Million Verdict
  • Woman Paralyzed While Sledding Gets $8 Million
  • Question of the Month
  • Immunity Given Minors Who Aid Intoxicated Peers
  • You Be The Judge - Expert Testimony

December 2011 - Click Here

  • November Turkey Winner
  • Snowblower, Lawnmower, and Power Tool Injuries
  • Irish Humor
  • Criminal Law - You Be The Judge
  • Facebook Dangers
  • Question of the Month
  • Father of Fatal Crash Victim Files Suit Against Driver
  • Dram Shop Act Cases

November 2011 - Click Here

  • Free November Turkey Giveaway
  • Workers Compensation Shocker
  • Workers Compensation & Fatal Heart Attacks
  • Alert! All Metal Hip Replacement Patients - Beware
  • Unborn Children - Preconception Duty of Doctors
  • Question of the Month
  • Seat Belts
  • Congratulations

October 2011 - Click Here

  • Steelers Football Schedule Magnets
  • This ? Could Save Your Life - Going In for Surgery?
  • Bernie's Rant
  • Judge Awards Parents $15 Million For Teens Fall In Mineshaft
  • Parties Settle For $1 Million After Falling Tree Injures Driver
  • Question of the Month
  • Strict Liability-Going After The Manufacturer-Question of the Month
  • Tribune Review

September 2011 - Click Here

  • Free Steelers Football Schedule Magnets (Our way of saying THANKS)
  • Wrongful Death Cases and Baseball Parents
  • Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
  • Criminal Law-You Be The Judge
  • That Darn Notice Issue/ Slip and Fall Injury Blues
  • Special Thanks
  • Congratulations
  • Strict Liability-Going After The Manufacturer-Question of the Month

August 2011 - Click Here

  • READERS PLEASE KEEP KNOCKING MY SOCKS OFF WITH YOUR KIND REFERRALS!
  • How Does Medical Malpractice Occur?
  • Why Are Medical Malpractice & Government Immunity Caps Crazy?
  • Nursing Home Abuse
  • Worker Fired For Cell Phone Use Properly Denied Unemployment Benefits
  • Border's Blues
  • Las Vegas High Rollers
  • This Month's Drawing Question

July 2011 - Click Here

  • WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
  • INSPIRATION OF THE MONTH
  • PROPERTY OWNERS NOT LIABLE FOR UNDERAGE DRINKING
  • $24M AWARD IN RAILROAD ELECTROCUTION CASE UPHELD
  • SEARCH OF CAR TRUNK UNCONSTITUTIONAL
  • WOMAN AWARDED $1.14M AFTER SIDEWALK FALL
  • PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING - MAN SUES WWE OVER INJURY
  • This Month's Drawing Question

June 2011 - Click Here

  • STRATEGIC SESSION: NOTICE AND PRIOR INCIDENTS
  • DENNY'S $46.4 M VERDICT OVER SHOOTING SPREE:
  • A Welcome
  • A Thank You
  • FOR OUR DOUBLE NICKEL (55 years old and older) READERS: OSTEOARTHRITIS
  • A Word on Criminal Law
  • This Month's Drawing Question

May 2011 - Click Here

  • ATTENTION LONG TERM DENTURE WEARERS - POTENTIAL DENTURE ADHESIVE
  • OLIVE PIT BLUES: YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS NEXT ONE:
  • FYI: NECK AND BACK INJURY ACCIDENT VICTIMS:
  • PARKED TRUCK OWNER LIABLE FOR WRONGFUL DEATH
  • LAUGH OF THE DAY: BUT HOW DOES BUBBA FEEL ABOUT IT?
  • This Month's Drawing Question

April 2011 - Click Here

  • HAPPILY MARRIED HUSBANDS WILL LOVE THIS
  • OUR NEWSLETTERS ARE EVERYWHERE
  • EX-FOOTBALL PLAYER SETTLES SEX ASSAULT SUIT WITH WOMAN
  • SETTLEMENT REACHED WITH COLLEGE OVER STUDENT DEATH
  • WOMAN GETS $1.2M FOR COFFEE SCALDING
  • JURY AWARDS $49M IN CAR CRASH SUIT
  • MALPRACTICE SUIT OVER GIRL'S DEATH SETTLED
  • SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES WRONGFUL DEATH SETTLEMENT
  • This Month's Drawing Question

March 2011 - Click Here

  • GOLFER QUIZ
  • INSURANCE COMPANIES AND SCARE TACTICS
  • This Month's Drawing Question

February 2011 - Click Here

  • LEARNING FROM THE EXPERTS
  • SCARY: Resident Relative Blues!
  • This Month's Drawing Question

January 2011 - Click Here

  • Police Point - Counterpoint
  • Truck Driver Accidents and Punitive Damages
  • This Month's Drawing Question

December 2010 - Click Here

  • The Law Really Can Protect People
  • A Thank You to Our Readers
  • Important Message: Online Social Networks
  • This Month's Drawing Question

November 2010 - Click Here

  • You Be The Judge - Can police search a suspects bag even after he is handcuffed?
  • Worker's Compensation Does Not Prevent An Asbestos Lawsuit
  • Mel Gibson And The Rest Of The Story
  • Tribune Review Newspaper Articles
  • A Thank You & This Month's Drawing Question

October 2010 - Click Here

  • A Puzzle - Jury Awards $32.2 Million To Boy Left Quadriplegic
  • $29M In Nursing Home Death Because Of Chronic Under-Staffing And Delayed Treatment
  • $1.5 Million For Plaintiff In Botched Bunion Surgery
  • Phone Group Sues San Francisco Over Radiation Law
  • A Word About Lawsuits
  • This Month's Prize Question

September 2010 - Click Here

  • Car problems and Trust
  • Mom to Get $5M for Crash That Killed Daughter
  • Jury Orders Nursing Home to Pay $4.85 Million
  • Garmin Recalls 1.25 Million GPS Units for Fire Hazard
  • Two Small Firms Win $10.8M Verdict Against Pizza Hut
  • Parents of Stillborn Child Can Sue for Emotional Distress
  • Siren Company Not Liable for Firefighters' Hearing Loss

August 2010 - Click Here

  • The 4th of July, David Archuletta And the American Spirit
  • Propeller Injury: A Jury Awards Injured Man $3.8 Million
  • Even Attorneys Have Feelings!!
  • Jury Awards $10 Million In Ambulance Birth

July 2010 - Click Here

  • Miranda Rights
  • Juvenile Parole
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Texting Case Privacy

June 2010 - Click Here

  • You Be The Judge
  • Workmens Compensation Claim Deadline
  • Faulty Hip Replacement Systems

May 2010 - Click Here

  • Homeowner Insurance
  • $30M for Overloaded Truck
  • Cell Phone use by Truck Drivers
  • Lesbian Denied Visitation
  • Medical Malpractice Suits in PA Continue to Decline

April 2010 - Click Here

  • Health Care: My Prediction/Guarantee
  • Toyota Recalls - Family of Officer Killed In Crash Sues Toyota
  • Jury Awards $12M To Woman With Brain Injury
  • Lap Dance Club Sued By Injured Businessman
  • Criminal Murder Case Testimony on cell phone location admissible
  • $19M In Malpractice Case

March 2010 - Click Here

  • WHAT KEEPS LAWYERS AWAKE AT 2 A.M. IN THE MORNING?
  • Think it's just wishful thinking? Then read this!!
  • Inadequate Security - Jury Awards Man $14M In Club Shooting
  • Slip & Fall Injury Cases Premises Liability - Actual or Constructive Notice - Open & Obvious Condition

February 2010 - Click Here

  • College To Pay $7.5 Million Over Brain Injury At Duquesne University Field
  • Insurance Companies Make Record Profits-At Your Expense
  • Economy
  • Jury Awards $38M For Botched Spinal Surgery
  • Scaffold Accidents and Injuries

January 2010 - Click Here

  • Trampoline Dangers - Injured Gymnast Awarded $25.5 M
  • Trampoline Dangers - Product Liability Cases
  • Police Alert: U.S. Supreme Court Will Determine Privacy of Government Workers Messages
  • $300 Million Record-Setting Tobacco Verdict

2009 Newsletters

December 2009 - Click Here

  • Your Best Option After A Trucking Accident
  • Statute of Limitations - A Quick Overview
  • Timing Is Essential

November 2009 - Click Here

  • Smoking Verdict
  • University of Pittsburgh Researcher Sued Over Prostate Studies
  • Passenger Search Constitutional
  • Doctor Can't Arbitrate Malpractice Claim
  • Amputee Settles Case BIG TIME Against Landfill, Equipment Maker
  • $30 Million For Brain-Damaged Teenager Due To Overloaded Truck
  • Jury Awards $3.8 Million For Pool Drowning
  • AAJ Study - Trucking Companies Violated Safety Regulations
  • Gastric Bypass Surgery Is Compensable

October 2009 - Click Here

  • Criminal Law Update-Danger/Driver's License Suspension Alert
  • Auto Accidents and Post-Traumatic Stress
  • Jury Awards Baby $7.3M In Medical - Malpractice Suit

September 2009 - Click Here

  • Why Is Placing Your Case At Issue Such A Big Deal?
  • FREE LEGAL ADVICE -- Stay off of Facebook, My Space, Twitter, etc.
  • ATVs -- Accidents Waiting to Happen?

August 2009 - Click Here

  • Independent Medical Exams, Part I, Part II, and Part III
  • Accutane Verdict

July 2009 - Click Here

  • Nurses Able To Offer Expert Testimony
  • Pre-settlement Advance Loan Shark Companies
  • Nursing Home Payment Guarantee Question

June 2009 - Click Here

  • Committing a Felony when Gun accidentally discharges
  • County Bar Association Lawyer Referral System
  • Oral Surgery Malpractice Suit
  • Free Summer Bicycle Tips

May 2009 - Click Here

  • Assisted Living Lawsuits Mounting
  • Miranda Warning Not Required For Office Interview
  • Tip Pool Doesn't Violate State Wage And Hour Law
  • Can you be charged with DUI if you are not actually driving the car?

April 2009 - Click Here

  • MRSA AMPUTEE WINS $17.5 M IN MRSA CASE
  • Hotel Guest Can Sue For Pesticide Poisoning
  • Autism Vaccine Claims Thrown Out
  • Worker With Diabetes Can Sue Employer For Discrimination
  • Justice To Rule On Seizure Of Property

March 2009 - Click Here

  • Home Improvement Scams
  • Volunteer Work at the Light of Life Mission

February 2009 - Click Here

  • Wait before Accepting Top Insurance Settlement Offer
  • Gap Insurance Recommended for Cars Loans

January 2009 - Click Here

  • Mother Sues Police For Son's Taser Death
  • Plaintiff's Intoxication Inadmissible In Seat Belt Case
  • Can a volunteer paramedic get Workers' Compensation?
  • Can a FedEx package be searched by police without a warrant?