March 13, 2025 What Can an Attorney Do for Elevator Injury Claims? Elevator accidents are often complex, involving multiple parties and potentially devastating injuries. Improper design, installation, or maintenance can compromise elevator safety, leading to incidents that require detailed investigation and legal knowledge. When you hire Galfand Berger LLP, our experienced Philadelphia premises liability lawyers handle every aspect of your claim. A lawyer can do the following: … Read More »
March 11, 2025 Fighting Back Against Pre-Injury Releases How to Protect Your Clients’ Rights From a Growing Legal Defense to Personal Injury Claims In recent years, more and more businesses have started incorporating waivers of liability and release language into basic contracts to shield themselves from responsibility when they cause harm to someone due to their own negligence. The emergence of pre-injury release … Read More »
March 11, 2025 Obvious Defect? Not so fast… Even a seemingly “obvious” product defect will take the right skills and understanding of the law to successfully prove a product liability case. Clients may come to your office with a potential product liability case. If you are a lawyer, and this is outside your typical practice area, it makes sense to refer that case … Read More »
March 6, 2025 March Is National Ladder Safety Month Ladders are a fixture in nearly every home and workplace across the United States, so it should come as no surprise that we observe National Ladder Safety Month every March to learn how to better reduce preventable ladder-related injuries and fatalities. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports that falls from ladders are one … Read More »
March 3, 2025 March Is Brain Injury Awareness Month Every nine seconds, someone in the U.S. sustains a brain injury. According to the BIAA, or the Brain Injury Association of America, there are more than 5.3 million Americans living with a permanent brain injury-related disability. Though brain injuries can be caused by many different things, some common culprits include work-related injuries, motor vehicle accidents, … Read More »
February 28, 2025 OSHA Reminds Employers to Plan, Equip, and Train for Winter Weather Hazards Every year, thousands of workers are injured and killed in accidents where the primary or secondary factors are weather and atmospheric conditions. While cold stress may be one of the most obviously attributable winter weather hazards for general industry construction workers who often work longer hours outside or in cold, internal temperatures, it is by … Read More »
February 19, 2025 Winter Car Insurance Tips: Are You Covered for Ice and Snow Accidents? Pennsylvania drivers must be prepared for the unique challenges of ice and snow on the roadways in winter. Preparing for winter driving and ensuring you have the right insurance coverage can significantly affect your safety and financial well-being. A car accident can be life-altering, especially when caused by winter conditions. Our experienced Philadelphia car accident … Read More »
February 18, 2025 Pennsylvania Drivers: Snow Removal Rules Apply to Your Vehicles, Too It should come as no surprise that snow and ice removal rules apply not only to your business or residential property; they apply to motor vehicles, including commercial vehicles. Drivers in Pennsylvania must remove snow and ice from their cars within 24 hours of snowfall stopping. Making sure that your vehicle, which includes your front … Read More »
February 14, 2025 Important Snow and Ice Removal Guidelines for Philadelphia and Reading Residents With snow and ice still on the ground and predictions on the horizon of more to come, now is the perfect time for Pennsylvania residents to brush up on how they can follow their city or town snow removal guidelines. For example, in Philadelphia, not only is complying with the city’s guidelines the best way … Read More »
