Snow is Coming: Get Ready for Winter Driving Safety
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on December 29th, 2011
Remember that Halloween weekend snow that surprised drivers in the Philadelphia region and across much of the East Coast two months ago? Well, that was just a dress rehearsal for the real snow that will soon be hitting our area now that Winter began officially on Dec. 21. With that in mind, we here at MyPhillyLawyer prepared this handy guide to winter driving safety to remind you of good driving habits when the roads get...
NTSB Recommends a Nationwide Ban on Cell Phone Use While Driving: A Good Idea?
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on December 27th, 2011
Aren't you sick of all those drivers who are getting into crashes and killing or injuring innocent people in recent years because they are talking or texting on cellphones while they are driving their large and heavy steel, glass and plastic vehicular projectiles on public roadways? So is the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). That's why the NTSB recently recommended that all 50 U.S. states should forbid operators of motor vehicles from using cell phones...
Holiday Toy Safety: What You Need to Know
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on December 26th, 2011
The holiday gifts from Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa are all unwrapped now and the children in your household are probably playing happily with all of the new toys they received, from games to action figures to battery-operated, remote-control helicopters and more. But are all the toys that you and your family members selected age appropriate for all of the youngsters in your household and are there cautions you should take when the children are playing...
Holiday Home Safety: A MyPhillyLawyer Guide to Keeping Your Family Safe This Holiday Season
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on December 12th, 2011
The holidays are here and your friends and family will gather for joyous times together as you make new memories and relive fun times from past years. It's a great time to be together, but it's also a good time to remember some basic safety rules to be sure that the holidays are happy and disaster free. That means simple precautions when enjoying fires in fireplaces, displaying and enjoying holiday trees and decorations inside your...
Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of MyPhillyLawyer: Our Thanks to You, Our Clients
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on November 30th, 2011
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the creation of the MyPhillyLawyer brand in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. From the streets of Philadelphia's incredible neighborhoods to the Jersey Shore, to Delaware, Maryland and north to Allentown, Easton and Bethlehem, the attorneys and staff of MyPhillyLawyer work hard every day to serve a diverse range of clients who are involved in a myriad of legal cases. From personal injury cases to automobile, motorcycle, truck and other...
Are Medical Flights by Plane or Helicopter Riskier Than They Should Be?
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on November 29th, 2011
An elderly Florida medical patient and his wife died earlier this week when the small plane carrying them had engine trouble and crashed near Chicago. The 80-year-old man was being treated for an illness on the medical flight and was accompanied by a flight paramedic and two pilots, according to a story in The Chicago Tribune. The plane was carrying the couple back to Chicago so he could continue his medical treatment while being with...
Firearm Safety and Hunting Safety: What You Need to Know to Keep Your Family Safe
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on November 28th, 2011
As the fall game hunting season continues across Pennsylvania, bolstered by the opening of deer season today, it's a good time to remind ourselves about hunting safety in the woods and firearm safety in the home. Since 1982, hunting-related shooting incidents have been on a sharp decline across the Commonwealth, according to statistics kept by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. In fact, hunting-related shooting incidents have declined in the state by nearly 80 percent since 1959...
Big Brother Car Insurance Companies: Should You Let Your Insurance Company Track Your Driving Habits to Earn a Discount?
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on November 23rd, 2011
Maybe it sounds like a great idea – plug a device into your car that let's your insurance company see that you are a good driver so that you can get an additional discount of up to 30 percent on your insurance rates. But before you sign up, think again. Maybe it's a deal with the devil that you are considering. That's the concern we have with the Snapshot Pay-As-You-Drive program from Progressive Insurance. Progressive,...
Occupy Philly: What Do You Think About It? Listen to Court Radio at 7 a.m. Sunday
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on November 19th, 2011
The headline-grabbing, controversial Occupy Wall Street movement, and its local offshoot, Occupy Philly, will be the topics of discussion on Sunday morning's Court Radio show with MyPhillyLawyer’s managing partner, Dean Weitzman. The show, which will air live tomorrow, Nov. 20, at 7 a.m. on WRNB 100.3 FM, will include special guest Everett Gillison, who is the newly-appointed chief of staff for Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter. Gillison previously served as Nutter's Deputy Mayor for Public...