I recently completed the representation of a woman who suffered injuries to her neck and back after being rear ended by a commercial truck. Her Jeep Cherokee was caused $20,000 in property damage so it was a massive hit. At [ Read More ]
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How Adverse Childhood Experiences Can Cause Brain Injury
It’s commonplace to learn that persons convicted of criminal acts experienced trauma in childhood. These facts are usually raised in sentencing hearings by criminal defense lawyers trying to help explain, not justify, the criminal act, and to ask the court that [ Read More ]
What Does a Financial Planner Need to Know About Estate Planning?
In our practice, we talk and work with numerous financial advisors. When an advisor speaks with us, he or she generally knows about estate planning – it’s just the nature of the business. What are some of the estate planning [ Read More ]
Mild Brain Injury Can Increase Risk of Alzheimer’s
The association between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the risk of Alzheimer’s/dementia remains controversial and not yet resolved conclusively. However, there are a number of studies to suggest that there is a link. Alzheimer’s An estimated 5 million Americans have [ Read More ]
The Math Behind Accident Reconstruction
Does anybody fear highway driving as much as I do? One reason I do is how regularly a driver will try to push me to go faster or pull into another lane by riding up on my tail. And this [ Read More ]
Causation, Causation, Causation
Any real estate investor knows the mantra “location, location, location”. It means simply that where the property is located is the most significant factor in valuing it. In a personal injury claim the person injured must prove 3 things to [ Read More ]
Opioid Addiction-Not a Moral Failing But a Brain Injury
Some of my clients are dependent upon opioid pain medication. I represent the families of persons who have died due to opioid overdose. It is estimated that as many as 2 million people in this country are addicted to opioid [ Read More ]
Trial is War, Choose your Warrior Carefully
You have been seriously injured by the careless actions of another person. You have chosen your lawyer carefully. Thank you for asking me to represent you. It is a privilege to be given the opportunity to fight for you. Please [ Read More ]
Nursing Home Arbitration and our Seniors, a Dangerous Mix
Forced Arbitration of elder abuse in nursing homes was recently dealt a necessary blow. On September 28, 2016 a federal agency that controls Medicare and Medicaid dollars took action to prevent nursing homes from forcing claims of personal injury, elder [ Read More ]
Help Make the Medical Community More Accountable
In 2015, 253 people in Pennsylvania died under circumstances for which a medical professional may have been responsible based upon the reporting of designated safety officers of medical facilities to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority. This is an increase from [ Read More ]