Pennsylvania No-Fault Insurance Pennsylvania is a no-fault insurance state. That means that at least the first $5,000 of any medical bills from the car accident is paid by your own insurance company – whether or not the accident was your fault or the ot...
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While hosting Legal Talk, I got a call from a listener with this question – “My sixteen year old son is now driving a car which I bought for him. Should he have his own insurance policy or should he be listed as a driver on the family’s insurance po...
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The headline in the Daily Local News of Chester County highlighted a jury trial that I had on July 17, 2012. A former Avon Grove high school student was awarded $500,000 by a Common Pleas Court jury after a one day trial. While it is not uncommon to recei...
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Congratulations to Peter J. Hart who has once again been named as a top attorney for personal injury litigation in the Main Line Magazine for 2012. This is the fifth year in a row. Well done Peter! See the list in the August 2012 online edition of Mai...
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July may not be the best month to undergo elective surgery. New medical residents start in July in teaching hospitals. These first year residents are not experienced and as skillful as they will be in the upcoming months. Medical journals have repor...
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In 1983, when Ronald Reagan was President, the US Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon was bombed by terrorists. The attack killed 241 servicemen and wounded many others. In 2003, a Federal District Court judge in Washington ruled that the Iranian gover...
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If you’re in a car accident, who pays for the property damage to your car? It depends. 1. IF THE ACCIDENT IS YOUR FAULT: You only have one choice – your car insurance company will pay for your property damage. Your premium will go up, an...
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Be advised that if you are considering pursuing a personal injury case due to aslip, trip or fall on someone else’s property that you may be prevented from recovering if the owner can show that the dangerous condition was “open and obvious.” In ot...
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce produced a liability survey report which characterized the Philadelphia Court System as a “judicial hell hole.” For years, the Chamber of Commerce has reported that jury awards in Philadelphia on behalf of consumers agai...
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We are bombarded by TV commercials telling us how we can save hundreds of dollars by switching our car insurance policies to GEICO or Progressive or Allstate or State Farm and so on. You can, in fact, save money by switching to a different car insurance...
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