July 2, 2016 Smoking Cessation: Tips to Help You Quit Cigarette smoking is a dangerous and difficult habit to break. Not only is it a highly-addictive habit, but it can also be extremely fatal, causing over 5 million deaths in the United States each year. Most of those who lose their lives from cigarette smoking are smokers themselves, while some others are those who suffer … Read More »
June 30, 2016 Philadelphia Products Liability Lawyers: Ikea Recall Ikea Launches Massive Recall After Dressers Cause Injuries and Deaths Over 29 million Ikea model dressers have been recalled after multiple reports revealed that several injuries and deaths have occurred because the dressers tip and/or fall over. The products recalled include dressers from Ikea’s lower-cost Malm line, which has been plagued with consumer reports regarding … Read More »
June 11, 2016 Zoo and Amusement Park Safety Issues As the weather continues to get warmer, many of our clients and their families – with their young ones, in particular! – will be making trips to local attractions such as the zoo and amusement parks. Primarily, what is most important is to remember is that it is the legal obligation of the zoos and … Read More »
June 10, 2016 Recommendations for Making Hospitals Safer Recently, we wrote an article that detailed how human and medical errors – in hospital and doctor’s office settings – are the third leading cause of death in the United States each and every year. It is a frightening but true fact that hospitals – the places that we go to maintain and improve our … Read More »
June 7, 2016 Women Workers on Night Shifts Increased Risk for Coronary Disease A recent medical study, conducted at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, revealed that women who work a rotating night shift for ten or more years are at a 15-18% increased risk for coronary heart disease. The study was published in JAMA, a highly reputable medical journal. Heart disease itself affects millions of Americans and is reported … Read More »
May 13, 2016 Philadelphia Personal Injury Lawyers at Galfand Berger: Super Lawyers 2016 The Philadelphia personal injury lawyers at Galfand Berger are proud to announce that five of our attorneys have been honored by Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2016. Richard M. Jurewicz, Senior Partner, has been selected to Super Lawyers 2016 as a top rated products liability attorney in Pennsylvania for the 13th consecutive year. Mr. … Read More »
May 10, 2016 Martha J. Hampton Memorial Award Presented to Jason Krasno On April 15, 2016 the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association and Michael W. McGurrin, a partner at Galfand Berger, presented the 2016 Martha J. Hampton Award to attorney Jason Krasno. Mr. Krasno, a partner at his own firm, has practiced Workers’ Compensation law since 2000. Although Mr. Krasno is the first award … Read More »
May 10, 2016 The Serious Dangers of Automatic Gates The number of people who have suffered serious injuries and even lost their lives from malfunctioning or faulty automated gates is simply too high to have no changes implemented. An automatic gate or automatic gate system is a mechanical device that opens or closes a gate, such as the one at the end of a driveway … Read More »
May 9, 2016 Risk of Car Accidents Memorial Day Memorial Day, the unofficial kick-off to summer, is finally around the corner. A “perfect storm” of factors will lead to an unprecedented number of drivers taking to the road this year: cheaper gas prices, an improvement in the employment rate, and cabin fever after being cooped up all winter long. AAA estimates that over 31 … Read More »
