pAs the law firm of Reiff and Bily enters its third decade representing catastrophically injured victims and their families, we are honored to have been selected in 2011 again as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and to have also been recognized by emArrive/em magazine as the best and brightest and top Northeast attorneys. Reiff and Bily has also been awarded an AV rating by Martindale Hubbell representing the highest po [...]
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A Look Back: 2011 Appeared to Be a Year Where Trucking Companies and Bus Companies Put Greed First and Safety Last – A Banner Year for Catastrophic Accidents
pOver the last year, our law firm has been retained to represent a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/catastrophic-injuries.html"catastrophically injured/a victims of trucking accidents as well as high profile bus accidents. One thing is very apparent, many truck and bus operators continue to put greed first and stress profits over safety. Driver fatigue is the number one epidemic and safety problem in the commerc [...]
What Happens When States Ban Texting at the Wheel – Not What You Would Expect – More People Than Ever Are Still Texting and There Is No Decrease in Texting Related Car Accidents
pAs an a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/car-accidents.html"experienced Philadelphia car accident attorney/a, I have litigated some horrific cases involving catastrophic injuries and deaths caused by or related to a driver texting while driving. Over the last few years, I have been a crusader with several families of victims I have represented to impose a texting ban while driving./p
pLast month, the Commonweal [...]
Is TMJ Overhyped and Misunderstood by Victims and Wrongdoers in Car Accident Cases?
pAs an a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/car-accidents.html"experienced Philadelphia car accident attorney/a who has investigated and litigated significant cases of injuries to the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), resulting from car accident traumas over the last thirty years, I think that TMJ is a serious complication or injury that too often goes underdiagnosed and is suffered by many car accident victims. A few [...]
The Best Wishes for Christmas Are Those Resulting in the Preservation of One’s Hopes, Dreams, Dignity, and Health Opines Experienced Personal Injury Lawyer
pAll human life has a destination and it is said that God laughs at those who make plans. As an a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/catastrophic-injuries.html"experienced catastrophic personal injury lawyer/a since 1979, I am all too well aware of what happens when an unexpected tragic event occurs, resulting in the devastating loss of one’s hopes and dreams. Each year in my profession as a a href="http://www.r [...]
Can an Inexperienced Insurance Adjuster Accuse You of Fraud When You Attempt to Make a Legitimate Claim?
pSince 1979 as an a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/insurance-bad-faith.html"insurance claims attorney/a representing a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/catastrophic-injuries.html"seriously injured victims/a as a result of a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/product-liability.html"product liability/a lawsuits or a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/car-accidents.html"car accident/a claims, there is one thing of w [...]
High Tech Innovations that Assist Insurance Companies in Evaluating Property Damage May Come at a Cost to the Insured
pEarlier this year, Allstate Insurance Company opened what they are calling “The Insight, Design, and Innovation Center” which studies ways to better serve policyholders. An Allstate Senior Vice President of this division allegedly asked “Why can’t I use the phone to take pictures of my damaged car and generate an automated claim?” Allstate then began what it calls a “collaborative program.” The fi [...]
Jury Sends a Loud Message to the Ford Motor Company in Another Church Van Crash
pIn a hotly contested legal battle in Sacramento, California, a jury awarded three plaintiffs $73 million in a lawsuit claiming that the Ford Motor Company was negligent and exhibited “despicable conduct” as well as “maliciousness or oppression” over their failure to warn customers and dealers that it had a defective tire on a 15-passenger E-350 Econoline van which plaintiffs claim was unsafe in its own rig [...]
Who Is Responsible If You Are a Passenger In a Car That Hits a Deer, Loses Control, Swerves Into a Tree, And Then As a Result the Passenger Sustains a Catastrophic Injury or Death?
pI recently had the opportunity to review a situation where a passenger in a car was severely injured after the driver hit a deer, swerved, and then hit a tree. Many lawyers might argue that the sudden appearance of a deer raises a defense known as the “sudden emergency” doctrine. An a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/lawyer-attorney-1315525.html"experienced Philadelphia car accident lawyer/a would argue th [...]
Seat Belts Can Be More Dangerous Than Helpful If They Are Not Used Properly
pBelieve it or not, a recent survey indicated that over 78% of all drivers are improperly seat belted in their vehicle with improper shoulder belt position which means that in the event of an accident, the seat restraint systems will not perform as they were designed to prevent injury or death. When I first started to drive, I very rarely used a seat belt and as I have been practicing catastrophic motor vehicle acc [...]
