Personal Injury

When you are injured you cannot predict how long the injury will affect your life. In an accident you can be lucky enough as to only walk away with minor cuts and bruises, but often times people are injured far worse than that.

An accident resulting in an injury can completely derail your life. In addition to the physical pain there is the added stress over money

When you’ve been injured in an accident there is a huge financial toll. You have medical bills piling up, you are losing wages from time off work, and are facing other, unexpected costs. You may be considering hiring a New Jersey personal injury attorney, but you have some reservations. You believe that hiring an accident attorney is too expensive and that it will only add to your

Jean McCarthy, 71, was killed in a New Jersey car accident after the vehicle in which she was a passenger was struck by a suspected drunk driver. According to a news report in The Star-Ledger, the fatal DUI crash occurred on December 18, 2011 at the intersection of Route 70 and Massachusetts Avenue in Toms River. Police say the victim’s husband, Ed McCarthy, was driving his wife

Each year more than 5 million people undergo wisdom tooth surgery in this country. Since it is so common, no one would ever expect that they could die during the procedure. Back in April, a 17-year-old Maryland resident died from complications during the procedure. Her parents have filed suit against the oral surgeon.

The medical malpractice suit was filed in Howard County Circuit Court. The suit claims

Living on the east coast, we all have had to deal with the toll winter takes on the roads. Being smart about driving in winter weather will prevent countless accidents and could save lives. First, when weather is severe, it is best to stay off the roads if at all possible. This will not only allow township and county workers to plow the roads—because a plow can

There is a constant outcry in this country to ban texting while driving. We see it on the news and are invited to “support the cause” on social networking sites. It seems odd that with all this no-text-talk there are still people breaking this law (or in some states doing something that is frowned upon but not technically illegal).

Online, there have been several viral PSA and

A 76-year-old woman was killed in a New Jersey car accident after she was hit by a car and when she walking to pick her grandchild up from school. According to a news report in the Jersey Journal, the fatal pedestrian accident happened the afternoon of November 18, 2011 near School 31 in Jersey City. Witnesses told police that a vehicle was traveling southbound on Kennedy Boulevard

In traditional Philadelphia court reporting, a stenographer records the language of a legal proceeding with a stenograph – a machine that writes in stenography. When the recording is complete, the stenographic transcript is transcribed into an English language transcript. Until recently, attorneys had to wait patiently for stenography to be transcribed. But today, a practice known as real-time court reporting allows them to read a transcript as

In the autumn months, New Jersey car accidents involving deer increase considerably. According to an Associated Press news report, as neighborhoods increasingly encroach into deer’s habitat, there have been more encounters between deer and people. Sometimes, these encounters can be deadly. On October 4, 2011, a student at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey died when the car in which he was a passenger struck a

There are some people who truly believe in the presence of ghosts and paranormal activity, while others remain skeptical, thinking that ghost stories are only for the gullible and unrealistic. Legends of ghosts and hauntings have been told for many years to scare people around campfires and during the scariest night of the year, Halloween. But with the spooky October holiday behind us, one has to wonder:

In a deposition, an attorney solicits information from a witness before a case goes to court. Traditionally, the witness’s responses are recorded in a transcript. But today, many attorneys choose to record a deposition on video as well – a decision that can help influence a jury’s opinion.

The Effect of Visual Testimony

In a recent study, participants were asked to identify which of six communications contained

Next to auto accidents, slip and fall accidents are the second leading cause of personal injury in the U.S. Nevertheless, many slip and fall victims damage their case by doing one or more of the following things:

1. Assuming the accident is their fault

Because slipping and falling can be interpreted as clumsiness, some victims wrongly assume that they fell on their own. When a building manager

Following a Philadelphia Phillies game, 91-year-old Raymond DiCrenscenzo of Bucks County was struck by a vehicle just outside of Citizens Bank Park on September 20th. DiCrenscenzo admitted that he was jaywalking on Pattison Avenue in Philadelphia when he was hit by a pickup truck, whose driver proceeded to flee the scene of the accident.

The elderly victim was hospitalized, receiving 6 staples in his head from the

Unless injury victims file an injury claim within a certain period of time, they lose the ability to pursue injury compensation. Known as a statute of limitations, this period of time protects plaintiffs and defendants against unfair legal circumstances. To file an injury claim, Philadelphia injury victims should contact a Philadelphia injury attorney.

Pennsylvania’s Statute of Limitations

Pennsylvania’s statute of limitations for personal injuries is two years

“Premises liability” refers to an individual’s or entity’s liability for injuries that occur on property that they own. The first step in assessing premises liability is determining who “possesses” a property. A party possesses a property when:

• It occupies the property for the purpose of controlling it;
• It has occupied the property for the purpose of controlling it, if no other party has subsequently occupied it for