Harrisburg Workers' Compensation Law Blog

Smartphones can make parenting much more convenient. You no longer have to remember the way to every friend’s house, you can set reminders for when to pick your children up from activities and you can easily talk to your child when they are away with a simple text.

Getting help for your sick child is one thing that the Internet may also make easier. You might even do an entire doctor’s appointment online. But is it as good as going to the doctor’s office in person?

There can be serious consequences when a person over the age of 65 falls down. Older folks are more susceptible to broken bones and other internal damage. It isn’t very surprising that falls cause the most traumatic brain injuries (TBI) for older adults.

It might be more surprising that falling also causes the most TBIs for younger people. More than half of TBI-related hospital visits for children younger than 14 are due to falls. It is important to know how to keep members of both these age groups safe from TBIs.

Pedestrian safety has become a critical issue. In just the past five years in Harrisburg, 19 people were hit and killed by cars while 105 were seriously injured. Nationally, the Governors Highway Safety Association recently released data that shows pedestrian deaths approaching a 30-year high.

‘Vision Zero’ is a campaign committed to eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries across the country. City officials kicked off Harrisburg’s Vision Zero campaign in May 2018. Similar campaigns exist in many cities across the U.S., including in New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and more. One of the overarching themes of Vision Zero is viewing pedestrian deaths as preventable, rather than inevitable.

While the speed limit in Pennsylvania may be as fast as 70 mph on the freeways, it's no secret that many people drive much faster. Whether they have a lead foot, are late for an appointment or simply lost track of their speed, many drivers do not obey the posted speed limit.

Most people think of speeding as a harmless act. You get a ticket, you pay a fine, you move on. Maybe your insurance rates go up too. The reason for the law, though, and for the higher insurance premium, is because the data doesn't lie. Speeding increases both the risk of accident and the risk of injury.