Personal Injury FAQs

Complex regional pain syndrome, or CRPS, does not directly affect life expectancy. But when CRPS treatment doesn’t work and symptoms continue, people can suffer a serious lifelong disability.

Pedestrians don’t always have the right of way in Pennsylvania. But when crossing at a marked or unmarked crosswalk in the state, they most certainly do.

A letter of spoliation is a document sent by an injured party (or his or her legal representative) to the trucking company that employed a trucker involved in a crash.

A letter of protection is a document that helps persons who have suffered injuries in an accident get help with medical treatment costs.

Pennsylvania legislation does not imposes overarching caps on damages in a wrongful death lawsuit. In other words, you can fully recover or, in legal terms, “be made whole” again in most cases.

If a doctor administers inadequate prenatal care, it may increase the risk of a birth injury or other conditions.

Like most states, Pennsylvania comparative negligence laws allow individuals who’ve been injured in an accident to recover compensation for damages – even when they are partly at fault for the accident (contributory negligence).

If you were injured in a slip and fall accident in a rented property, whether residential or commercial, it’s worth your time to investigate if your landlord might be responsible.

Special damages are the expenses and financial losses you suffered because of a personal injury accident. They occurred as a direct result of your accident or injuries and are recoverable damages in an insurance claim or civil lawsuit. These are also known as economic damages.

Sometimes people do not hire a lawyer because they are worried about having to pay upfront, but that is usually not the case. Personal injury lawyer fees can be structured three different ways.