A present client suffered serious orthopedic injuries when a drunk driver crossed the center line of a highway and struck his car head on. An orthopedist was assigned to him by the hospital when brought in as a trauma patient. [ Read More ]
Motorcycle Accidents
“I’m Not The Kind of Person Who Sues”
Often times when I first meet a client who has been harmed by the careless acts of another, I am likely to hear: “I’m not the kind of person who sues.” I like this kind of client because I am [ Read More ]
Car Insurance – When You Don’t Have Enough Can Be VERY SCARY
I honor Halloween with tales of horror from the highway. We don’t like to think about it but our life and health, and the future of our family, can be jeopardized by the mistake someone else makes on the highway. [ Read More ]
Facial Injuries – More Than Skin Deep
As an advocate for victims of facial trauma that results in serious permanent disfigurement, I am confronted with explaining why the consequences to these victims are much greater than “skin deep”.
How I make a Jury “See” a Brain Injury
Nothing is more challenging for a trial lawyer than to prove to a jury that his client is brain injured when she or he looks, and appears to act, perfectly normal. Broken bones can be seen on x-rays. Injuries to [ Read More ]
Concussion Update – FDA Clears Phone App That Can Diagnose Concussions
Thomas Edison asserted that “the chief function of the body was to carry the brain around.” It is imperative that an injury to the brain is not missed or discounted. Recently, AnthroTronix received FDA clearance to bring to market its [ Read More ]
Personal Injury Awards – Taxable or Non-Taxable?
After years of lost work, repeated visits to doctors, repeated diagnostic testing, surgery or other painful procedures, physical therapy, ongoing pain, and an inability to do the things you enjoy, not to mention years of litigation to be compensated for [ Read More ]
New Study Finds Defensive Medicine NOT Fault of Trial Lawyers
Some physicians claim to order a large number of unnecessary and expensive tests, such as CT scans or MRI’s, not because patients need them but to protect themselves from lawsuits. The “defensive medicine excuse” is one argument used by physician [ Read More ]
Wrongful Death of a Child-What Damages are Potentially Recoverable?
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 ]
A Wrongful Death of a Minor Child – What does a Lawsuit Accomplish?
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 ]