Car Accident Attorney Reaches $6.1 Million Settlement for Motorcycle Rider Who Suffered Severe Brain Injury After Crashing On Surveying Holes Cut into Roadway By City Workers
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on March 1st, 2019
A California motorcyclist who suffered severe brain injuries when he crashed on a street where road crews were working in 2015 will receive a $6.1 million damage settlement from the city of Los Angeles in connection with the crash. Philip Ramon Alvarez, who was 26 years old at the time of the crash on Oct. 11, 2015, was riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle on Western Avenue just south of 25th Street in San Pedro when he...
Philadelphia Car Accident Attorney MyPhillyLawyer Wins $500K Settlement for Man Who Was Injured While Riding as a Passenger in a Hotel Airport Van When It Was Rear-Ended
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on February 22nd, 2019
A Philadelphia man who had flown to North Carolina in June of 2017 for work is receiving a $500,000 settlement from the owners of an Ohio trucking company after one of the company's trucks smashed into the back of a hotel van he was riding in on the way to the hotel. The man's case was handled by MyPhillyLawyer, which reached the settlement on behalf of the client. The victim, whom I will call G.G.,...
Philadelphia Car Crash Lawyer Has Special Damage Claims Advice for Drivers Injured in a Rental Car Crash in Pennsylvania that Insurance Claims Adjusters Won’t Tell You About
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on February 20th, 2019
I always say that automobile insurance companies and insurance claims adjusters do not have the interests of injured motorists in mind. This was again evident recently when two separate clients came to me here at MyPhillyLawyer after being seriously injured in vehicle accidents and filing claims. The first client was injured while driving a rental car, which was struck by another vehicle being driven by another motorist. After being injured in the crash, our client sought immediate...
Car Accident Lawyer Wins $7 Million Verdict for Trooper Hurt in Crash When His SUV Was Rear-Ended By a Greyhound Bus on Highway
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on February 8th, 2019
A North Carolina State Trooper who was severely injured when his patrol car was struck from behind as he was parked on the side of a highway responding to an earlier vehicle crash has been awarded a $7 million verdict by a federal jury. The trooper, D.C. Justice, was responding to an earlier crash on eastbound Interstate 40/85 in North Carolina when the bus smashed into his parked Chevrolet Tahoe SUV as he was inside...
Car Crash Lawyer Reaches $500K Settlement for Woman Whose Arm Was Amputated After a Police Car Smashed into Victim’s Car
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on February 2nd, 2019
A woman whose left arm was amputated after an Atlanta Police Department patrol car smashed into the side of her car in February 2018 at an intersection will receive a $500,000 settlement from the city of Atlanta to compensate her for her serious injuries. The victim, Lisa Williams, was driving through the intersection of Peeples Street at Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard in Atlanta on Feb. 21, 2018, when she was T-boned by a police car...
Workplace Accident Attorney Reaches $1.1 Million Settlement for Family of Man Killed in Fracking Construction Site Towing Mishap
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on January 18th, 2019
The family of a 49-year-old delivery driver who was killed in January 2015 when his pickup truck was crushed by a construction vehicle at a fracking work site has reached a $1.1 million settlement with the company whose employee tried to tow the man's truck out of the ditch. The victim, Gregory Jones, 49, was delivering a heater to the fracking site on Guiton Road in Middletown Township, Pa., on Jan. 16, 2015, when his...
Slip and Fall Attorney Reaches $875,000 Settlement for Slip and Fall Victim Who Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury After Falling on Stairway Outside Restaurant
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on January 11th, 2019
A man who tripped and fell as he walked down an outside stairway at a restaurant and bar in New Jersey has reached an $875,000 settlement with the help of a slip and fall attorney who represented him in the case. The victim, Jack Lewis, was leaving P.B.'s Diner and Taproom in Glassboro, N.J. on June 19, 2015, when his shoe became caught at the top of on outside stairway and he fell down six...
Car Accident Attorney Wins $280K Verdict for Seriously Injured Car Crash Victim Whose Car was T-Boned in a Restaurant Driveway, Causing Head, Neck, Back and Rib Injuries
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on January 4th, 2019
A car accident lawyer has won a $280,925 jury verdict for a 60-year-old Massachusetts man who suffered serious head, neck, back and rib injuries in a 2013 car accident when his car was T-boned by another driver. The victim, Kenneth Gilbert, of Connecticut, was hurt on May 1, 2013 when the side of his car was struck by a car being driven by Victoria Pietrzak, who was turning left into the restaurant driveway where Gilbert...
Philadelphia Car Accident Attorney Awards $2,500 College Scholarship to Crash Victim as Part of the First-Ever MyPhillyLawyer Accident Survivor Scholarship
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on December 21st, 2018
Philadelphia's MyPhillyLawyer personal injury and car accident law firm has awarded its first-ever $2,500 MyPhillyLawyer Accident Survivor Scholarship to recognize and support victims of serious car crashes who are continuing to pursue their educational goals. Also eligible to apply for the MyPhillyLawyer Accident Survivor Scholarship are victims of medical errors or other life-threatening incidents caused by negligence. Applicants can be students in law school or college. The scholarship was created in recognition of the many...