purchase, george & murphey.
purchase, george & murphey.
January 15, 2011
The Consumer Federation of America has confirmed what many Erie injury lawyers have been telling clients for decades. Car insurance companies intentionally “low ball” injured people, even going so far as to employ sophisticated and expensive computer software programs to make unfairly low settlements with people who don’t know enough to protect themselves. One of the more well known computer…
January 14, 2011
January 15, 2011, ERIE, PA — Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille has recognized what many lawyers in Pennsylvania have said for years. There is a crisis in our civil justice legal system as the poor, who cannot afford legal representation, are abused by unscrupulous corporations and others who prey upon the helpless. The Chief Justice called upon the state’s 70,000…
January 14, 2011
January15, 2011, ERIE, PA — Two Erie car crashes were reported today. One occurred in Waterford Township at the intersection of Strong and Donation Roads near 4:20 p.m. yesterday. Two vehicles were involved and both drivers were freed by emergency crews and taken to Hamot medical Center. Their identities and conditions were not released. Another Erie County car accident occurred…
January 11, 2011
January 12, 2011, ERIE, PA — Moderate but steady snow fall led to a number of Erie area car crashes yesterday, the Erie Times reports. Most of the accidents occurred between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., the time when the snowfall and heavy traffic conditions coincided. One of the more serious accidents occurred on the Franklin Avenue Bridge between East…
January 10, 2011
January 11, 2011, ERIE, PA — A recent victory for a Purchase, George & Murphey, P.C. client in a Pennsylvania insurance bad faith case has received statewide attention. The Legal Intelligencer led its January 11, 2010 edition with the opinion of the Western District Court In Wisinski v. American Commerce Insurance Company. The court found that the insurance company acted…
January 10, 2011
January 11, 2010, ERIE, PA — Four people were injured in a head-on collision on Route 97 yesterday evening. Joshua Swanson, 19, of Wattsburg, was driving a Toyota Camry on Robison Road when he attempted to turn on to the northbound lane of Route 97. He crossed into the path of a Dodge Minivan driven by Karly Wisinski, 19, of…
January 9, 2011
January 10, 2011, ERIE, PA — A tractor trailer rear-ended a car on Interstate 90 in Springfield Township in an Erie County commercial truck accident that can trace its origins to an earlier accident in Ohio. The chain of events began near 3 p.m. Sunday when a Conneaut police cruiser and another vehicle were involved in an accident near the…
