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• Defective Products
• Slip and Fall/Premises Liability

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• Pennsylvania State Trooper Crack Down On I-81 Traffic Violations To Prevent Car Accidents...
  Posted on 12/3/2008
• November Product Recalls In Pennsylvania – Defective Products That May Cause Serious Injury...
  Posted on 12/3/2008
• Lackawanna County Jury Awards $20.5 million for Medical Malpractice Verdict...
  Posted on 12/2/2008
• Norristown Teen Admits Hit-And-Run Involving Toddler In Montgomery County PA...
  Posted on 12/2/2008
• Freak Truck And Car Accident Kills Woman on Route 22 in Lehigh County...
  Posted on 12/2/2008

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Medical Malpractice

• Pennsylvania Wrongful Death Lawsuit
• PENNSYLVANIA PEER REVIEW PROTECTION ACT: PROBLEM OR SOLUTION IN MALPRACTICE LITIGATION
• Selecting a Jury in a Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Case
• What is the Statute of Limitations for Medical Malpractice Suits in Pennsylvania?
• What Is Considered A Failure To Diagnose?

Car Accident

• UNDERINSURED AND UNINSURED CAR ACCIDENT CLAIMS
• Pennsylvania Car Accident Safety Tips: Taking Precautions And Saving Lives
• Seat Belt Safety Tips To Reduce Car Accident Injuries
• What Steps Do You Take Directly After A Car Accident?

Defective Products

• What Should You Do If You Are Injured By A Defective Product?
• Nursery Safety Tips -- September is Baby Safety Month
• New Study Shows Unstable TV, Furniture, and Appliances Can Be Unseen Dangers in the Home

Slip and Fall/Premises Liability

• Was Carelessness A Factor In Your Pennsylvania Slip And Fall?
• Who Is At Fault For My Slip And Fall Injury?
• Pennsylvania Elderly Slip and Fall Prevent Tips

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• Medical Malpractice
  • Continued Attack on Rights of Malpractice Victims
  • Surgical Mistakes More Frequent
  • Avoiding Hospital Mistakes
  • Wrongful Death Survival
  • Mistreatment of Veterans for Prostate Cancer in VA Hospital
  • Medical Malpractice Claim for Sexual Relations with a Patient
  • Malpractice Lawsuits Decrease
  • Pennsylvania Supreme Court Ruling for Statute of Limitations in Medical Malpractice Case
  • Pennsylvania Peer Review Protection Act
  • Selecting a Jury in a Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Case
  • Pittsburgh Jury Awards $0 Survival Damages
  • Evaluating a Cerebral Palsy Malpractice Case
  • October Library Items: A Focus on Medical Malpractice
  • Medical Malpractice Forms & Consent Forms In Pennsylvania

• Car Accident
  • Philadelphia Passes Hand Held Cell Phone Ban
  • Philadelphia Passes Hand Held Cell Phone Ban
  • 16 Injured in Philadelphia Bus Accident
  • Truck Owner Headed to Trial for Fatal Accident
  • UNDERINSURED VS. UNINSURED CLAIMS IN PENNSYLVANIA
  • Schuylkyill Expressway Fatal Accident
  • Three-Vehicle Crash In East Pikeland, PA, Results in Serious Injuries
  • Punitive Damages Discovery
  • August Library Items: A Focus on Driving Safely In Pennsylvania
  • What Does the New TACT Initiative Mean to You?

• DUI Defense
  • New DUI practice area introduced.

• Defective Products
  • Company Indicted for Illegally Testing Bone Cement on Patients
  • 5 Million Dollar Tylenol Product Liability Verdict Reversed
  • State Claims for Injuries from Medications not Preempted by Federal Law - Wyeth v. Levine
  • Pennsylvania Supreme Court Case May Change Product Liability Laws
  • A Focus On Defective Household Products

• Slip and Fall/Premises Liability
  • 5 Year Old Girl Seriously Injured by Dog Attack
  • November Library Items: A Focus On Slip And Fall Accidents in Pennsylvania

• General
  • Statute of Limitations in PA for Sexual Abuse Cases
  • Luzerne County Judges Indicted
  • Stella Awards E-Mail
  • Medicare Subrogation

Practice Areas

• Medical Malpractice
• Car Accident
• DUI Defense
• Defective Products
• Slip and Fall/Premises Liability

News

• Pennsylvania State Trooper Crack Down On I-81 Traffic Violations To Prevent Car Accidents
• November Product Recalls In Pennsylvania – Defective Products That May Cause Serious Injury
• Lackawanna County Jury Awards $20.5 million for Medical Malpractice Verdict
• Norristown Teen Admits Hit-And-Run Involving Toddler In Montgomery County PA
• Freak Truck And Car Accident Kills Woman on Route 22 in Lehigh County
• Norristown, PA, Motorcycle and Hit and Run Leaves One Seriously Injured.
• Pennsylvania State Police Find That 80 Percent Of Car Seats Not Installed Safely
• Another West Mifflin Roadway Accident Raises Concern in Road’s Safety
• Drug Manufacturer Eli Lilly Settles Zyprexa Legal Issues in Pennsylvania
• Lancaster County Widow Files Medical Malpractice Suit Over Iraq Solider Suicide
• Pennsylvania Physicians Continue Concern over Medical Malpractice Insurance
• Allstate Insurance Company Unveils Innovative Software Program In Pennsylvania To Reduce Car Accidents
• Pennsylvania State Police Unveil Initiative To Reduce Truck and Car Accidents on I-81
• September Product Recalls In Pennsylvania – Avoid Injury Due to These Defective Products
• Pennsylvania Helmet Law Appeal Increases Freedom, But Increases Serious Injury
• Route 15 Crash Leaves Danville Soldier Dead In Pennsylvania
• ProMutual Group Decreases Pennsylvania Doctor Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates
• Recent Consumer Product Recalls in Pennsylvania
• Bizarre and Fatal Car Accident on 1-95 Leaves Many Asking Questions
• Brain Tumor Sufferer Awarded $11 Million in Philadelphia Malpractice Suit

Case Results

• Medical Malpractice
  • Surgical and Anesthesia Malpractice

  Awarded: Confidential

  • Philadelphia Seven figure settlement in a failure to diagnose cancer case.
  • Philadelphia Psychiatric Facility Malpractice-Negligent Administration of Medicine Causing Overdose

  Awarded: Confidential

  • Philadelphia and Montgomery County Gastroenterologist, Family Physician and Hospital Malpractice-Failure to Diagnose Colon Cancer

  Awarded: Confidential

  • Philadelphia Cardilogy and Hospital Malpractice-Failure to Properly Anticoagulate Leading to Stroke

  Awarded: Confidential

  • Philadelphia Surgical and Hospital Malpractice-Failure to Timely Read a CT Scan Leading to Delay in Diagnosis of Appendicitis and Death

  Awarded: Confidential

  • Philadelphia Cardiology and Hospital Malpractice-Failure to Diagnose Post-Operative Wound Infection Leading to Death

  Awarded: Confidential

  • Verdict in Negligent Performance of Gastric Bypass Philadelphia Surgical Malpractice Case

  Awarded: $475,000.00

  • Philadelphia Obstertrical and Hospital Malpractice-Negligently Rupturing Membranes Leading to Premature Delivery, Brain Damage and Cerebral Palsy

  Awarded: Confidential

  • Chester County Obstetrical and Hospital Malpractice-Delay in Delivery Leading to Brain Damaged Baby and Cerebral Palsy

  Awarded: Confidential

• Car Accident
  • Car Accident Recovery for Fractured Wrist

  Awarded: Confidential

  • Philadelphia Automobile Accident-Rollover Recovery

  Awarded: Confidential

  • Philadelphia Automobile Accident-Limited Tort Recovery
  • Chester County Automobile Accident-Limited Tort Recovery Due to Drunk Driver

  Awarded: Confidential

  • Montgomery County Automobile Accident-Underinsured Award

  Awarded: $100,000.00

  • Montgomery County Automobile Accident-Child Struck by a Car

  Awarded: $100,000.00

• Defective Products
  • Federal Court Product Liability-Defective Toy Leading to Damage to Eye

  Awarded: Confidential

• Slip and Fall/Premises Liability
  • Philadelphia Slip and Fall in a Restaurant

  Awarded: Confidential

  • Philadelphia Trip and Fall-Amusement Park

  Awarded: Confidential

  • Philadelphia Slip and Fall Due to Negligent Application of Floor Paint

  Awarded: Confidential

• General
  • Montgomery County Electrocuted Worker

  Awarded: Confidential

  • Philadelphia Negligent Apartment Security Leading to Death of Tenant

  Awarded: Confidential

  • Philadelphia Crane Accident

Document Library

• Medical Malpractice
  • Pennsylvania Wrongful Death Lawsuit
  • PENNSYLVANIA PEER REVIEW PROTECTION ACT: PROBLEM OR SOLUTION IN MALPRACTICE LITIGATION
  • Selecting a Jury in a Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Case
  • What is the Statute of Limitations for Medical Malpractice Suits in Pennsylvania?
  • What Is Considered A Failure To Diagnose?
  • Erb’s Palsy And Medical Malpractice
  • Pennsylvania Cerebral Palsy Medical Malpractice Case Evaluations

• Car Accident
  • UNDERINSURED AND UNINSURED CAR ACCIDENT CLAIMS
  • Pennsylvania Car Accident Safety Tips: Taking Precautions And Saving Lives
  • Seat Belt Safety Tips To Reduce Car Accident Injuries
  • What Steps Do You Take Directly After A Car Accident?

• Defective Products
  • What Should You Do If You Are Injured By A Defective Product?
  • Nursery Safety Tips -- September is Baby Safety Month
  • New Study Shows Unstable TV, Furniture, and Appliances Can Be Unseen Dangers in the Home

• Slip and Fall/Premises Liability
  • Was Carelessness A Factor In Your Pennsylvania Slip And Fall?
  • Who Is At Fault For My Slip And Fall Injury?
  • Pennsylvania Elderly Slip and Fall Prevent Tips

Frequently Asked Questions

• Medical Malpractice
  • Is there a medical malpractice crisis in Pennsylvania?
  • What is the process for determining if I have a medical malpractice claim?
  • What is an informed consent claim?
  • How do you prove a medical malpractice case?
  • What is medical malpractice?

• Car Accident
  • What are the seatbelt requirements in Pennsylvania for both children and adults?
  • What if I was injured by a driver with no insurance or too little insurance?
  • What is limited tort?

• Defective Products
  • What is a product liability case?

• Slip and Fall/Premises Liability
  • What is a premises liability case?

• General
  • Q. If medicare paid my medical bills for the treatment I needed due to someone's negligence, does Medicare get reimbursed for their payment? A. Yes. Under the Medicare Secondary Payer Statute when Medicare makes a payment for medical services received as a result of an injury caused by another party (automobile accident, medical malpractice, slip and fall etc) medicare has a right to recover the payments. Any payments made by Medicare must be accounted for because the law makes the injured party or their attorney liable to repay from any settlement.
  • Does it cost me anything to consult with you about a potential case?

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Medical Malpractice

Is there a medical malpractice crisis in Pennsylvania?

What is the process for determining if I have a medical malpractice claim?

What is an informed consent claim?

Car Accident

What are the seatbelt requirements in Pennsylvania for both children and adults?

What if I was injured by a driver with no insurance or too little insurance?

What is limited tort?

Defective Products

What is a product liability case?

Slip and Fall/Premises Liability

What is a premises liability case?

General

Q. If medicare paid my medical bills for the treatment I needed due to someone's negligence, does Medicare get reimbursed for their payment? A. Yes. Under the Medicare Secondary Payer Statute when Medicare makes a payment for medical services received as a result of an injury caused by another party (automobile accident, medical malpractice, slip and fall etc) medicare has a right to recover the payments. Any payments made by Medicare must be accounted for because the law makes the injured party or their attorney liable to repay from any settlement.

Does it cost me anything to consult with you about a potential case?

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