Court Radio: Auto-Racing African American Legends
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on June 17th, 2018
This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman of MyPhillyLawyer is joined by Carl Smith and Bill Young, two of the first African American drag car racers. They are being recognized by the Mercer Museum and will be featured in an exhibition by the museum on June 23.
$1.55M Settlement to Family of School Bus Driver Killed in 2016 Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on June 15th, 2018
The family of a New Jersey school bus driver who was killed in November 2016 when her bus was struck head-on by an SUV on a Middletown, N.J., roadway has reached a $1.55 million settlement in connection with her death. The school bus driver, Lorraine Filozof, 62, of Woodbridge, was pulled from the wreckage by a witness to the crash and by a bus aide who was also traveling on the bus, but died later...
Court Radio: HIPPA
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on June 10th, 2018
This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman of MyPhillyLawyer talks to Benjamin Benjamini about chiropractic and health wellness. Later, Dean answers legal questions from callers.
$12M Verdict to Family of Teen Killed in Toyota 4Runner Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on June 8th, 2018
The family of a 17-year-old teenager who died in 2015 in a roll-over crash when an axle broke on the Toyota 4Runner she was driving has been awarded a $12 million verdict by a South Carolina jury. The victim, 17-year-old Lacee Dial was driving her 1999 Toyota 4Runner to an interview on the morning of Sept. 15, 2012 in South Carolina when the left rear axle broke, allowing the wheel to separate from the vehicle...
Court Radio: AT&T Settlement
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on June 3rd, 2018
This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman of MyPhillyLawyer talks to Shanin Specter about a recent $30M settlement involving a technician falling from an AT&T tower.
$17M Verdict to Survivors of 3 Killed by Truck in Road Work Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on June 1st, 2018
A Charleston, S.C., jury has awarded a $17 million verdict in the case of a family of three who were killed in March 2015 when their SUV was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer and caught fire as traffic stacked up in a highway construction zone. The victims, 34-year-old Canadian Army Private Jeremiah Cross, his 32-year-old wife, Crystal, and their infant son, Greysen, were killed when the tractor-trailer, traveling at 70 mph, smashed into their...
$11.75M Settlement in Fatal Bicyclist Crash with Distracted Deputy
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on May 30th, 2018
The family of a California attorney is receiving an $11.75 million settlement from Los Angeles County, four-and-a-half years after the man was struck and killed by a police cruiser being operated by a sheriff's deputy who was using his computer while he drove down a street. The crash on Dec. 8, 2013 occurred when the Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy, Andrew Wood, apparently swerved into a bike lane on Mulholland Highway while typing data into...
Summer Safety Begins with Memorial Day: Here’s Your Safe Summer Guide
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on May 25th, 2018
As we begin another glorious summer season in the Philadelphia area on this Memorial Day holiday weekend, we here at MyPhillyLawyer want to remind everyone that good times with friends and family begin with safety and common sense. One of the first things to remember is not to drink and drive as holiday weekends like this usually see a spike in drunk driving accidents, injuries and deaths. In 2016, the last year in which statistics...
$4M Medical Malpractice Verdict in Death of One-Month-Old Baby
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on May 18th, 2018
The mother of a one-month-old baby who died in 2010 from whooping cough has been awarded a $4 million verdict by a Lancaster County, Pa., jury. The woman, Michelle Goldstein, sued her baby daughter's doctors and Lancaster Pediatric Associates for medical malpractice, alleging in her lawsuit that the doctors should have diagnosed and treated the baby's illness earlier, which could have prevented the infant's death, according to a May 17 story by LNP. In her...