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Could there be a more devastating loss than the death of a child?  In my experience with grieving parents, the loss invades a parent’s waking thoughts, and disturbs sleep, forever, with only brief respites of distraction.  Time helps scar over [ Read More ]

I live in the Council Rock School District where three Council Rock Students were recently killed in a horrible auto accident allegedly caused by a 15 year old unlicensed driver. Each of my three sons, 19, 16, and 11, knew [ Read More ]

I am called upon frequently to assist my clients with overseeing a parent’s finances as the parent grows older. In some instances, it is the parent’s unwillingness to handle their own finances, or in other cases it is due to [ Read More ]

After 18 years of litigation, on June 12, 2014, Judge Jeffrey Sprecher decided that Nationwide should pay $18 Million Dollars in Punitive Damages because it tried to avoid “totaling” it’s insured’s (the Bergs)  1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee.  The Jeep was [ Read More ]

When a motorcyclist is involved in an accident, the injuries are almost always severe and life altering.  Each year in Pennsylvania there is approximately 4,000 accidents involving motorcycles and approximately 98% of the bikers involved will be injured; 5% will [ Read More ]

Have you ever felt that a rule should not apply to you but it’s okay if it is applied to others?   In feeling this way, someone may remind you of the old saying, “what is good for the goose is [ Read More ]

Often times when I first meet a client who has been harmed by the careless acts of another, I am lucky to hear: “I’m not the kind of person who does this kind of thing.”  Obviously, this “thing” is the [ Read More ]

Can a person sitting their living room be responsible for a motor vehicle accident?  Maybe, says a New Jersey court. In a previous blog posted January 9, 2013, I described how texting while driving is the new drunk driving.  In [ Read More ]

Recently, I was successful in proving to a Judge, at trial, that a rear-end motor vehicle accident caused my 75 year old client to suffer a trauma to her knees (which banged up against the dashboard) which triggered rheumatoid arthritis.  [ Read More ]

In the year 2012, fifty-five (55) separate people, or an average of 1 person per week, sought to hire me to bring a medical negligence claim on their behalf.  After scrutinizing the facts of each, sometimes spending thousands of dollars [ Read More ]