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I don’t know how many times people come into our office after a catastrophic car accident or truck accident and tell us that they have purchased full insurance coverage. Now more than ever, insurance companies continued to delay, deny, and defend claims and offer what I consider to be almost worthless insurance policies that were never fully explained to the policyholder at the time of purchase. More and more in [...]

Over the past few years as an experienced Philadelphia car accident lawyer and philadelphia trucking accident attorney, during the discovery phase of several catastrophic car accident and truck accident cases, we were able to note that the offending driver was texting at the time of the accident. Several of these texting “just once” events resulted in fatalities to other innocent and unknowing drivers. Textin [...]

With the number of trucking accidents increasing due to truck driver errors, as well as positive testing for drugs and alcohol, one trucking company has decided to screen all new applicants for drugs via hair samples in an attempt to reduce new truck driver accidents within the first crucial months of employment. Many truck drivers are randomly screened with urinalysis and are schooled to understand that there are [...]

As an experienced Philadelphia car accident attorney, I was surprised to review data findings of a Philadelphia based automotive safety research project which concluded that children were half as likely to be injured in a car accident with their grandparents rather than their parents were driving. As one who spends quite a bit of time on the highways and streets and has been a practicing car accident attorney fo [...]

On January 5, a driver apparently lost control of his car on Route 9 in NJ and hit a fire hydrant and a utility pole. He then crashed into Gregory’s Bar & Restaurant at the Jersey Shore, which had about 100 patrons at the time. According to an article on Philly.com, a passenger was killed and two people were seriously injured. The article did not say if the driver was under the influence of alcohol or drugs [...]

Twenty-five year old Jennifer Rose of Clifton Heights, PA was struck by a car while crossing the street on November 7 at Oak and Cambridge Avenues. The article in The Delaware County Times reports that John Durkin was driving a Jeep Liberty turning onto Oak from Cambridge when the he struck the woman. Pedestrian deaths represented 9.7% of all crash-related deaths (2008). In 2008, there were 142 Pennsylvania pedes [...]

On November 23, a 16-year-old crashed his SUV and killed two teenage friends. The teen is accused of being under the influence of marijuana at the time of the crash. The Chester County Court Juvenile Master decided that the teen should remain at the Chester County Youth Center until an adjudication hearing. The Assistant District Attorney argued that the teenager recently posted entries on Facebook indicating tha [...]

On November 23, a 16-year-old crashed his SUV and killed two teenage friends. The teen is accused of being under the influence of marijuana at the time of the crash. The Chester County Court Juvenile Master decided that the teen should remain at the Chester County Youth Center until an adjudication hearing. The Assistant District Attorney argued that the teenager recently posted entries on Facebook indicating tha [...]

An elderly man was struck and killed by an Amtrak train headed from Harrisburg to New York City, according to a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The train was scheduled to stop in Philadelphia at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 30 and struck the man at around 11:20 a.m. near the Ardmore Station. According to witness statements, the train was going so fast that it traveled about half a mile before coming to a complete s [...]

Federal health regulators have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by Genzyme, a biotechnology company. This is the second time this year the company has been cited for contamination issues. According to an Associated Press article, on November 13, the Food and Drug Administration said that bits of steel, rubber, and fiber found in vials of drugs used to treat rare enzyme disorders could cause serious adver [...]