by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Dec 31, 2015 | Workplace Accidents
Cellphones can be very useful tools in the workplace, but they can also be very dangerous distractions. It is estimated that 3,000,000,000 text messages are sent out each and every day. More and more often, people are using mobile devices so that they can send and...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Dec 30, 2015 | Medical Malpractice
A recent article in the Philadelphia Inquirer highlighted a topic that should concern all of us: errors in health care. As the article pointed out, progress in reducing the number of medical errors has been painfully slow. Part of the reason for that is that there is...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Dec 23, 2015 | Workplace Injuries
Many workplace injures happen while on the job—in a warehouse, on a construction site, or in an office building, for example. However, it is important to note that injuries don’t have to happen at a specific location to count as workplace injuries.For...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Dec 23, 2015 | Car Accidents
In our last post, we began speaking about the federal hours of service rules and their general purpose. As we noted, compliance with the rules has been a challenge over the years, because federal regulations have only required truckers to keep track of their hours via...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Dec 21, 2015 | Car Accidents
Truck driver fatigue is an important issue, or rather problem, when it comes to highway safety. Although most truckers are responsible and don’t take chances behind the wheel, there are some who put both themselves and other motorists at risk by driving without...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Dec 18, 2015 | Medical Malpractice
In our last post, we began speaking about the result of a recently published report concerning hospital mortality and readmission rates in Pennsylvania. As we noted, improvements were seen in many areas between 2009 and 2014 in terms of mortality rates.The report also...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Dec 17, 2015 | Workplace Injuries
If you have to drive as part of your job, you may run into a situation during the winter in Pennsylvania where you just don’t feel safe being on the road. When a big snowstorm blows in and the roads are coated in ice, can you tell your employer that you’re...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Dec 16, 2015 | Medical Malpractice
Quality of health care is a critically important issue for patients. As consumers of medical services, it is tempting to assume that our lack of ability to effectively shop around for medical care means that health care services are more or less of equal quality...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Dec 10, 2015 | Workers' Compensation
Technically, you have a right to seek compensation in Pennsylvania if you get sick while at work because of your job. For example, if the workplace is filled with hazardous materials and you breathe toxic dust for years on end, it could cause respiratory issues that...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Dec 10, 2015 | Car Accidents
In our previous post, we spoke a bit about the problem of aggressive driving in general and here in Pennsylvania. One of the issues we mentioned at the end of our last post is that aggressive driving is often not a matter of only one individual losing his or her...
