For years, if you were involved in a traffic accident in Philadelphia – even a minor fender-bender – you could call the police and they would respond with an officer who would produce an accident report. That was a good thing.  It provided details of the accident, an officer’s hand-drawn illustration of the accident scene,…

Two carriage drivers were sent to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital with serious injuries on Monday morning following a car accident,on Philadelphia’s Independence Mall. The accident occurred at around 10 a.m. when an elderly driver crashed his car into the back of a horse-drawn carriage — one of several stopped at a red light. The car’s…

Stay Safe And Have Fun While Traveling And Carefully Consider Any ‘Extras’ Or Sidetrips The personal injury lawyers at MyPhillyLawyer have helped individuals throughout Greater Philadelphia who have been injured by the negligence or bad act of another. We understand the emotional, physical and financial costs of serious and fatal injuries and urge you and…

If you have full coverage auto insurance, this means you have comprehensive, collision and theft insurance for your car. However, it does not mean you will receive all of the coverage you can purchase. In this month’s video blog, Dean Weitzman of MyPhillyLawyer explains the difference between full coverage and full tort. He explains why…

Two weekends ago, Philadelphia’s South Street residents, merchants and community suffered from yet another “flash mob” incident, where bands of teenagers summoned each other via cell phone text messages and social media Web sites including Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to hang out and get together. But as it’s happened in the past,  it was way…

A U.S. Court of Appeals got it right recently when it ruled that a teenaged girl whose semi-nude photo was transmitted via a cell phone text message cannot be charged with felony child abuse charges. That was the correct decision in this so-called “sexting” case that got big headlines and showed just how ridiculous the…