One court ruling may have tipped the first in a large row of dominoes. The Pennsylvania State Police are abandoning their use of breathalyzers at DUI stops, at least temporarily. The decision comes on the heels of a ruling from a Dauphin County judge that threw out 20 charges of driving under the influence based on the unreliability of breathalyzer equipment. The particular device in question is

You’ve called every contact in your phone to announce the great news, and now the long pregnancy road lies ahead. In the coming months, you’ll be making a lot of visits to your doctor, hearing words you recognize (ultrasound) and those that sound like they belong to a prehistoric era (preeclampsia?).

Your head may soon be bursting at the seams from the myths and conflicting information that

Do you know what it’s like to be disabled, to face daily challenges in completing tasks that others around you take for granted? This may mean that you have difficulties fitting into a world designed for the convenience of those without disabilities. It can be frustrating to be forced to rely on the help of another individual, especially when the disability developed as a result of an

When we take our foot off the gas pedal, we expect our car to react. It should start slowing down immediately, and if it doesn’t you know something has gone horribly wrong. In a blur, your heart begins to race and utter panic consumes you as your car continues to speed down the highway as though possessed. You can do nothing to stop it.

It may sound

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: guy gets into a car accident with another driver, police arrive on scene along with some emergency medical personnel, pictures of the scene happen, injuries receive treatment. As the week progresses, the insurance adjuster gets ahold of those accident photos and decides there’s no way their driver is responsible for the crash – in spite of a police report stating

Commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) are often involved in the most devastating accidents. Large trucks (CMVs weighing more than 10,000 pounds) play a major role in traffic crashes and are associated with an overwhelming 12 percent of the annual total traffic fatalities in the U.S.

As the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) further confirms, the risk of a large truck being both the cause of an accident

The decision to have surgery is likely one you have thought about long and hard. You’ve probably thoroughly discussed it with your doctor, done research, and perhaps even got a second or third professional opinion. Most importantly, you probably spent significant time choosing a surgeon you felt was trustworthy and capable.

Unfortunately, for about 4,000 Americans every year, this thorough decision-making process wasn’t enough to keep them

The numbers involved in a personal injury settlement can be flashy and make for attention-grabbing headlines when they reach into the millions of dollars. Commenters on news stories decry them, screaming how these so-called victims are probably just faking it or the amount awarded looks more like a handsome inheritance than compensation for injuries. Determining the level of ‘damages,’ as we attorneys call them, in accident-related matters

Car insurance for drivers living in Philadelphia is really expensive. In fact, according to the latest data released by Runzheimer International, a competitive analysis and mobility services firm, Philadelphia is the second-most expensive city for auto coverage in the country. The average annual premium, as stated in the firm’s report, for a Philly driver with what most consumers consider “full coverage” is $4,076 annually as of 2011.

Medical mistakes happen every day, however not every mistake made by hospitals and medical doctors constitutes negligence or medical malpractice. The error which led to Anna Mazur’s legal blindness may be an example of a medical mistake that constitutes clear carelessness. Mazur, now 92-years-old, was at the University of Pennsylvania’s Scheie Eye Institute in 2011 for surgery to repair a blocked vein in her left eye,

As parents, we are expected to always act in the best interest of our children. Since they are not adults, they need us to act as their representative when it comes to their safety and protecting their rights. It is not uncommon for parents to have to sign waivers in order for children to participate in certain recreational activities; however, are these documents legally binding so that

The 2 Most Important Things You Need to Know About New Jersey’s ‘No Fault’ Law:

After being involved in an accident that was not your fault, you are faced with many struggles. You are in pain and may be hospitalized—you then learn that the at-fault driver will not be held responsible for your medical bills, adding to the extreme stress you are under. The reason the responsible

When it comes to seeking compensation from an insurance company after an accident, they are not going to make it easy on you. Insurance companies see the costs associated with aggressively defending against personal injury claims as a cost of doing business and they feel that if they can make it so difficult that no one would ever want to pursue a claim, they have succeeded. What

When you are injured at work, you are entitled to worker’s compensation benefits through your employer, but there are also some instances that would lead you to have a personal injury case in addition to the worker’s comp claim. When the accident you were involved in was the fault of someone other than your employer you may also have what is known as a third party claim

Social media changes the immediacy of information and how we interact with current events. The 24-hour news cycle now seems like a senior citizen when compared to the instant-updating abilities of Twitter users and Instagram devotees. Our Philadelphia personal injury attorneys understand that power also extends to accident claims and personal injuries, where insurance companies tend to become very interested in the personal information accident victims choose