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[…]

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[…]

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.[…]

On April 15, 2016 the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association and Michael 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 recipient[…]

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[…]