Fall truly is a beautiful time of year: the ground is coated with leaves, the air is crisp, and the football season is in full swing! With the beauty of fall also come the hazards of falling: wet pavement and floors, slick leaves and surfaces, frozen sidewalks and walkways. Slip and fall injuries happen frequently
Category: Personal Injury
Motorcycle Accidents
Many people consider motorcycles to be unsafe – they’re too fast and unprotected, and they’re risky for those who use them and who share the road with them. It is true that when a motorcycle and a car collide, the motorcycle usually bears the brunt of the damage and the bike rider typically sustains more severe injuries. However, it
PENN STATE THON CANNING TIPS TO STAY SAFE
Choosing to participate in THON is a wonderful decision, and participating in a canning trip is a fantastic way to help FTK, and to have a great time! When canning, it is very important to be safe, and to obey all laws in order to have a fun, productive trip. At the attorneys at Rehmeyer &
Products Liability: General Motors Pays $900 Million to Settle Defective Ignition Switches
Today, General Motors has agreed to a $900 million settlement and agreed to admit to misleading the public about vehicle safety amid defective ignition switches within some of their vehicles. This criminal settlement is just the latest announced by the Justice Department against corporations; which also includes Toyota and JPMorgan Chase. Tied to over 120 deaths, problems with the ignition switch could shut off the car
DANGER ON THE HIGHWAYS: SLEEP DEPRIVED TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCKERS
Often, motor vehicle accidents in Centre County involving tractor trailers occur when commercial trucking companies force tractor trailer truck drivers to work long hours while experiencing fatigue or sleep deprivation. The results can be deadly. Sleep deprivation is to blame for 100,000 motor vehicle accidents and 1,550 deaths every year. Studies suggest that up to
Texting and Driving: The Dangers of Distracted Driving
For many of us, our cell phones are necessary requirements for work, home life, and fun and serve as an essential means of communication in our society. We all use our phones as not just a way to communicate, but now as a way to surf the web, send email, check our bank accounts and
WHY YOU ARE NOT FULLY INSURED UNLESS YOUR AUTO INSURANCE INCLUDES UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE
Clients often come into our office after sustaining personal injuries in a car accident and exclaim, “I am fully insured, so my insurance company is going to take care of everything.” Unfortunately, when we look at our clients’ car insurance policies, we learn that the client lacks the single most important insurance coverage that money
TRUCK ACCIDENT CLAIMS
Many of our country’s shipments are made using large trucks and tractor trailers, and often, drivers of these large vehicles are working long, demanding hours on the road to deliver and transport products across the country. In Pennsylvania and almost every other state, the highways and roads provide direct access for truckers, but this access
DID YOU KNOW? DRIVER LIMITED TORT SELECTION AFFECTS PASENGERS IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Often personal injury client’s contact our law firm who believe that they are covered by their full tort selection on their own auto insurance policy only to come to find out that they are bound by the limited tort selection of the driver of the vehicle they were a passenger in. For an in depth
DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FULL COMPREHENSIVE CAR INSURANCE COVERAGE AND FULL TORT CAR INSURANCE COVERAGE?
When I ask the majority of my clients if they have full tort insurance coverage, the number one I answer I receive is, “yes, I full coverage car insurance.” Later, when I look at the client’s car insurance policy, I find at that they have full comprehensive auto insurance coverage but are not fully insured. Full comprehensive
