In a vehicle accident, you can be seriously injured without breaking a single bone in your body. Such “soft tissue injuries” include whiplash, which occurs when the human head is flipped back and forth very quickly in a crash. When that kind of injury happens, muscles, ligaments and tendons are stretched and extended beyond their…

A proposal to raise the speed limit on the Pennsylvania Turnpike from 65 mph to 70 mph has been introduced by a legislator who argues that it makes sense because cars and roads today are safer than ever. The problem is that’s ridiculous, based on all of the statistics that are available about vehicle crashes,…

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…

Hospitals aren’t just places where patients receive life-saving care. They’re also places where ill patients can receive additional injuries that can cause further complications for people who are already suffering from health crises. That’s just what happened to an 81-year-old Connecticut woman who received serious injuries when she fell from an operating table after having…

As summer weather and the glorious summer holidays approach, it’s a great time to review swimming pool safety at home, in public pools or on vacations so that you and your family stay safe. The Memorial Day holiday weekend is fast approaching and will kick-off the unofficial start of the summer season, making it a…

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…