February 21, 2013 Philadelphia Personal Injury Attorney: Avoiding Slip & Fall Accidents in Ice and Snow Conditions According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) over 1,000,000 Americans suffer a slip, trip or fall injuries and over 17,000 people die […] Read More »
January 24, 2013 Personal Injury Attorneys in Philadelphia Report on Sobering Statistics on Workplace Fatalities In the United States in 2011, there were 4,609 fatal work injuries, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fatal work injuries and private […] Read More »
January 7, 2013 Philadelphia Products Liability Lawyer Reports on Recalled Home Improvement and Construction Products The Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled several home improvement and commercial construction products. Read More »
January 2, 2013 Philadelphia Products Liability Attorneys Provide List of Unsafe Infant Products At the personal injury law firm of Galfand Berger, we represent clients injured by all types of consumer products. Of great concern to us is the increasing number of young victims seriously injured by defective and dangerous infant products. Read More »
December 7, 2012 Philadelphia Workers’ Compensation Lawyers: Settling Your Workers’ Compensation Case Many Workers’ Compensation cases conclude with a settlement of the claim. Careful thought should be given prior to settling a Workers’ Compensation case as there are a number of factors […] Read More »
December 6, 2012 Philadelphia Accident Lawyers’ Blog Series: Social Network Privacy and Your Personal Injury Case, Part II At Galfand Berger, we continue to keep track of changes in all areas of the law that can affect our clients’ rights to recover in their personal injury claims. One area of the law that is constantly developing is the right to privacy in the age of social networking. Read More »
November 12, 2012 Philadelphia Workplace Injury Attorney: The Importance of Discovering Third-Party Claims in Workers’ Compensation Cases In 2010 there were 85,560 lost-time work injury claims filed with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Worker’s Compensation. Since the Pennsylvania Workers’ […] Read More »
November 8, 2012 The 2012 Update on Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Cases The law in Workers’ Compensation continues to change with numerous decisions by both the Commonwealth Court and Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Insurance carriers have attempted to deny workers their benefits by use of various techniques. They have tried to identify “employees” as “independent contractors” so that coverage would not apply. They have refused to acknowledge the right of employees to file for additional benefits under the Uninsured Motorist coverage policy on an employer’s auto or truck policy. Retirement always comes into play and the use of proper forms raises questions of when and how often such forms have to be used. Here are some cases that may apply to you. Read More »
October 27, 2012 Employment Lawyer in Philadelphia Discusses Outrageous Outcome in FMLA Violation Lawsuit Employers are once again trying to tread on an employee’s right to legitimate time off as provided by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993. The FMLA provides covered employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year for certain family and medical reasons. A recent case from Indianapolis shows … Read More »