Firm Blog: Auto Accidents

Motor vehicle accidents are an unfortunate occurrence that affects thousands of motorists across the country each year. Some accidents amount to a minor inconvenience with minimum damage, while others result in totaled vehicles and catastrophic injuries, or, even worse, death. Sometimes, a car accident might leave you with no injuries or minor injuries that you […]

Uber has quickly become one of the most popular ways to hitch a ride. With a convenient and user-friendly app and tons of available drivers at almost any time of day, it has become a much-needed convenience for those in need of a ride. Uber is not only popular with users and customers, but with […]

When most people think of a motor vehicle accident it usually includes another car, truck or motorcycle and sometimes an inanimate object like a phone pole. What people sometimes forget is that automobiles can collide with more than just another object. An unfortunate string of events was recently reported in Pittsburgh’s Highland Park, where a […]

Even at a dead stop, accidents can happen. Such is the case with a recent multi-vehicle collision in Churchill on Business Route 22. With cars lined up waiting at a red light, a tractor-trailer was unable to stop, rear-ending one vehicle into another. The domino effect extended to nine vehicles, each being hit by the […]

When it comes down to it, only an honest handful of automobile accidents simply cannot be prevented. Most of them happen because of human error and, in essence, are preventable. This “human error” can mean motorists were speeding, disregarding warnings and signs, or driving distracted — something that can be at the route of many […]

One state trooper is being called a hero after rescuing a driver from a flaming car. The incident occurred this past week on Interstate 376 in Findlay Township. The state trooper described driving through a construction zone when he noticed a distressed driver in the emergency pull-off area. The trooper’s statement indicates that he put […]

Your life can change in just a matter of seconds. With so many cars on the road at any given time, especially in the Pittsburgh area, the chances of being the victim of an automobile accident due to another’s negligence can be quite staggering. Consider yourself lucky if you were only in a fender bender, […]

In Pennsylvania in the late months of July, a car crash in Bethel Park, the lives of three women were taken, and one woman was left injured and in critical condition. One of the women posted a video of herself drinking a lot of alcohol, right before she left to go drive with her friends. […]

After most car accidents in Pennsylvania, drivers talk to one another and swap car insurance information, then file claims with their own insurance or with one another’s auto insurers. Pennsylvania is one of many states that require minimum car insurance coverage for precisely this reason: so that compensation is available for most crashes, even when […]

“Whiplash” is the more commonly-known name for a neck sprain caused by the head whipping forward and backward forcefully. The forces involved in a car accident can easily cause whiplash, which is one reason the injury is commonly linked to car crashes. Whiplash is particularly dangerous because the symptoms of the damage may take 24 […]