Over 100 “5 Star Reviews”Dram Shop Cases- Who Is Responsible?
A Dram Shop case involves an injured victim suing a bar for $ damages because the person was served alcohol when he displayed visible signs of intoxication. The classic example of this of course is a bartender continuing to pour drinks to a customer with slurred speech, bloodshot eyes and walking imbalance. Tragically what often happens is that the […]
1 Type of Injury Case We Do NOT Do…
It seems like I am always talking about the types of cases that our law firm handles. Auto accidents, slip and fall cases, Worker’s Comp. cases, products liability cases, wrongful death cases, medical malpractice cases, Social Security claims, passenger injury cases, pedestrian injury cases,uninsured and underinsured cases. The list goes on and on. However […]
If You Are Leaving the USA On Vacation…
If you’re going on a vacation outside the United States you might want to read this post. Recently Congress tacked on a provision to the Internal Revenue Code that allows the US State Department to revoke or deny a passport to leave the country for anyone having a serious delinquent tax debt! Yes you got […]
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 […]