Blog Category | Personal injury

As daylight dwindles during the winter months, pedestrian safety becomes a critical concern, especially during the darker times of the day. In Pennsylvania, where early sunsets become the norm, it’s vital to take proactive steps to ensure one’s visibility to drivers. How can high visibility clothing help? Wearing bright colors...

Pennsylvania’s winters bring scenic landscapes, but they also usher in slippery surfaces that can lead to unfortunate slip-and-fall accidents. Certain places are hotspots for these incidents. To obtain compensation for injuries in these unfortunate accidents, you will need to prove negligence. Surveillance video footage provides excellent evidence, but business owners...

After a car accident, knowing how you can get compensation is important. Pennsylvania is a no-fault state, meaning that your insurance company may cover most of your expenses related to the accident, regardless of who was at fault. However, there are exceptions to this. Knowing your rights and responsibilities in...

All motor vehicle accidents have the potential to cause severe injury and death. Fatalities often occur in trucking accidents due to the extreme size and weight of the vehicles. Many causes of catastrophic trucking accidents come from the driver or the vehicle itself. Driver-related causes Behaviors and choices that impair...

As cycling is becoming the default method of transportation for many people, it is critical to address road safety for cyclists. Pennsylvania law requires that anyone riding a bicycle on roads and highways is subject to the same rules and regulations as other vehicles, with some exceptions. Sharing the road...

With the warm weather, we know that swimming season is not far away. With public pools preparing to open for summer, homeowner associations doing the same at private pools and house owners readying their residential pools, the sounds of splashing and laughter will soon ring throughout communities. But these seasonal...

Ever since the introduction of the bicycle helmet to the mass market, many people have debated their effectiveness. Do they really protect cyclists? This is a long-lasting – and ongoing – debate in the cycling community. Perspectives vary, but there are a few things that all cyclists should know. Studies...

A family member suffers a traumatic brain injury in a car accident in Butler. It’s a devastating event. A helicopter airlifts them from the scene and takes them to the hospital. They stay there for weeks before finally getting released. In that time, you start reading up on TBIs and...

An unsafe stairway puts everyone at risk. Though we negotiate the stairs many times per day, you should never underestimate the danger. One slip is all that it takes. A fall can lead to a brain injury, a skull fracture, a spinal injury or even death. If you have ever...

Despite how minor and humorous they may appear in television shows or movies, slip-and-fall incidents can result in serious injuries. Sometimes, these common accidents can even prove fatal. In fact, more than a million people head to emergency rooms each year because of slip-and-fall incidents. There are certain steps you...