purchase, george & murphey.
purchase, george & murphey.
July 9, 2010
The Erie County Legal Journal reported a recent post trial opinion which reveals a shocking verdict from an Erie County jury. Purchase and George, P.C. was not involved in any way with this case. In Warren v. Thomas , Mr. Warren (the plaintiff) was injured after being struck from behind by Mr. Thomas (the defendant). Both parties agreed on those…
July 7, 2010
I read with interest this recent consumer review of Erie Insurance. The writer described a car injury. The writer apparently thought he or she would handle the case without a lawyer. From the writer’s comments, it appears that they gave Erie Insurance written authorizations to collect their medical records and billing. Then, after the Erie Insurance adjustor completed her investigation,…
July 7, 2010
Honestly, I’m not a big fan of lawyer jokes. Really. I usually don’t think it’s funny when people poke fun in a disparaging way at a profession to which I have devoted my entire adult life. Still, I recognize that there are members of my profession who act in a way that is deserving of ridicule. Usually, I am not…
July 6, 2010
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently held that an insurance company is not relieved of its contractual obligation to provide uninsured motorist coverage merely because the insured failed to provide notice to the insurance company of a phantom vehicle within 30 days as required by the MVFRL and/or the policy. In Vanderhoff v. Harleysville Insurance Company , a copy of which…
July 6, 2010
Erie Times News reporter Ed Palattella reported today that the Erie County Court of Common Pleas approved the settlement of a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the widow of Hector Luis Rios Rivera against Michael D. Averill. Mr. Rivera was killed in a hit and run accident in January near the intersection of Broad and Fairlane in Erie, PA. There…
July 4, 2010
Commercial Truck accidents injure over 100,000 Americans every year. In Pennsylvania during 2007, there were 7,087 crashes involving heavy trucks. Of those 7,087 crashes, 178 were fatal. Despite the human toll associated with trucking accidents, there is comparatively little regulatory oversight of the trucking industry and there are important safety measures that could be implemented, at very little cost and…
July 3, 2010
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has published a number of safety guides for pool, spa, whirlpool and Hot tubs safety that I’ve added for your review or download in our articles section. Now that summer is here and people in Northwest Pennsylvania are using their pools and having new ones installed, the Erie swimming pool lawyers at Purchase, George…
