In November 2024, the Pennsylvania Department of Health Violence and Injury Prevention Program (VIPP) released its “Injuries in Pennsylvania: 2023 County Profiles” report. The report provides information on the number and cost of unintentional injuries reported in Pennsylvania hospitals in 2023.  Key statistics in the report reveal how serious and costly unintentional injuries can be.…

It is essential to understand that there is no crime with the specific name of domestic violence. Instead, a domestic violence charge is laid when a person commits a crime from a list, and that crime is against a person in a domestic relationship with the accused. Also, remember that each case is different, and…

The family of a high school senior who was killed after her 2016 Nissan Versa automobile rolled over after being struck by another car has reached a $1.5 million settlement with the car company in connection with the girl’s death. Ashlynn Overton, 18, a senior at North Augusta High School, was killed in July of…

I always say that automobile insurance companies and insurance claims adjusters do not have the interests of injured motorists in mind. This was again evident recently when two separate clients came to me here at MyPhillyLawyer after being seriously injured in vehicle accidents and filing claims. The first client was injured while driving a rental car, which…

A grandmother who slipped and fell on ice and snow while picking up her grandson from a child care center in February of 2014 has been awarded an $800,000 verdict by a Court of Common Pleas jury in Luzerne County. The woman, Joann Babbish, who was 66 when she slipped and fell on Feb. 4,…

A 46-year-old New Jersey woman and her husband have been awarded $2.5 million in damages by a jury in connection with serious injuries she received in a 2014 car accident when she was struck from behind in a chain-reaction collision. The victim, Jennifer Tomaselli, now 46, of South Brunswick, N.J., was injured Nov. 21, 2014,…