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 …

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 …