York County Jury Awards $6 Million in Wrongful Death Case
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on October 4th, 2012
The family of a 53-year-old woman who died after surgery won a $6 million jury verdict in York County in a recent wrongful death case against the medical team that treated her. In what is believed to be the largest York County jury award in several years, the jury ruled in favor of the family of the victim, 53-year-old Sherrie Ann Burkhardt, who died Dec. 19, 2007, two days after she underwent emergency surgery at...
Tragic Fatal Ohio Car Crash Involving 16-year-old Driver a Somber Reminder to Our Teens
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on August 10th, 2012
All the five friends and band mates wanted to do was to take a break from their high school marching band practice and grab a bite to eat together before getting back to their musical work. Instead, tragedy struck when their car, being driven by a 16-year-old by in the group, went off the road about 18 miles west of Columbus, Ohio, struck a fence and rolled at least once, according to a story in...
Court Radio: What You Need to Know About Bus Accidents and Bus Safety
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on May 11th, 2012
Bus accidents have been on the rise, from school bus crashes to tour bus disasters to city bus incidents that have left passengers and people in other vehicles badly injured or killed. On “Court Radio” at 7 a.m. on Sunday, the topic of bus accidents and what you need to know to protect yourself and your loved ones will be featured with our special guest, attorney Mandeep Singh Chhabra. Chhabra will join MyPhillyLawyer managing partner...
Tickets Still Available for the March 10 Legal Q&A Session with MyPhillyLawyer’s Dean Weitzman at the “Praise 103.9 Inspiration & Music Conference”
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on March 6th, 2012
We all have times when we wish we could call an experienced, helpful and professional lawyer to get a bit of sage advice to answer some of the vexing legal questions in life. Well wait no more. Instead, come to this Saturday's two-hour legal question and answer workshop with MyPhillyLawyer’s Dean Weitzman, the host of "Court Radio," at the upcoming “Praise 103.9 Inspiration & Music Conference” at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City Philadelphia....
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...
Snow is Coming: Get Ready for Winter Driving Safety
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on December 29th, 2011
Remember that Halloween weekend snow that surprised drivers in the Philadelphia region and across much of the East Coast two months ago? Well, that was just a dress rehearsal for the real snow that will soon be hitting our area now that Winter began officially on Dec. 21. With that in mind, we here at MyPhillyLawyer prepared this handy guide to winter driving safety to remind you of good driving habits when the roads get...
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...
Holiday Toy Safety: What You Need to Know
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on December 26th, 2011
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 for all of the youngsters in your household and are there cautions you should take when the children are playing...
Holiday Home Safety: A MyPhillyLawyer Guide to Keeping Your Family Safe This Holiday Season
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on December 12th, 2011
The holidays are here and your friends and family will gather for joyous times together as you make new memories and relive fun times from past years. It's a great time to be together, but it's also a good time to remember some basic safety rules to be sure that the holidays are happy and disaster free. That means simple precautions when enjoying fires in fireplaces, displaying and enjoying holiday trees and decorations inside your...