purchase, george & murphey.
purchase, george & murphey.
June 9, 2012
June 9, 2012, Meadville, PA — As Crawford County injury attorneys, we know that employment injuries not only result in workers compensation claims but can also result in product liability and other personal injury claims. A recent Meadville foundry fire highlights that important lesson. The fire, at Advanced Cast Products on Mill Street in Vernon Township, began yesterday afternoon when…
June 7, 2012
June 7, 2012, ERIE, PA — As Pennsylvania car accident attorneys, Tim and I made the commitment two years ago to educate the public about the dangers of texting while driving. Since then, we’ve given more interviews than I can count for the local news media about the dangers of texting and driving and today I was called upon to…
June 7, 2012
June 7, 2012 — Another example of the growing trend of law enforcement taking action against texting while driving, a Massachusetts teen was the first person that state to be convicted under their texting while driving law and the young man was sentenced to at least one year in jail. Aaron Deveau was texting while driving and caused a car accident…
June 1, 2012
June 1, 2012, ERIE, PA — Law Day gets more attention around our office than it may around other offices. We are Pennsylvania injury lawyers, after all. So it was that we decided to bring the entire staff to the Erie County Bar Association’s Law Day activities this year. Imagine our surprise when two of our own ended up prominently…
May 29, 2012
May 29, 2012, ERIE, PA — The 2011 Annual Report of the Erie County Court of Common Pleas has been completed and the news for Erie injury cases is not surprising. Civil trials in Erie, Pennsylvania continue to trend downward, as do filings. The report is available on-line and can be viewed in its entirety at the Erie County government website. …
May 28, 2012
May 28, 2012, ERIE, PA — Dog attacks are on the rise across the nation and Pennsylvania is helping to lead the way, according to new information from the Insurance Information Institute. According to the report, there were 26,166 dog bite related claims nationwide in 2010 and 29,396 in 2011, an increase of over 12%. Pennsylvania’s dog attack claim rate…
May 28, 2012
May 28, 2012, ERIE, PA — Regular readers of our site know that I have an issue with the comic book character version of Pennsylvania injury lawyers as “sharks” or “pit bulls.” The gist of the message, for those of you who’ve read of this before and for those who’d prefer not to read it at all, is that aggression…
