Chrysler Bankruptcy Harms Injured Plaintiffs Who Want to Sue for Deserved Punitive Damages
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on May 19th, 2012
Imagine being in a car or SUV accident in an older Chrysler vehicle in which a manufacturing defect contributed to your serious injuries, but you learn that you can't sue the company for punitive damages because such damages are not possible since Chrysler filed for bankruptcy and reorganized in 2009? That's the situation being discovered by many potential plaintiffs, according to stories in The Wall Street Journal. You can still file for compensatory damages –...
Insurance Company Claims Delays Hurt Policy Holders: How a Burned-out Lancaster County Bowling Alley is Being Harmed by a Slow-Pay Insurer
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on May 17th, 2012
The owners of a Lancaster County bowling alley paid their property insurance premiums and successfully ran their business in their community for years, even giving special discounted rates for local groups that wanted to put on special event s and fundraisers. But since a huge fire burned The Garden Spot Bowl in Strasburg to the ground a year ago this month, their insurance company apparently hasn’t been in a big rush to help the business...
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...
Home Horrors: Child Loses Feet in Lawn Mower Accident in Her Yard
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on May 9th, 2012
In just an instant, a five-year-old Maryland girl lost both of her feet when she walked up behind her father as he mowed the grass with his ride-on lawn tractor in their yard. The horrific accident is a stark reminder of the need for safety around lawn maintenance equipment, especially with spring yard work firmly underway in communities across our nation. The accident occurred in Forest Hill, Maryland, when the girl's father didn't see her...
Springtime Driving Safety: Be Extra Cautious for Pedestrians, Bicyclists and Motorcyclists
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on May 4th, 2012
Children darting in front of moving cars, runners out getting a good workout, bicyclists migrating onto the roads after a winter layover and motorcyclists back out on their machines, enjoying the warmer weather as it arrives again – these are sure signs that spring is truly upon us. With that, it's also a great time as drivers to remember that we share the road with pedestrians and smaller two-wheeled vehicles that are no match for...
Bronx SUV crash kills 7 family members, leaving unanswered questions
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on May 2nd, 2012
The investigation is continuing into a horrific SUV crash near the Bronx Zoo in New York that killed seven people from three generations of one family. Now the questions into the crash begin as authorities work to figure out what happened. The family members were traveling south on the Bronx River Parkway next to the grounds of The Bronx Zoo when the 2004 Honda Pilot SUV they were riding in "bounced off the median, crossed...
Court Radio: New Methods of Fighting Gun Violence in Our Cities, tune in at 7 a.m. Sunday
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on April 28th, 2012
Finding effective ways to sharply reduce gun violence in our cities is the aim of a national "CeaseFire" program that spread to Philadelphia last July. On “Court Radio” at 7 a.m. tomorrow, Sunday, Marla Davis Bellamy, the director of Ceasefire Philadelphia, the latest of 12 U.S. cities to host the effort, will be our special guest to talk about the program and how it is being used in one of the city's most dangerous police...
Life Insurance Companies Reach Settlements For Failing to Pay Beneficiaries
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on April 25th, 2012
Imagine buying a life insurance policy to protect your family if something should happen to you, and then imagine that your insurance company fails to notify your beneficiaries that they have money coming to them when you die. That's what has been happening across the United States when insurers haven't always been doing all they can to locate life insurance beneficiaries, according to a story on BusinessWeek.com. In fact, MetLife Inc., one of the nation's...
$4.2 Million School Bullying Settlement A Reminder of the Dangers of Violence Against Students
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on April 21st, 2012
A single punch to the stomach in a horrific case of school violence by a bully and the life of a 12-year-old boy was turned upside down back in May, 2006. Within two days, the punch caused a blood clot in a major artery, causing a blockage and leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, according to a story by The Associated Press. Now, almost six years later, the boy, Sawyer Rosenstein, and his family...