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A former trial lawyer has a new show on CNN and he sometimes offers insight into our civil justice system and its importance.  On a recent show, Michael Smerconish offered a brief and powerful summary about why injury lawyers are essential to our safety.  To see the video, click HERE. Smerconish focuses on the case of Brooke Melton, a 29…

It’s not uncommon these days for insurance companies who settle Pennsylvania injury lawsuits to insist on a confidentiality clause.  The clause requires that people who accept a Pennsylvania injury settlement keep certain facts about the settlement (like the fact there was a settlement and the amount) secret, even from close friends and family.  Injured people often accept such a clause…

Everyone knows that Erie injury lawyers compete with each other, right?  That’s true, of course.  After all, we’re all marketing ourselves in search of the same work.  But Pennsylvania injury attorneys also collaborate with one another.  In fact, some of our best clients are other Erie car accident lawyers who send their cases to us when a trial is necessary.  One…

Erie injury lawyer Eric J. Purchase is featured on the new website for the Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers (“WPTLA”).  The site, which features only those Pennsylvania trial lawyers who commit to support the organization at the President’s Club level, was recently launched and provides helpful information about the organization, its mission and the community projects it undertakes. The WPTLA was created…

Last week, an Erie County jury rendered a Pennsylvania car accident verdict that should make State Farm think twice before trying to take advantage of injured people in northwestern Pennsylvania.  In Engel v. Palmer and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, a case tried for the plaintiff by Erie injury lawyer Eric J. Purchase, the jury found for the plaintiff…

Our Pennsylvania car accidents library is one article larger today than it was last week.  We added an article entitled “Tips from an Erie Car Accident Lawyer: Teach Your Teen to Drive in Pennsylvania.”  We write all of our articles with an eye toward being helpful but this one’s origins stem from my personal experience.   Last month, my oldest turned 16.  On her birthday,…

The Erie lawyers of Purchase, George & Murphey, P.C., P.C. are frequently called upon by Erie television news programs to offer insight on newsworthy legal issues of the day.  Recently, Eric Purchase spoke to an Erie reporter on the plight of a Pennsylvania family who said they might lose their home after following the advice of a California law firm.  (To…