The grounding and capsizing of the huge Costa Concordia cruise ship off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, on Jan. 13 is a reminder to all of us that when you travel, it’s good to know your legal rights when disaster strikes. At least 12 people died in the disaster, and another 20 are still…

When you buy car insurance in Pennsylvania, one of the first questions an insurance agent will ask you is whether you want “limited tort” or “full tort” coverage. It’s actually one of the most important questions an insurance agent can ask you and one that most people probably don’t spend enough time to consider. So…

“Court Radio” expands to Baltimore on New Year’s Day, 2012, with its host, attorney Dean Weitzman Since January of 2009, MyPhillyLawyer’s hour-long “Court Radio” program has been on the radio airwaves live each Sunday at 7 a.m. on WRNB FM 100.3 in the Philadelphia metro area, providing legal advice, comfort, folksy assistance and humor to…

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…

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…

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…