As a parent visiting your college student in Pennsylvania, you have to traverse some crowded and potentially risky roads. The speed limit around Penn State is not set high, but getting into a crash here can still result in serious injuries. One such injury you may suffer from is whiplash. You may have heard rumors
Category: Personal Injury
Pursuing compensation in a variety of personal injury situations
Many people in Pennsylvania will be lucky enough that they will never see the inside of a hospital emergency room. But, the reality is that each year in Pennsylvania and throughout the country thousands, if not millions, of people suffer injuries in a wide variety of situations that require medical attention. Car accidents, as our
Experts begin to examine crash that killed Kobe Bryant
Despite the fact that the United States Senate was conducting an impeachment trial of President Trump, the most newsworthy event of the past weekend was the death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash in southern California. The news of the crash that killed eight people in addition to Bryant reverberated from the California hills
Understanding Pennsylvania’s wrongful death law
This blog recently discussed certain aspects of the helicopter crash that killed former basketball star Kobe Bryant. We observed that Bryant’s family and the families of the other eight persons who died in the crash may have claims for wrongful death. That crash occurred in California, and the legal claims of the decedents’ families will
AAA: deaths from red-light running crash reach 10-year high
The year 2017 saw a 10-year high in the number of deaths arising from red-light running crashes. The total came to 939 people, and in most cases, it was not the offending driver who died. Pennsylvania residents, whether they are drivers, pedestrians or bicyclists, will want to know how they can prevent themselves from becoming
Speeding truckers put others at risk, but safety tech may help
Pennsylvania residents may not know this, but the number of truck accidents is on the rise. Florida saw an especially steep incline from 23,515 in 2014 to 32,513 in 2018, and the Florida DoT has identified speeding as the number one driver-related factor in these crashes. Speeding truckers are hurting others more than themselves: The
CONCUSSIONS AND POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME
Individuals involved in a motor vehicle collision commonly experience concussions. It is commonly assumed that a concussion is not a serious injury because the signs and symptoms are not necessarily painful or observable; however, concussions are a form of traumatic brain injury and can lead to life-altering ailments. Concussions: The Facts Concussions are the most
PENN STATE STUDENT PEDESTRIAN INJURED IN HIT AND RUN HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF UNINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE
StateCollege.Com recently reported on a twenty-one year old Penn State student who was run down and left for dead after being hit by an unknown driver on blue course drive in State College. According to the report, the horrific accident occurred around 5 a.m. on a Saturday morning while the Penn State student was walking
38.5 MILLION DOLLAR PUNITIVE DAMAGE AWARD IN FATAL KRAFT FACTORY SHOOTING HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR ADEQUATE SAFETY
A Philadelphia jury awarded more than $38.5 million in punitive damages to the estates of two former Kraft employees who were fatally gunned down by a disgruntled co-worker. After less than three hours of deliberations, the jury found in favor of the two deceased employees and voted 11-1 to impose punitive damages in the amount
SUMMER DRIVING
The period between Memorial Day and Labor Day is sometimes referred to as the “100 Deadliest Days”, and for good reason; statistically, summer is the most dangerous time to be a driver. With those 100 Deadliest Days quickly approaching, we wanted to explain the hazards that summer driving brings and remind you of how to
