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How Pennsylvania Laws Impact Personal Injury Claims

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Before filing a Pennsylvania personal injury claim, our Spear Greenfield legal team educates our clients on how Pennsylvania laws impact personal injury claims. Several state laws may affect your claim as a personal injury victim. These Pennsylvania personal injury laws can dictate deadlines for filing necessary paperwork, the ability to sue specific parties for an …

Calculating Pain and Suffering Damages

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HOW TO CALCULATE PAIN AND SUFFERING DAMAGES After suffering a personal injury accident, the two general categories of damages you can claim are economic and non-economic damages. According to FindLaw, economic damages have a fixed monetary value attached, while non-economic damages have values harder to determine. WHAT IS PAIN AND SUFFERING? Pain and suffering is …

Types of Defective Product Liability Claims

Types of Defective Product Liability Claims

TYPES OF DEFECTIVE PRODUCT LIABILITY CLAIMS Consider any product you recently bought. You trust the purchased product meets all safety considerations, is manufactured flawlessly and includes all necessary safety warnings. You can file a product liability claim if the above standards are unmet. Keep these standards in mind when asking the question, “What is product …

Why Settle a Personal Injury Case?

Attorneys Debate Whether to Settle a Claim

WHY SETTLE A PERSONAL INJURY CASE? Settlement and trial are two options your attorney will consider throughout your personal injury case. According to FindLaw, a settlement is the plaintiff agreeing to give up the right to pursue any further legal action in connection with the accident or injury in exchange for payment of an agreed-upon …

What Do I Do if I Am Injured in Someone’s Yard on Halloween?

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An exciting tradition of the Halloween season is trick-or-treating around your local neighborhood. As part of this tradition requires you to go on other people’s properties, it is important to be careful. This is because some people may not take care of their grounds, leading to certain hazards and significant injuries. If you are injured …

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