by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Mar 31, 2016 | Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice litigation is an indispensable avenue of recovery for those who are harmed by a negligent physician. One thing that needs to be kept in mind, though, is that not every instance where a patient is harmed in the course of medical care will translate...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Mar 28, 2016 | Car Accidents
Insurance companies often recruit customers by using slogans that indicate that they are attentive, available, compassionate, neighborly, and understanding – characteristics you might find in a good friend. But at the end of the day, an insurance company is not...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Mar 27, 2016 | Medical Malpractice
In our previous post, we began discussing both the importance and the risks associated with the increasing practice of telemedicine. While telemedicine holds the promise of increasing health care access for rural communities, there is also the risk of error associated...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Mar 25, 2016 | Medical Malpractice
Health care is obviously a critical resource for all Americans, especially those with serious health conditions which require ongoing care. Coming up with ways that all people might have access to health care has clearly been a big subject for discussion in recent...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Mar 24, 2016 | Car Accidents
Getting hurt in an accident is a trying experience, whether it is a car accident, a fall, or you are injured by a faulty product. There’s a lot that needs to be done in order to get your life back to normal. You need to physically and emotionally heal from the...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Mar 23, 2016 | Social Security Disability
Last time, we began speaking about the work requirements that must be met by Social Security disability benefits claimants. As we noted, work credits are earned based on income, and a claimant must have earned a minimum number of work credits based on age in order to...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Mar 21, 2016 | Social Security Disability
Although most people are aware that Social Security disability benefits are a form of insurance, there is a tendency to speak about them as a welfare program. The reality is that these benefits are insurance, though. As many commentators have pointed out, this should...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Mar 19, 2016 | Car Accidents
In our last post, we spoke a bit about a car accident case here in Pennsylvania in which a driver and his employer were sued for the injury of a couple and the death of their son. As we noted, the driver was determined to have been on the job at the time of the...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Mar 17, 2016 | Car Accidents
Back in December, a jury unanimously ruled that the defendant was liable for injuries suffered by a couple in an accident back in 2012, as well as the death of the couple’s child. The accident reportedly occurred after the couple parked on the side of the road...
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Mar 3, 2016 | Car Accidents
Last time, we began looking at the topic of comparative negligence. Picking up where we left off: here in Pennsylvania, comparative negligence law utilizes a 51 percent bar, meaning that if the plaintiff was not more negligent than the defendant or defendants...
