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”.
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3 Successful Ways I Prove Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI)
This blog is the 3rd blog in a series of three that I have written for clients or family members of clients who have sustained a brain injury in an accident of any kind. As discussed in my previous blogs, [ Read More ]
What is a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI)?
This blog is the 2nd blog in a series of three that I have written for clients or family members of clients who have sustained a brain injury in an accident of any kind. A MTBI (Mild Traumatic Brain Injury) [ 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 ]
4 Rules of the Road for Runners and Walkers
I have recently renewed a love affair with running. Unfortunately, this requires braving the roads of Bucks County often times in the dark of the early morning. My wife and her friends are dedicated walkers. What are the rules of [ 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 ]
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 ]
Why Nationwide Insurance Co. is “Not Always On Your Side”
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 ]
Own a Motorcycle? You Probably Don’t Have Enough Insurance!
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 ]