As if losing their 18-year-old daughter in a terrible car crash weren’t enough, a California family then had to suffer all over again when investigating officers from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) took photos of the gruesome scene which were later distributed to others in emails. The photos then spread wildly across the Internet on…

If you’ve ever been fired from a job or discriminated against by an employer and wondered if you could sue for damages, you are not alone. People get fired or laid off all the time, but when it comes to determining whether you are illegally terminated, that’s where it gets tricky. Workplace discrimination happens, too,…

It was a high school graduation party gone wrong after the mother of a high school grad served a half-keg of beer to her son’s friends in celebration of their accomplishment. Tragedy struck after three of the teens were killed in a car crash less than a mile from the party, according to a story…

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…