During an initial conference, it’s not unusual for a client to ask how long a case might take until it’s finalized. Depending on several factors, the answer might be that it could only take a few months or as long as a few years. The Factors Cases with clearly understood injuries, liability and a reputable …
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Nearly all attorneys who practice personal injury law in Pennsylvania represent their clients on a contingency fee basis. Billing legal services to an accident victim on an hourly basis with payment expected within 30 days would operate to lock most accident victims out of the halls of justice. They just couldn’t afford a qualified attorney …
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At least 99 percent of the personal injury lawyers in Philadelphia are paid on some type of a contingency fee basis. If you retain one of these professionals to represent you for the damages that you suffered in an accident, you should enter into a written retainer agreement indicating that your lawyer will be paid …
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When you’ve been injured in a car accident anywhere in or around Philly as a result of the carelessness and negligence of somebody else, it’s going to operate in your best interests to retain a Philadelphia car accident lawyer right away to help you with your personal injury claim. Accident victims have rights that need …
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Philadelphia is one of the oldest cities in the U.S. along with NYC and Boston MA. Philadelphia was established in 1682, and as an inland city, its growth for over 300 years has been steady. In recent years, the city has been experiencing more growth, which means more vehicles and commuter bicycles on the older …
The number of cyclists in the U.S. has grown rapidly from coast to coast. The Census Bureau began releasing annual estimates in 2000 of bicycling in the cities, and the phenomenon of commuter cycling. In 2016, 12.4 percent of Americans in over 30 cities regularly cycled for a range of reasons ranging from wanting to …
If you’re in Philadelphia or anywhere in Pennsylvania, you have probably been cut off, either intentionally or accidentally. Normally when this happens you have to slam on your brakes or rapidly change lanes. But in some cases, there is a crash, either with an object like a tree or with another vehicle. Unfortunately, the driver …
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Philadelphia does not have “E-Lanes” for distracted pedestrians. The Philadelphia Mayor’s Office played an April Fool’s Day joke on everyone to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted walking because so many pedestrians are looking at their phones while walking and getting injured. From 2005 – 2012 there was a 400% increase in ER visits …
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On Friday, October 20, 2017, 6 people were injured in a SEPTA bus accident. This collision involved a SEPTA bus and a car in North Philadelphia. On the same day, over at Fern Rock transportation center, a man was hit and killed by SEPTA train. 6ABC news reports were very vague and we have no …
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On Friday, October 20, 2017, 6 people were injured in a SEPTA bus accident. This collision involved a SEPTA bus and a car in North Philadelphia at the intersection of North 6th and West Berks Street. Unlike the Norristown SEPTA accident which occurred on August 22, 2017, the injuries sustained in this crash were, thankfully, …
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