Personal Injury Lawyer in Northeast Philadelphia

There are many types of personal injury cases that will allow you to receive compensation for your injuries due to someone else’s recklessness, carelessness, or negligence. Some of the most common examples include:

• Car, motorcycle, trucking, and bus accidents. Vehicle accidents make up a large majority of personal injury cases.
• Product liability.  If a manufacturer, distributor or designer produces a product that goes into the public that is not safe, they can be held strictly liable for any injuries that the product may cause. This means that if an injury occurs from their product, they are responsible. All products in the marketplace have a fundamental requirement to be safe when used as intended by a consumer. If an injury occurs due to a faulty or defective part or component of a product, an injured person may be entitled to compensation for their injuries.
• Dog Bites. Dog bites in Pennsylvania are judged under a strict liability standard as well, and therefore anyone that is bitten by a dog in Pennsylvania may be able to receive compensation for their injuries.
• Intentional Behavior of Another.While some physical and sexual assault crimes can be charged under criminal statutes, many personal injuries resulting from these incidents can also be charged under civil law to receive compensation for a victim’s injuries.
• Medical malpractice.The doctor-patient relationship creates a duty of care that the medical professional must uphold to the patient. When the established medical standard of care is not met, and a patient suffers an injury due to the negligence of the doctor, nurse, medical professional or medical facility, the patient may be able to obtain compensation for their injuries.
• Misdiagnosis.Misdiagnosis is a subset of medical malpractice. If a doctor either diagnoses a patient incorrectly or does not diagnose a medical condition that they have, when a reasonable medical professional would have made the correct diagnosis, the patient may have the right to sue for compensation if the misdiagnosis resulted in injury.
• Slip and fall accidentsProperty owners, business owners, landlords, and even homeowners have a duty to make their premises safe for visitors, guests, employees, tenants, and customers. If the property owner does not keep the property safe from dangers and hazards, and someone slips, trips, or falls and suffers personal injuries, the property owner can be held liable, and the victim may be able to recover damages.
• Construction accidents.The construction industry can be inherently dangerous, however, employers and other third parties have the responsibility to ensure safe working conditions for their employees. If a worker is injured on the job due to negligence, they may be able to receive compensation for their injuries.
• Birth injury to either the mother or child.Birth injuries are common and result from the negligence or carelessness of a health care provider during labor and delivery. If the health care provider directly caused injuries to either the mother or infant due to negligence during the delivery process, the victim may have the right to file a claim and receive compensation for those injuries, or wrongful death.
• Dangerous drugs. A defective or dangerous drug can be released and prescribed to patients. Oftentimes, in these cases, a large class-action lawsuit will be held to compensate all of the victims that were personally injured due to the unsafe drug that was not created according to established medical safety standards.

While this list is not exhaustive, all of these cases will center around someone else’s negligence. The common thread in all personal injury cases is that a person suffered an injury, damages, or harm they would not have otherwise suffered due to the negligence of someone else, or some other entity.