Personal injury cases are lawsuits that cover all physical, financial, and emotional injuries caused by another person or party’s negligence. No two personal injury cases are the same, however, there are common terms each individual will hear during a case. Involved in a personal injury case? Here are 15 common terms you might encounter: Affidavit: […]
The construction industry is one of the most dangerous types of jobs in the United States. Each year thousands of injuries and hundreds of fatal accidents are related to the construction industry. There are many things that can happen while on the job including electrical shocks, collisions and, most commonly slip and falls. Here are […]
A car accident can be one of life’s most stressful events. In the United States, an accident occurs every 10 seconds. Tragically, over 1 million people lose their lives in car wrecks each year. With such alarmingly high statistics, it’s beneficial to know exactly how to handle an accident. Here are the steps you should […]
When someone feels ill and they seek medical attention, they expect to receive proper care. But what happens when the care they received leaves them in worse health than before? It happens more often than you think. In fact, over 200,000 people die due to medical malpractice in the United States each year. Luckily, there […]
Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, refers to a blow or jolt to the brain that disrupts its normal function. These injuries can range from minor, like a concussion, to severe. According to The Center for Disease Control, each year about 1.7 billion traumatic injuries occur. Of these injuries, about 50,000 result in death. Even if […]
Car accidents are a common and unfortunate part of life. While many accidents are minor, thousands of Americans lose their lives in a car accidents each year. Because wrecks are so common, it’s important to know all the different factors that can lead to an accident. Here are the top 10 causes of car accidents: […]
In October 2015, a jury awarded $2.2 million to a Pennsylvania man in a medical malpractice case. During the trial, a surgeon testified that had the plaintiff’s spinal fracture been properly diagnosed the man would be able to walk. Instead, the fracture was overlooked, and the injury caused permanent paralysis. That case is an extreme […]
Winter weather is full of scary sounding forms of precipitation. Sleet. Freezing rain. Graupel. Ice. Black ice. Subtle differences in air and surface temperature determine what conditions will be encountered. Of all the types, it can be argued that black ice poses the most serious risk to drivers because it is often impossible to see, […]
A husband and wife who were shot at Monroeville Mall in February have filed suit against the mall’s owners and the store where the shooting occurred. The couple claims that violence and gang activity at the mall just east of Pittsburgh had been increasing before they were shot and that the mall owners were negligent […]
Whenever construction happens on or near Philadelphia streets busy with cars and people, the chance of a construction accident becomes an even greater concern to our team of Pennsylvania injury lawyers. Here are three things that pedestrians in particular can do to avoid falling objects and other accidents that can happen when they pass a […]