It seems like we skipped right over winter this year. This is not good for your local personal injury lawyer. I usually start the year off with a bevy of slip and fall on ice cases and work into the rest of the year from there. This year, not so much. Nevertheless, it is nice to see a warmer season …
What is the Prime Motivating Factor for Settlements of a Six-Figure Case?
In my experience, the prime motivating factor is that both sides do not know how a jury will decide the case and therefore neither wants to take the risk of a verdict for or against. Juries are very unpredictable in the mid-six figure cases. On smaller cases, juries may not care too much. On huge cases involving deaths or paralysis, …
TSA Checkpoint Slip & Fall and the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)
I am in the middle of a case involving a slip and fall at a TSA checkpoint at our beloved Philadelphia International Airport (PHL). It now involves a gobbledygook of abbreviations as with many things involving the federal government. As the lawyers reading may know, you cannot sue the sovereign or your government without their expressed permission. You can sue …
Trial Report
TRIAL REPORT: COSTS/BENEFITS OF TRIAL FOR THE SMALL PERSONAL INJURY PRACTICE: I try to be on trial once or twice a year for various reasons. One, I like being on trial periodically. I like the focus that comes with the need to actually prove everything in a one week period to a bunch of fellow residents of our area. Trials …
All the bots love Chat GPT
Chat GPT has taken the world by storm, and being curious, we thought we’d ask what it thought about our favorite topic–suing the City of Philadelphia. Here’s what the robot had to say: Suing the City of Philadelphia involves several important considerations that need to be taken into account before taking legal action. The following are some of the key …
Tua / The Fencing Response / Concussions
If you were watching the Dolphins game recently and saw Tua Tuagvailoa hit, you saw something that doctors call the fencing response. To my untrained eye, it certainly looked strange and concerning and my first thought was that he had a dislocated finger or fingers. Sadly, this response of flexed and rigid fingers with arm posturing is a sign of …
The Advertising Lawyers
What are they doing and why? Morgan and Morgan/Lundy/Top Dog law: Why do people go the route of the big advertising law firms? I think it is fairly simple. They don’t know lawyers, don’t have someone to turn to who knows a good lawyer, or they are new to the legal system. Top Dog has a new billboard on the …
Peaky Blinders
I am deep into this Netflix series that is sort of a 1920’s British Sopranos/Breaking Bad mashup. It is great if you like that sort of thing. How does that affect what we are doing here at Neuwirth Law or in personal injury land generally? I am largely unknown to most defense lawyers and insurers. I take millions in settlement …
Would You Rather…
Do you think you would rather have 1) a medical malpractice case where the doctor admits he missed something, but the miss has limited or hard to figure damages or 2) a slip and fall case resulting in the doctor admitting he missed something, but the miss has limited or hard to figure damages? Several new cases of mine have …
South Africa Trip
As some of you may know, I was away in South Africa for two weeks over the holidays. It was definitely the trip of a lifetime and I highly recommend it. Safari is really an eye opener on a few fronts. First, it is fascinating seeing the African bush as it has been for thousands of years. In the game …