People and Entities Could Be Negligent in Your Case According to the National Safety Council, accidental injury was the third-highest cause of death in 2016. Crash injuries may require surgery or medication to help control symptoms or otherwise aid in recovery. The party or parties that caused … [Read more...]
Recovery for Pennsylvania Dog Bite Victims
December 14, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Recovering After a Dog Bite in Pennsylvania According to State Farm and the Insurance Information Institute, there were 18,522 dog bite claims made against homeowners' insurance policies in 2017, which totaled nearly $700 million in insurance payouts. UPDATE: In 2023, 19,063 claims and $1.116 … [Read more...]
What You Should Know About Personal Injury Claims
November 24, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Most Important Personal Injury Laws in Pennsylvania If you've suffered from a recent injury and are thinking about filing a claim, it's important that you know more about the personal injury laws in Pennsylvania. In 2016 alone, car accidents resulted in 4.6 million medically consulted injuries. … [Read more...]
Recovering Damages for Victims of Truck Accidents
August 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Causes of Truck Accidents and Costs to Injury Victims The problem of commercial truck accidents has worsened in recent years, and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reported that truck accident fatalities rose by 27 percent from 2009 to 2016. Multiple factors contribute to truck crashes, … [Read more...]
Distracted Driving with Personal Injury Suits
February 22, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Distracted Driving with Personal Injury Use the phrase “distracted driving,” and most people will assume that you are speaking either about texting or about talking on the phone while you’re behind the wheel of a car. Managing a smartphone while you’re operating a motor vehicle is certainly a … [Read more...]
Accident Lawyer – Car Accident Rights as a Passenger
January 23, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Accident Lawyer - Car Accident Rights as a Passenger Over 2 million Americans are injured in automotive crashes each year, but when you think of a car accident lawyer or truck accident attorney, you probably associate these professionals with representing the at-fault parties and behind-the-wheel … [Read more...]
Measures You Can Take to Prevent a Pool Tragedy
November 8, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Measures You Can Take to Prevent a Pool Tragedy There's nothing like a dip in the pool on a hot day—but a pool can also be a dangerous place, what the law calls an "attractive nuisance." According to national statistics, more than 7,000 people drown every year, approximately 80% of them in private … [Read more...]
Strict Liability Claims
September 29, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Strict Liability Claims As a practical matter, most personal injury claims are based on allegations of negligence, as developed through the common law. We've looked at the components of a claim based on negligence—the breach of a duty of care, causation, and actual loss—in other blogs. There are … [Read more...]
Defending a Strict Liability Claim
August 10, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Defending a Strict Liability Claim Though most personal injury lawsuits are based on a legal theory of negligence, or breach of a duty to use reasonable care, there are also instances where an injured person may seek compensation based on a theory of "strict liability." We discussed the concept of … [Read more...]
Understanding Negligence: Actual Loss
July 13, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Understanding Negligence: Actual Loss In earlier blogs, we explained the negligence principles of standard of care and of causation. There's a third requirement—you must also show that the defendant's breach of the duty to act as a reasonable person caused you to suffer actual loss. That may seem … [Read more...]