How Long After a Car Accident Do You Feel Pain? There is no set time table of when you will feel pain from an injury. For some injuries, there is a possibility that you could never fully recover. That is why it is important to listen to your doctor, and to follow their treatment plan…
Anybody who reads my blog regularly knows how I feel about texting while driving. A while ago, I expressed my opinion based on personal experience in my blog post “The Importance Of Being Able to Text While Driving”. There are now driving safety changes in the works, specifically concerning the usage of cell phones on the…
A vocational expert (VE) is usually called to testify or present a written evaluation at a personal injury hearing because of his or her expertise knowledge in current job market topics such as skills needed to perform a job and job availability. The VE is usually asked to testify about what jobs the plaintiff can…
How Do I Choose a Good Personal Injury Lawyer? Choosing a personal injury lawyer is an important part of the process of ensuring you receive fair compensation if you have been injured in a car accident or other type of accident. There are several factors that an individual should consider when they are selecting a…
“But my doctor wrote me a disability note!” We hear this all the time from clients. As a matter of fact we obtain disability notes from our clients’ doctors. Unfortunately this is not the only requirement to getting your wages paid in a personal injury case. Even if you have pain, and a medical diagnosis…
The person that caused my injuries pays for my medical bills, right? Well, that makes sense, but in personal injury cases, that’s not what happens. Who Will Pay My Medical Bills After a Car Accident? In car accident cases (and all other kinds of “vehicular accidents” like bus accidents, truck accidents, pedestrian accidents), your own…
An EMG is an electromyography, and it is a procedure that measures the electrical activity produced by the skeletal muscles. Essentially it works by reading the electrical “potential” made by each muscle when it is activated by an electric current or neurologically. It is typically requested by a doctor when the patient has symptoms of…
Clients sometimes have questions about the “wherefore clause” in the complaint. A complaint is a legal document that the lawyer files with the court which starts the process of the lawsuit. The complaint gets filed in the prothonotary’s office in the County (or venue) where the case will proceed. What is the Wherefore Clause? The…
Through the evaluation of traffic accident data, in addition to emergency room records, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has calculated that roughly 220 fatalities occur annually due to nontraffic backover accidents, with 14,000 recoverable injuries also occurring on average. What is a Backover Accident? Backover crashes involve hitting a pedestrian or bicyclist. In…
It may come as a surprise to learn that concussions are becoming more of a risk among youth and student-athletes, but these injuries are plentiful and instances of them are on the rise. To put the problem in perspective: of the 12 high schools in Philadelphia’s Central Athletic League, 223 concussions were reported among students…
