Over 100 “5 Star Reviews”Must I Give A Statement In My Injury Case?
If a client is involved in either a truck or car accident or even as a pedestrian hit by a car sometimes they ask us a crucial question. Are they required to give a recorded statement to the at fault insurance company? In order to make a claim for $$ damages what must the injured […]
Attorneys, Alcohol and Drugs
Alcohol and drugs. Can anything be more devastating to a family or a person than those 2? Last week I was at a hearing just killing time until my client’s case was called. A criminal case which eventually got resolved. I saw an attorney, call him Tony, there at the hearing I had not seen […]
Pa. Fair Share Act-Is It Fair To You?
Suppose you are a passenger in an auto accident intersection collision and suffer catastrophic injuries. You are wheelchair-bound for life. A friend of yours who is driving the car you are in has a $15,000 car insurance policy. That is the state minimum in Pennsylvania. He is hit in the intersection by a tractor trailer truck which has […]
School Law Liability-Arming Teachers With Guns
Would allowing teachers to have guns at school for protection lead to injury lawsuits? There is a movement afoot to allow teachers in schools to carry firearms while at school. A bill was just introduced in Pennsylvania to allow this very thing to occur. Legally the question is whether the bill would spark lawsuits against the […]
Product Liability Law-$1.8 Million Dollar Verdict
Products Liability and Negligence Law: Is an unguarded slicer blade a forseeable hazard? Wait do not go to sleep on me. This is interesting. Why? Because a Pennsylvania jury just awarded a plaintiff $1.8 million in a jury verdict on this very question. Without going into many unnecessary details of the case, an injured victim […]
Medical Malpractice-Big News…
The Pennsylvania Superior Court just gave victims of medical malpractice a huge boost in the arm with a decision they made this week. A unanimous three-judge panel made the decision. What was the decision? What they basically said was that in a medical malpractice case, the doctor is not allowed to use as his or […]
What Are My Injuries Worth-$$$?
What do you think the insurance company will offer me for my injury case? A lot of times clients ask me that question after we send all the records over to the insurance company. It’s a legitimate question. Clients want to know what I think the value of their case is. That I can tell […]
Car Accidents-More $$ For You Thru Under Insurance
If you are involved in a car accident and the person who causes the accident does not have enough insurance to make you whole what can you do? This issue comes up a lot with clients in car accident cases. The person who causes the accident whether it’s a rear ender or a fellow who […]
Who Will Pay My Medical Bills If I Am in an Accident?
If you are involved in an auto accident and you are worried about the medical bills you run-up, I have some very good news for you. The good news is that if you have auto insurance your bills will be paid through what is called your first party benefits file. In plain English that means […]
Is Your Water Safe???
People have an absolute right to know… Whether the water they are drinking is safe or not. As many of you Pittsburgh residents know, there is a water crisis going on at the present time in the City of Pittsburgh. In fact, just yesterday in the local newspaper the headline read that 27,000 households may […]