October 23, 2012 Philadelphia Personal Injury Attorney Peter M. Patton of Galfand Berger Wins Important Procedural Issue in Products Liability Case A federal court recently returned our client’s personal injury case to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas concluding that defendants violated court […] Read More »
October 22, 2012 Philadelphia Products Liability Attorney Discusses What to Do if Injured by an Escalator or Elevator The trip to the mall wasn’t supposed to be like this. Going up the escalator to the second floor, she held on to the hand rail. But, it stopped while the escalator stairs kept moving. By the time she realized this was happening, she was already far off balance and fell backwards and suffered serious injuries. Read More »
October 16, 2012 Philadelphia Products Liability Attorneys: Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Causing Distress throughout the Nation The products liability attorneys at the personal injury law firm of Galfand Berger in Philadelphia are troubled to report that a medication intended to help […] Read More »
October 10, 2012 Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Attorneys at Galfand Berger Review Article Highlighting Recommendations for Improving Patient Care The Philadelphia medical malpractice lawyers at Galfand Berger recently reviewed an article in The Wall Street Journal written by Dr. Marty Makary, a cancer surgeon at John Hopkins Hospital. In his article, Dr. Makary discussed the prevalence of medical errors […] Read More »
September 27, 2012 The Pennsylvania Chamber Of Business And Industry Is Attacking Rights of Injured Workers There have always been constant challenges by employers, insurance companies and the Chamber of Commerce to an injured worker’s right to receive reasonable and necessary medical treatment under the Workers’ Compensation Act. Now, new proposed legislation not only wants to strip away existing rights to receive medical treatment but also interfere with personal privacy and interferes with the decision of health care providers who are willing to treat injured workers fairly and in a decent way. Read More »
September 4, 2012 Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Lawyers Report on New Device Promising To Identify Sepsis Early The Philadelphia medical malpractice attorneys at Galfand Berger are excited to report that the Food and Drug Administration approved a new test that can […] Read More »
August 9, 2012 Workers’ Compensation Attorneys in Philadelphia Discuss Recent Report on OSHA Workplace Noise Regulations Regulations of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on workplace noise are far weaker […] Read More »
August 7, 2012 Philadelphia Products Liability Lawyer Discusses the Dangers of Unguarded Conveyors Although devices to guard conveyors have been known for literally decades, unguarded conveyors continue to injure or even kill workers. This month the […] Read More »
July 25, 2012 Philadelphia Workers’ Compensation Attorney: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Expands Definition of Employee Recently, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a very important decision expanding the definition of the term employee under Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Act (“Act”): Six L’s Packing Co., v. WCAB (Williamson), PICS No. 12-1047 (2012). Read More »
