This podcast addresses the first steps you should take if you are in a car accident. For example, call the police, photo both cars, photo where the cars came to rest after the crash, call your insurance company, find the location of your car at the towing company, call your lawyer.
Chester County plaintiffs settle class-action suit with Sunoco over Mariner East Company denied claims of negligence during pipeline construction at Lisa Drive Jon Hurdle Three Chester County residents who sued Sunoco over its construction of the Mariner East pipelines have agreed to settle on undisclosed terms. Two of the plaintiffs, Russell and Mary March, live on Lisa Drive, a suburban …
While the airbags may save you from something far worse, they often produce unexpected injuries in the course of doing their job. These devices have saved many lives, but the need to deploy an airbag in a split second before you would hit a door or steering wheel generates its own set of dangers. Let’s take an example of a …
Pennsylvania law says that your insurer must offer you insurance, called underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage, in case you are hit by a driver who does not have enough insurance. UIM insurance is part of every auto policy. You wouldn’t knowingly value your own well-being less than that of a stranger who injures you in an accident. Unfortunately, this happens to …
Limited tort means you sold your rights away. And, you sold them cheaply too. Did the auto insurance company tell you that? Do you know you are limited tort? Check your declaration page or the statement of coverages. If it says limited tort, then you saved about $150 per year. In exchange, your insurance company got you to agree that …
Unless you witness someone with their head looking in their lap when they strike you, it is often pretty hard to prove that someone was texting and driving at the time of an accident. This is because texts are not usually time stamped to the moment of impact and the moment of impact is usually not nailed down to a …
Insurance issues: Are you covered? What would happen to you in this case? Do you know? A nice young man is a passenger in a car driven by his friend. The friend is driving recklessly and crashes the car. The passenger’s leg is broken in the crash and needs surgery. I get involved to make a claim against the man …
How do you know if your case is worth pursuing? You won’t know without asking. How do you know if your client’s case is worth pursuing? You won’t know without asking. I love getting calls about cases. I think it is interesting to hear the weird situations that befall people. If there is a case to be pursued, I listen …
Your family member walked away from their nursing home or went missing. The nursing home did not realize they were missing until it was too late. The nursing home industry and lawyers dealing with nursing home negligence call this Elopement. This is not like marriage elopement where you skip the wedding formalities and just run off and get married. When …
Were you in a Lyft or UBER car when you were in a car accident? Who will help with your injuries? Is there coverage for your medical bills? When you are the PASSENGER in a Lyft or UBER vehicle: When you are the passenger in an UBER or LYFT car, the driver has car insurance for his personal vehicle that …
