Personal Injury
What to Do After a Car Accident as an Injured Passenger
While you may not have as many responsibilities after a car accident as a motor vehicle driver in Pennsylvania, you should still take certain steps to protect yourself as an injured passenger. Depending on the circumstances, you may need to...
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What Damages Are Available for Pain and Suffering?
If you file a personal injury claim in Pennsylvania, you may be eligible for financial compensation (damages) not only for your medical bills and other costs brought on by an accident but also for the pain and suffering you endured....
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Difference Between Economic vs. Non-Economic Damages
In Pennsylvania, an injured accident victim can file a personal injury claim in pursuit of damages, or financial compensation, for losses connected to another person’s negligent or wrongful acts. Two categories of compensatory damages are available: economic and non-economic. Learn...
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Statute of Limitations for Pennsylvania Car Accident Claims
The statute of limitations is an important law to know as the victim of a personal injury accident in Pennsylvania. If you wish to pursue financial compensation for a car accident in Pittsburgh, for example, you must know your statute...
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What To Do After a Dog Attack
We love our dogs and consider them family, yet it’s important to remember that as much as they might feel like man’s best friends, dogs are not humans — they are animals, and animals have unpredictable behaviors. Sometimes our insight...
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How to Prevent Slip and Fall Accidents
Falls are a leading cause of injuries and deaths – responsible for eight million emergency room visits per year, according to the National Floor Safety Institute. Slip and falls specifically send around one million people to the hospital annually. Although...
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Proving Causation in a Pittsburgh Personal Injury Case
In Pennsylvania, if someone else gives you an injury by being negligent, that person or party may be financially responsible (liable) for your related expenses. Negligence is a common doctrine used in personal injury law. It means that someone has...
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Child thrown from car in Sharon accident
Responsible adults around the country use child safety seats for the children in their care however some of them may not be aware that the seat is not installed correctly, or the child may not be properly secured in the...
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Logger injured in forklift accident in Pulaski Township
In Pulaski Township, Pennsylvania, a logger was injured on Thursday. The injury occurred about two miles off of Route 208 in Lawrence County. The injury happened when the forks from a skid steer loader fell on a man in his...
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Reed Oil explosion causes wrongful death of New Castle man
Massive head trauma from an oil tank explosion caused the wrongful death of a New Castle, Pennsylvania man in August of 2013. In Pymatuning Township, Mercer County, a 37 year old welding contractor was hired to do welding work on...
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Personal injury results in wrongful death of Beaver County teen
The wrongful death of a Beaver County 17 year old has led to the arrest of two 18 year old males. This Monaca, Pennsylvania teenager was negligently left in the back seat of a car while having respiratory problems. On...
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Personal injury suit seeking $3,000,000
A wrongful death suit in Eastern Ohio is seeking $1,500,000 in compensatory damages and $1,500,000 in punitive damages after a boy in Mahoning value was murdered. This boy died due to blunt force drama on January 26, 2013. The boy...
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