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pFor over 40 years, I have regularly driven on Roosevelt Boulevard, the major traffic artery running through north and northeast Philadelphia. Just yesterday, I was driving with my son northbound in the middle lane when two vehicles appeared to be racing out of control, weaving in and out of traffic in a dangerous fashion. Police cars were stopped at several locations apparently investigating a number of a href=" [...]

pAs an experienced a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/lawyer-attorney-1315525.html"Philadelphia car accident lawyer/a for over three decades, I am well aware of the dangers of black ice and always thought I knew what to look for when weather conditions seemed appropriate. This morning as I was leaving my driveway on roads that appeared to be dry with normal traction, I went to apply my brakes at a downhill stop si [...]

pOver the last few years, I have seen the a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/lawyer-attorney-1325443.html"hit and run car accident epidemic/a in Philadelphia increase to the point where law enforcement officials and legislators really must take a much more aggressive stance to address the situation. Just this morning on the way into my office, I was traveling southbound and was the third car in line stopped at a [...]

pImagine this scenario, you were in a a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/car-accidents.html"violent automobile collision/a where both vehicles have to be towed from the scene, occupants taken to the hospital and diagnosed with significant and permanent injuries. A few days later, a representative of the insurance company comes to your house and offers a small sum of $250 to settle the claim and tries to disclaim [...]

pIn the past few days, I have met with a number of a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/catastrophic-injuries.html"catastrophically injured/a victims and their revelations of the attorney selection process was mind boggling to me. One of the victims, a well-educated professional, was approached and informed by an out-of-state attorney unfamiliar with Pennsylvania laws relating to Pennsylvania car accidents. The vi [...]

pOver the last year, we have received reports from clients who have been “friended “ on Facebook by individuals that they cannot identify and we always advise all of our clients to never accept “a friend” that they do not know on any social media as more likely than not there is probably not a good purpose to this “meeting”. As a matter of fact, we recommend that any of our clients involved in a catast [...]

pOver the last 32 years as a a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/lawyer-attorney-1315706.html"Pennsylvania catastrophic injury lawyer/a, I was inevitably tethered to my office but began to take advantage of the latest technological advances beginning with one of the first purchases of the first generation of word processors to replace an IBM Selectric Typewriter. Welcome to the beginning of my techno-geek journey [...]

pOver the last few months, I have noticed a most disturbing discovery as I have met with some high net worth and fairly well educated clients after a catastrophic automobile accident only to discover that their insurance company attempted to limit or reduce medical coverage without their knowledge./p pIn one case, my client, an executive of one of the Philadelphia region’s largest Fortune 500 companies, was info [...]

pOver the last few months, I have noticed a most disturbing discovery as I have met with some high net worth and fairly well educated clients after a catastrophic automobile accident only to discover that their insurance company attempted to limit or reduce medical coverage without their knowledge./p pIn one case, my client, an executive of one of the Philadelphia region’s largest Fortune 500 companies, was info [...]

pIt never ceases to amaze me when dealing with defendants and insurance companies after a car accident and I suggest a loss of life’s pleasures, the representative or attorney on the other side seems to suggest that most people have the ability to walk away unaffected despite the fact that there may not be “hard core” objective findings of broken bones. Certainly it goes without saying that a car accident is [...]