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August 25, 2012, ERIE, PA — Among Erie car accidents, rear-end chain reaction crashes are, unfortunately, fairly common.  Yesterday’s four car chain reaction crash in the 1300 block of Liberty Street was another example of this dangerous type of Pennsylvania auto accident. Yesterday’s accident happened when northbound traffic on Liberty stopped for a red light at the intersection with 12th…

August 14, 2012, ERIE, PA — Our Pennsylvania injury law blog has been used before to talk about important charitable events in northwest Pennsylvania.  Today, we write to put the word out about a one day only opportunity to maximize the power of your contribution to your favorite Erie charity. The Erie Community Foundation is, for the second consecutive year,…

August 11, 2012, Fairview, PA — The Erie lawyers of Purchase, George & Murphey, P.C., P.C. had a great time at the annual charity Golf Tournament for the New Blossoms New Life Foundation.  I know the pics aren’t what you might hope for from a golf tournament but it was a rainy day and we thought it best to leave…

A recent Court decision in New York reminds us that we should choose your Facebook “friends” wisely. The opinion describes how a “friend” became a cooperating witness (commonly called a “snitch”) and used his status as a “friend” to give the government information that will be used by prosecutors at trial. The same reasoning applies to everyone in Pennsylvania, writes…

August 3, 2012, ERIE, PA – I hadn’t planned today’s Pennsylvania Car Accidents blog to be about texting and driving but then my attention was caught by one of those headlines I just couldn’t resist.  No, it wasn’t “Olympians in the Nude.”  Or, at least, that’s not what I’m going to write about.  Instead, it was  “Chilling Text Before Crash.”  How could anyone,…

July 24, 2012, ERIE, PA — As Erie injury lawyers who handle Pennsylvania car accident cases, we are frequently asked, “What do I do after a Pennsylvania car crash?”  We’ve posted on that topic before and we even offer a cool little form to use as a guide (which you can get for yourself by asking us to send you our free book,…

July 20, 2012, ERIE, PA — The Erie injury attorneys at Purchase, George & Murphey, P.C. are pleased to announce they will again be major sponsors of the New Blossoms New Life Foundation’s annual “Fairways for Families” Charity Tournament.  The fun and affordable event will be held August 11, 2012 at the Elk Valley Golf Course. Sponsors, golfers, volunteers and prize donors…