On this episode of Court Radio, Dean Weitzman of MyPhillyLawyer talks about police car crashes, when the police are involved in a collision do they have responsibilities, under what circumstances can you bring a claim against the Philadelphia police department for car accidents and liabilities that police may have when they engage in a “hot…

A California woman who was struck by a police car in a parking lot as she tried to find her dropped cigarette on the ground next to her car has reached a $260,000 settlement with the Santa Rosa Police Department in the case. The 29-year-old woman, Laure Friedell, had stopped at a convenience store on…

On this episode of Court Radio, Dean Weitzman and Saul Langsam of MyPhillyLawyer talk about whether you can transfer real estate through a verbal agreement, how to transfer immediate ownership of a property, how much wills cost, how long a creation of a will or deed will take and other estate planning questions.

The family of a 58-year-old Louisiana woman who was killed in 2016 when a tractor-trailer crashed head-on into her small SUV on a Georgia highway has won a $280,065,000 wrongful death jury verdict in connection with her death. The victim, Judy Madere, of Albany, Louisiana, was driving on U.S. Highway 80 in Muskogee County, Georgia,…

On this episode of Court Radio, Dean Weitzman of MyPhillyLawyer speaks to Mike Carroll, deputy managing director for the Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, and LaTanya Byrd, who lost family members in a tragic pedestrian accident on Roosevelt Boulevard, about the introduction of speed cameras on the Boulevard and how to reduce the number…

The family of a 63-year-old bicyclist who was killed when he was struck by a police car while visiting Hawaii in 2015 will receive a $15.1 million settlement in connection with his death. The victim, Jeffrey Surnow, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, was riding a bicycle while visiting Hawaii’s Big Island when he was struck and…