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		<title>AMBULANCE DRIVER IN ACCIDENT CASE IS NEGLIGENT &#8211; 2/2/2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I handled a case recently where a young lady who was seriously injured while driving her motor vehicle in Chester County.  She was struck by an emergency vehicle which ran a stop sign.  The vehicle was speeding and did not have its lights or siren on.  The court decided that the defendant was “negligent per [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WRONG PLACE AT TEH WRONG TIME &#8211; 1/19/2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ With all the interesting automobile accident cases in Chester County I’ve handled over the years, one stands out.  I remember it not only for its tragic story but also for the uniqueness of the accident itself.             The accident took place as my client’s husband was driving home from work in Philadelphia.  He was traveling south [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PENNSYLVANIA SENATE BILL – BREATHALYZERS INSTALLED IN MOTOR VEHICLES &#8211; 1/12/2012</title>
		<link>http://www.karphart.com/2012/01/12/pennsylvania-senate-bill-breathalyzers-installed-in-motor-vehicles-1122012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There appeared a most interesting article in Chester County’s Daily Local News newspaper on January 11, 2012.  It reported on a Senate Bill requiring first time drunk driving offenders to be required to use ignition interlock devices which are breath testing devices attached to automobiles.  The device would require an individual to breath into a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS &#8211; HELMET SAFETY &#8211; 12/29/2011</title>
		<link>http://www.karphart.com/2011/12/29/motorcycle-accidents-helmet-safety-12292011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;  It used to be a law on the roadways of Pennsylvania that a motorcycle operator had to wear a helmet.  It is no longer the law.  It reminds me of a case I had years ago in Parkesburg.  My client was a 21 year old woman who was riding on the back of her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT &#8211; 12/21/2011</title>
		<link>http://www.karphart.com/2011/12/21/dog-bite-cases-on-the-rise-12212011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A client came to see me last week who had been injured when she was struck by a car while crossing a street in West Chester.  She sustained knee, wrist and low back injuries.  She received medical treatment and physical therapy for approximately six months before recovering.  She continues to suffer periodic setbacks requiring her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joyride Settlement &#8211; 12/15/2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A case which we recently settled was reported in the Pennsylvania Jury Verdict Review &#38; Analysis.  This publication reports interesting jury verdicts and settlementsthere each month in Pennsylvania.        In our case, the plaintiff, age 20, and the defendant were attending a party together in Chester County when the defendant asked if anyone would like to take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KARP AND HART JURY STORY &#8211; 11/14/2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A farmer is driving his horse and buggy with his dog by his side when a car forces him off the road.  The buggy is knocked over, and the farmer and his dog fall out.  The farmer sues the other driver for personal injuries and there is a jury trial.            At the trial, the farmer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE REASON PEOPLE NEED LAWYERS &#8211; 10/27/2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just concluded a case in which an insurance company acted totally unreasonable.  My client was a child who was hit by a car in a parking lot.  Fortunately, the injuries were minor, the child was better in a few days.  The insurance company refused to pay any money.  In some cases, where a child [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS CAUSE THE WORST INJURIES &#8211; 8/31/11</title>
		<link>http://www.karphart.com/2011/10/05/motorcycle-accidents-cause-the-worst-injuries-83111/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  In over 35 years of representing accident victims, the worst injuries I have seen involve motorcycle accidents.  I have handled death cases, amputations to legs and arms, fractures of every part of the body, as well as serious infections caused by road debris in open wounds.  The reason, of course, is due to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IF YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION, CAN YOU GO THROUGH A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT? &#8211; 10/5/2011</title>
		<link>http://www.karphart.com/2011/10/05/if-you-get-caught-up-in-a-funeral-procession-can-you-go-through-a-stop-sign-or-red-light-1052011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While on his way to work, Richard drove through a stop sign and collided with another person’s car.  Richard admitted driving through the stop sign, but claimed that he inadvertently joined a funeral procession and followed several cars in the procession through the stop sign because he was going in the same direction.      Can he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOW YOU GET SCREWED BY A SCREW? &#8211; 9/27/2011</title>
		<link>http://www.karphart.com/2011/09/28/how-you-get-screwed-by-a-screw-9272011-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I have a client who recently underwent back surgery in which a fusion at two levels in the lower back was performed.  Pedicle screws were used to secure metal rods to bone in the back.  How much do these screws cost?   Apparently, some screws cost more than others.  When the hospital bill came in, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GREAT NEWS !!!  YOUR CAR INSURANCE RATES SHOULD BE COMING DOWN &#8211; 9/14/2011</title>
		<link>http://www.karphart.com/2011/09/14/great-news-your-car-insurance-rates-should-be-coming-down-9142011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This headline would be true if insurance companies were being honest with the business community in Pennsylvania.  Recently, the Pennsylvania legislature passed a bill limited joint and several liability.  This means that if two people cause an accident, they are only responsible to pay their proportionate share of the verdict.  Previously, the injured victim could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STATISTICS REGARDING FATAL CAR CRASHES &#8211; 9/8/2011</title>
		<link>http://www.karphart.com/2011/09/08/statistics-regarding-fatal-car-crashes-982011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[          According to the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, this is what’s happening on our nation’s highways:           1.       33,000 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes – this makes automobile crashes the leading cause of death for Americans between the age of 4 and 34.            2.       5,623 people were killed in crashes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS CAUSE THE WORST INJURIES &#8211; 8/31/2011</title>
		<link>http://www.karphart.com/2011/08/31/motorcycle-accidents-cause-the-worst-injuries-8312011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In over 35 years of representing accident victims, the worst injuries I have seen involve motorcycle accidents.  I have handled death cases, amputations to legs and arms, fractures of every part of the body, as well as serious infections caused by road debris in open wounds.  The reason, of course, is due to the fact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DO DOCTORS SUE AFTER THEY ARE INJURED &#8211; 8/24/2011</title>
		<link>http://www.karphart.com/2011/08/24/do-doctors-sue-after-they-are-injured-8242011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A surgeon in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania was injured when a bed being pushed past the nursing station by a hospital employee hit his right leg.  He was later diagnosed as having necrotizing fasciitis, and he underwent an above the knee leg amputation.  He and his wife sued the hospital alleging that the hospital bed was [...]]]></description>
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