Some cases are easy to understand and some require research and expert opinions. All malpractice cases in Pennsylvania require that I obtain a certificate of merit from a doctor with a specialty in the appropriate area of medicine. Generally, I prefer a clean, clear set of injuries and damages. What sort of cases are ones that I take vs. turn …
Motions in Limine and Products Liability
I am getting ready to go to trial on a products liability case involving a wire cup brush that removes paint from metal. A piece of metal shot off the brush and impaled my client in the eye blinding him. He had taken off his safety glasses to check his progress and restarted the device before replacing them on his …
Things to Know
The Trump Show: I am going to sit down and read the trump indictments this weekend just to say I read them. Favorite Song of the Summer: Benee’s Song: Green Honda (watch it below). Get a Microphone!: If you participate in Zoom calls and are required to speak, please get a good microphone for your computer. I use a mic …
Lawyer as Negative Feedback Loop and The Fair Share Act
I view myself as a professional vengeance machine. The penance or vengeance I get is in money terms and never quite the revenge people wanted and rarely ever complete, but it is a form of retribution. What do I mean? If someone crashes their car into you and hurts you or your family or just simply postpones maintenance until someone …
Flo and Progressive
Progressive insurance has decided that it wants to be more like State Farm. Sort of like DeSantis trying to be Trump. Snake Farm has developed a reputation on my side of the fence for being exceedingly unreasonable on offers and settlements. This is very well known in the business of insurance lawyering. Does this help their bottom line? I don’t …
How Does Where You Live Affect Your Ability to Obtain Justice/Vengeance
This is a weird self-perpetuating conundrum. If you live in a rural venue, the quality of justice you will receive is far less rewarding than you would receive for the identical event in Philly or Pittsburgh. Outside the major cities in Pennsylvania, voters are fairly conservative or far less democratic and hence liberal in their views. This more conservative bent …
Things That We Should Change
The state minimum insurance coverage is $15,000. This has not changed for years and is simply unfair to 75% of my clients. Limited tort is simply a scam crafted by the insurers. Don’t have this on your auto insurance. Fetterman should wear a suit to the Senate. I have to wear a suit to Court. I got chastised recently for …
DON’T CRY FOR ME GEICO/PROGRESSIVE/STATE FARM
Recently, a lot of articles in the business news have caught my eye on this tearjerker subject. Apparently, the insurers have been getting far more automobile crash claims than they expected and have been taking underwriting losses. That means that State Farm for example lost $3.5 billion dollars in 2021 because they paid out more claim dollars than they received …
Is every case adversarial?
Oftentimes, as a personal injury lawyer, a case comes in where negligence is clear, injuries are clear, and it is just a question of insurance and the valuation of the claim. For example, you are a pedestrian hit by a car in a crosswalk and break your hip. Or, you are rear ended in your car and pushed into oncoming …
FTCA UPDATE: Andrew Neuwirth at the Supreme Court? I hope not
I think that among the long list of things that I do not want to do as a lawyer is be involved in a US Supreme Court case. While many lawyers would relish the opportunity to argue there, I think that it is not a good place for personal injury cases and I could see wasting a tremendous amount of …