Pennsylvania Full Tort Auto Insurance Explained
An ordinary day in Pennsylvania consists of around 350 reportable traffic accidents, averaging 15 crashes per hour. Of this, a little over 200 are injured, and 1 fatality occurs every 7 hours. In 2018, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation estimated the economic loss due to car crashes to be over 26 billion dollars, or around […]
What to Do if You Get into an Accident with a Truck on I-70 in Pennsylvania
Anytime you are driving on the road, there is the chance that you will be involved in an accident. There are many trucks and commercial vehicles that use Pennsylvania highways and roads, so it is not surprising that accidents are an inevitable problem when driving. However, not every accident is the same, and the injuries […]
Can You Sue if Your Child Ate a Laundry Detergent Packet?
In 2012, laundry detergent packets were introduced as a less messy alternative to the classic powder and liquid detergents. However, while these popular household items may have made our lives easier they have posed a major problem for parents. Between 2013 and 2014 calls to poison control centers increased by 17 percent as a result […]
Do People Fall Out the Doors of Party Buses? Yes.
We have previously written about other party bus accidents including one accident that occurred in California. In that accident, a passenger of the bus tumbled out of the bus doors when the driver made an unexpected turn. An investigation later found that there were faulty bus doors and this defective condition allowed the man to […]
Take Safety Precautions When Using Gas Grills to Avoid Serious Injuries
Families have many choices when it comes to their spring or summer cooking methods. Many people are all too eager to take the heat produced from cooking outside and therefore utilize a charcoal or gas grill. There are many versions of gas grills including small units that utilize a miniature propane tank that one might […]
How Dangerous Are the Party Buses that Drive to Sports Games?
While limousines have long dominated the private transportation industry, demand for party buses has exploded in recent years. The potential benefits of party buses are numerous. For one, when heading to a sporting event like an Eagles or Phillies game, a party bus does not carry the same underlying social connotations that the use of […]
What to Do if You Get into an Accident with a Truck on I-80 in PA
I-80 is a major transcontinental highway that stretches from Teaneck, New Jersey to San Francisco California. At both of the road terminuses, significant freight traffic from the corresponding ports and major commercial airports enter onto the roadway and continues into the interior of the United States. As a coast-to-coast superhighway, I-80 is the second-longest highway […]
I Got Into an Accident with a Truck on I-95 in Pennsylvania
I-95 is one of the major north-south thoroughfares in the United States. The length of the route runs from Miami, Florida north to Maine. The route passes through a number of states along the eastern seaboard and thereabouts including Pennsylvania. The length of I-95 in Pennsylvania is known as the Delaware Expressway because the road […]
Perilous Psychological IME Review Standard for Plaintiffs in Personal Injury Case
On this blog, we have written about some of the abuses and other problems that are associated with independent medical exams and examiners (IMEs). In the previous post on potential problems stemming from IME procedures, we wrote about some of the most notorious practices frequently associated with medical exams for physical injuries where physical signs […]
Will Courts Permit Secret Settlements in Product Liability and Personal Injury Matters?
Many people who are unfamiliar with personal injury and product liability law are probably not surprised that these companies are not particularly pleased about the negative publicity an injury due to a product defect can create. However, these same individuals would probably be surprised to learn that many companies require, as a condition of settlement, […]
