Parking lots and parking garages abound in most major cities and even smaller towns across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. These structures allow individuals easy access to businesses, schools, office buildings, retail establishments, and airports. While convenient and useful, parking ramps, garages, and lots can be highly dangerous. In fact, these parking structures are the …
Undoubtedly, every auto accident that occurs in the United States is different from the next. However, several of the same factors must be determined immediately after a motor vehicle accident occurs, including the speed in which the vehicles were travelling, the road conditions that were present at the time of the crash, and the scope …
As attorneys who regularly handle Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) benefit cases, we often come across clients who say all types of things based upon wrongful assumptions about their ability to receive these benefits. In fact, several people forego applying for benefits thinking that they do not have a qualifying medical condition. Many others apply …
If you are a member of the armed services and were injured during periods of active duty, you may be entitled to receive veterans’ disability benefits. However, the process involved in obtaining these benefits can prove to be rather time consuming, complicated and sometimes, a rather complex undertaking. Specifically, if you file a claim for …
October 31, 2013 The New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyers with Lundy Law explain that the construction industry consistently leads all other types of work when it comes to on-the-job injuries and deaths. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that last year, the construction industry led the nation in workplace fatalities, accounting for the …
December 6, 2012 A Pennsylvania man was killed and another seriously injured as the result of a work-related accident that occurred yesterday morning. The Inquirer says the incident occurred around 11:00 a.m. at the Audobon Water Authority’s tower in Lower Providence Township, about 25 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The victims were part of a three-man crew from …
November 8, 2012 Plummeting temperatures throughout Pennsylvania recently caused water to become dangerously frigid, and the icy waters of Lake Arthur may have claimed a life already. CBS-Pittsburgh reported the body of a 52-year-old Prospect, Pennsylvania, man was found in the lake over the weekend after he had gone missing more than a week before. Authorities …
September 5, 2012 The AP (9/5) reports, “More than 2 million infant bathing seats are being recalled after reports of four infants sustaining skull fractures in falls when the frame came unhinged.” The AP notes that in the recall notice, “the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the manufacturer Summer Infant Inc. of Woonsocket, R.I., said …
There are 1.5 million people in the United States who live in nursing homes today. They are among the most vulnerable of us, depending on others for the very basics of life: food, hygiene, safety and medical care. Unfortunately, not all nursing homes meet an acceptable standard of care. You can prevent nursing home injuries …
Modern Healthcare (6/29, McKinney) reported according to the Joint Commission, “National rates of wrong-site surgeries-which include wrong procedure, wrong side and wrong patient-can reach as high as 40 incidences a week.” The Commission’s Center for Transforming Healthcare “partnered with eight hospitals and surgery centers for the project. Those organizations used robust process improvement tools to …
