Personal Injury FAQs

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.

It is important to understand the definition of a pedestrian, as well as your rights and responsibilities as a pedestrian, because it can impact your safety and determine the traffic laws that pertain to you.

The emergency doctrine is a legal principle that allows a person to take certain actions in an emergency situation free from recrimination. The emergency doctrine often excuses a person from a reasonable care standard in an emergency situation.

Choosing a doctor or maintaining a trust relationship with a doctor is an essential step in acquiring quality health care for you and your family.

Intestacy laws, also called descent and distribution laws, are the statutory and case laws related to inheritance that detail which beneficiaries are entitled to property of an estate.

You have the right to sue a bus company for your injuries if a bus company — or a bus company’s employee, like a driver — does something negligent to contribute to your injuries.

Although the perfect personal injury case would involve you being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance, being rushed from the accident scene to the hospital IS NOT REQUIRED to recover fair compensation (MONEY) for your injuries.