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Social Media Evidence Must Be Authenticated For Use In Pennsylvania Personal Injury Cases
Data from the Pew Research Center in Washington D.C. shows approximately 68% of Americans use Facebook. Other social media platforms including Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter also have hundreds of millions of users. As…
Philadelphia Hit-and-Run Accident Leaves One Dead
Earlier this week, a man was killed when a car hit his vehicle and took off. On Monday night just before 10 p.m., a gold sedan was driving westbound on Callowhill St. when it hit another car. The driver of the gold…
Learn How To Avoid Office Holiday Party Liability
Throwing an office holiday party is a great way for an employer to express their gratitude to their employees and for everyone to have a little fun after a year of hard work. Let's be honest, most spend more time with…
Case Involving Woman Severely Injured On Amusement Ride At State Fair Settles For $1.8 Million
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, there were approximately 30,900 injuries that involved amusement rides in 2016. Press Secretary Patty Davis also stated that since 2010 there have been 22 such…
Why Attorneys Reject Personal Injury Claims
Personal injury attorneys recover damages or monetary compensation for an injury to a person or a person's property that was the result of another's negligence. But not all cases of personal injury will be accepted and…
Understanding The Importance Of Maintaining A Personal Injury Diary
If you have suffered a personal injury due to the negligence of others, you may have a personal injury claim. Common accidents that may lead to a claim include:
Series Of Manhole Cover Explosions In Queens, NY Damages Cars
Cities employ hundreds to thousands of full-time workers to care for infrastructures such as roads, bridges, sewers, electrical wiring, and gas lines. However, on occasion, unexpected infrastructure failures can cause…
Supreme Court Limits Healthcare Databases
Healthcare costs have been on the rise for decades. Average premium costs have risen about 8% in the last two years alone. To reduce costs and improve the health care system, 18 states have created laws requiring health…
Back To School Injuries
Many elementary schools are going online for the beginning of the new school year. Other schools, including many private or parochial schools, are returning for in-class sessions. Parents may worry about what happens to…
Tales From The Courthouse: Some Supernatural Lawsuits For Friday The Thirteenth
There are many different kinds of lawsuits filed in courts around the country every year. Most are pretty standard and involve things like contract disputes, car accidents, medical malpractice, and so on and so forth…
Lawsuits Filed Over ‘Exploding’ Samsung Washing Machines
Samsung is having a very bad year. First reports of their cell phones bursting into flames began accumulating. Now their high-tech washing machines are exploding. In the past year more than 20 people have reported their…
Jury Awards $17 Million In California Personal Injury Case Where Man Loses A Leg
Steven Meier, a former security guard, was awarded $17 million from a jury in California's Riverside Superior Court after a forklift injury resulted in the amputation of his leg. Meier was working as security guard at…
Construction Worker Killed In Workplace Accident
A 27-year-old construction worker was killed in a tragic accident while working on a job site last week in Phoenix. It occurred at 11:42 am on March 17 at a construction site near Van Buren Street and First Avenue…
The Case Of Tincher V. Omega Flex: Changing Products Liability Law In Pennsylvania
In 2014, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided a major products liability case, Tincher v. Omega Flex, Inc., 104 A.3d 328, (Pa. 2014) . The case expressly overturned an earlier decision (p 373) in Azzarello v. Black…
Pennsylvania Couple Settles Case After Accident Involving Tribal Casino Limousine
Brian and Michele Lewis, a couple from Pennsylvania, were injured in a collision involving a limousine owned by a casino that was driven by William Clarke. Their case progressed to the U.S. Supreme Court and was…
Safety & Agricultural Liability Involving “U-Pick-Them” Farms & Pennsylvania’s “U-Pick” Statute
Across Pennsylvania, there are farms that offer visitors the option to pick their own fruits and vegetables growing on the land. Many different products may be acquired this way, including berries and vegetables in…
Irish Pub Deemed Liable For $525,000 Civil Settlement In Philadelphia Drowning
Shane Montgomery, originally from Roxborough, was 21-years-old and attending West Chester University when he drowned in the Schuylkill River canal. The incident occurred on the night before Thanksgiving after he left…
Appeals Court Opens Door For Civil Suit Against Police Officer Who Shot Unarmed Man
A decision this month by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco opens the door for a California police officer to stand trial in front of a jury on civil rights claims for December 2011 shooting death…
New York Subway Sees Rash Of Injuries
In recent years, more and more younger people have moved into urban areas like Baltimore and Philadelphia. Once there, they have shown a tendency to rely heavily on public transportation, like buses and subways, and…
Civil Suit In Eastern District Of Tennessee Court For Tragic Ferris Wheel Accident
In 2016, on the first day of the Greene County Fair in Greenville, TN, three girls were injured after falling roughly 35 feet from a Ferris wheel gondola that they were riding in. The girls were ages 6, 10 and 16 and…
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