Court Radio: Top 10 Tips on What To Do If You Are in a Car Accident
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on February 4th, 2012
We drive our cars, SUVs, motorcycles and trucks miles and miles every day and nary think about that would happen if we were involved in a vehicle accident from a fender-bender to a serious crash. But accidents do happen and it's not a bad idea occasionally to review what you should do if you become involved in a vehicle accident. [caption id="attachment_1593" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="An accident scene after emergency vehicles have arrived to aid victims....
Court Radio: What to Do if You Are Wrongfully Fired or Discriminated Against in the Workplace
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on January 28th, 2012
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, but proving it can be difficult. In both cases, after the event happens you need to talk to a lawyer...
Teens and alcohol never mix: Mom who hosted beer party faces prison after three teens died in DUI crash
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on January 27th, 2012
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 in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review earlier this week. The 19-year-old driver of the vehicle had been drinking alcohol at another party...
On Court Radio: Limited Tort and Full Tort Car Insurance — What You Need to Know
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on January 7th, 2012
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 what are the limited tort and full tort options all about? They are all about determining your future legal rights...
How to Make Older Drivers Safer on Our Roads
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on January 4th, 2012
Older drivers, especially those over 80 years of age, have been involved in a number of deadly and tragic vehicle accidents in recent months across the Philadelphia area, and the trend is worrisome. As drivers get older, their eyesight, hearing, reaction time and judgment can degrade, causing them to lose many of the needed skills that are critical to operating a motor vehicle safely. It's not their fault, of course. It happens to all of...
Yo, Baltimore: Who Are You Going To Call for Legal Help? MyPhillyLawyer’s Court Radio Can Help Starting Jan. 1, 2012
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on December 31st, 2011
"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 callers who have legal questions and want to get help from a lawyer. The show's success and its popularity with...
If Collection Agencies Harass You After A Loved One Dies, Know Your Legal Rights
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on December 30th, 2011
After her husband died in March 2010 from colon cancer, 68-year-old Linda Long, of Cape Coral, Fla., began to receive phone calls from a collection agency trying to intimidate her to pay a credit card bill that was under her deceased husband's name. She received LOTS of phone calls from the collection agency, as many as 10 per day, according to a story in The Wall Street Journal. This week, a Florida judge ruled that...
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...
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...