$26M Settlement to Missionary Worker Left Paralyzed in Crash
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on July 31st, 2015
A 27-year-old missionary student who was paralyzed in a 2009 vehicle rollover crash has been awarded a $26 million court settlement in Montana. The victim, Jeremy Vangsnes, was on a 10-week mission trip assignment in Yellowstone National Park on July 21, 2009, when a Jeep Cherokee he was riding in drifted off Interstate 90, drove into the median and rolled several times, leaving him with critical injuries, according to a July 16 story in The...
Get MyPhillyLawyer’s Free Mobile App for Legal Help Anywhere
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on July 10th, 2015
MyPhillyLawyer now offers a free mobile app for your smartphone or tablet that provides basic legal information, contact details in an emergency and a helpful accident report capability so you can collect and fill in all the important information that's needed if you are ever involved in a vehicle accident. The MyPhillyLawyer app is available immediately for Android devices through the Google Play Store and for Apple iPhones and iPads through the Apple App Store...
Memorial Day Opens the Summer Season: Let’s Be Careful Out There
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on May 22nd, 2015
The Memorial Day holiday weekend is symbolically the official start of the summer season as Americans take time to honor our nation’s heroes of wars past and take time to relax with family and friends. We here at MyPhillyLawyer wish you a wonderful weekend, but we also want to remind you to be careful as you travel and enjoy your time off. One of the first things to remember is not to drink and drive...
$847K Jury Award to Woman for Serious Injury Due to Fall on Ice
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on January 18th, 2015
A woman who slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk in front of her Philadelphia apartment building as she was leaving her building on Feb. 1, 2011, has been awarded an $847,362 jury verdict to compensate her for severe injuries and a bone dislocation from the icy fall. The victim, Angelit Barnes, was leaving her building at the Campus Apartments in Philadelphia early that morning when she fell and suffered a severe fracture and dislocation...
How MyPhillyLawyer Can Help Serve Your Family Law Needs
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on August 15th, 2014
Known for our distinguished work and expertise in the legal fields of personal injury, vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, birth injury, criminal defense and estate planning, MyPhillyLawyer is also now your best source for family law assistance. In June, MyPhillyLawyer opened its first-ever office in Northeast Philadelphia, far from the bustle of Center City, where our newest attorney, Ms. Irena Shiloh, is working with clients on a wide array of family law cases. Irena, a graduate...
MyPhillyLawyer is Coming to Serve You Where You Live
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on June 27th, 2014
MyPhillyLawyer has just opened its first-ever office in Northeast Philadelphia, far from the bustle of Center City, where we can now begin serving our clients in the neighborhoods where they live and work. This is the first time since the birth of our founding law firm in 1976 that MyPhillyLawyer has opened an office away from Center City. The idea of the new office, which is located at 10819 Bustleton Avenue at Lawler Street in...
$1.1 Million Compensation to 69-Year-Old Woman Badly Injured by Fallen Tree
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on March 21st, 2014
As she walked across a parking lot at the Ridley Park Swim Club with her grandson on June 24, 2010, a 69-year-old Philadelphia woman was struck and seriously injured by a large tree that fell from an adjoining property. Almost four years after the debilitating injuries she suffered, the victim, Maryanne Dunlap, has been awarded $750,000 in damages by a Delaware County jury, as well as a previously announced $350,000 arbitration award from the owner...
Medicinal Therapy for Low Testosterone in Men Has Serious Risks That Are Surfacing
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on March 7th, 2014
The advertisements for "low-T" or low testosterone levels in men are appearing every day in television, newspaper, magazine and radio ads, but the still-developing serious health risks of such therapy appear to be the dark side of this recent phenomenon. The problem is that while the creams and gels tout themselves as treatments for low testosterone levels in men, they also have been linked to escalating levels of heart attacks and strokes, according to a...
Philadelphia Family Receives $42.9 Million Medical Malpractice Award for Premature Birth
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on December 27th, 2013
A jury has awarded a Philadelphia family a $42.9 million medical malpractice award after their son was born prematurely and suffered from a multitude of complications after his birth in July 2007. The family sued the doctors and hospital where their son was born, alleging that the "complications suffered by their child due to extreme premature birth were the result of negligence" on the part of the doctors who treated the mother and the baby,...