Blog: Personal Injury

Personal Injury Allegations Prompt Rental Car Investigation

Nov 24, 2010

Spurred by allegations of incidents involving personal injury and death, safety officials have started an investigation to determine how long it takes car rental companies to repair vehicles that have been recalled for safety concerns. Currently, there is no federal law that ensures that rental companies fix car that have been recalled before renting them to patrons. Ford, Chrysler and GM have been asked by the National Highway Traffic Safety Association to provide updates on...

Holiday Safety Tips for Purchasing Toys

Nov 23, 2010

This coming Friday is the largest shopping day of the year and about 50 percent of all toy purchases in the United States occur during the time period between Black Friday and Christmas day. Recent years have seen a string of headlines related to toy recalls based on the danger of possible personal injury. Every year in the United States there are around 169,300 children ages 14 and under that are sent to a hospital...

Use of Forensic Meteorologists Popular in Personal Injury Cases and Others

Nov 15, 2010

Meteorologists are not just predicting the weather anymore; they are also helping attorneys reconstruct accident and crime scenes by repainting weather conditions. Forensic meteorologists assist personal injury attorneys, insurance companies and even criminal attorneys by detailing a particular day’s weather to help win a case. The weather is involved in more legal cases than you would think, and therefore the expertise of a meteorologist is useful. Weather conditions can be crucial in slip-and-fall cases that...

Four-Year-Old Can Be Sued in Personal Injury Case – Part 2

Nov 3, 2010

In our last post we discussed that a New York state district judge ruled that a four-year-old could be sued for negligence in a personal injury case. We also discussed the events that led up to the New York lawsuit. In this post we will discuss the legal arguments from the case. To rehash the facts, the two young children had been riding their bikes with training wheels down the sidewalk while their mothers supervised...

Four-Year-Old Can Be Sued in Personal Injury Case – Part 1

Nov 1, 2010

A New York state district court judge has ruled that a four-year-old can be sued in a personal injury case. The judge ruled that a four-year-old girl who was accused of hitting an elderly woman with her bike while racing can be sued for negligence. The judge's ruling did not find that the little girl was negligent; it only found that a lawsuit could be filed against her. In this post, we will discuss the...

The ABC’s of CPR Become Rearranged – C Now Comes First

Oct 21, 2010

The time tested CPR response to an emergency personal injury has been to follow the ABC's — airway, breathing, compressions. Not anymore, the new guidelines announced on Monday by the American Heart Association recommend that rescuers start with chest compressions first before giving breaths. A doctor who co-authored the new guideline says the change puts the simplest step first. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR has been modified over the last few years to reflect a greater...

Teen Suffers Seizures After Drinking Redbull

Oct 8, 2010

Many of us consume energy drinks throughout the day in order to stay alert and on-task, and many of us have heard different rumors that consuming a large quantity of energy drinks could have negative consequences. A recent medical report has documented a case where a teenager that drank two cans of an energy drink on an empty stomach suffered an episode of seizures and possible personal injury. After burning the midnight oil by studying all night,...

Woman Alleges Medical Malpractice Caused Infertility, Part 2

Sep 2, 2010

In our last post, we began telling the story of a Plymouth, Pennsylvania, woman who underwent multiple surgeries, and has alleged in a medical malpractice suit that several doctors and the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital provided her with substandard medical care eventually causing her infertility as well as significant pain, scarring and depression. Below is the conclusion to this story. The following day, Hebda again experienced uncontrollable vomiting and consequently went to the hospital. In his...

Woman Awarded $6.8 Million for Injuries Caused by Drunk Driver

Aug 24, 2010

One of the most common causes of severe motor vehicle accidents is drunk driving. While we usually think of criminal charges when we think of drunk driving, there is also a personal injury component to these car accidents. In addition to suing the person that was driving drunk, a injured person may also be able to sue to the bar, tavern, or restaurant that served the alcohol under what is called "dram shop liability. A...

Welcome to Our Pennsylvania Personal Injury Law Blog

Jul 6, 2010

At the Law Offices of Dallas W. Hartman, P.C., we are dedicated to providing effective representation to those who have been seriously injured or lost a loved one because of the negligent or reckless actions of another. We understand the anger, frustration and worry that you may be experiencing. That is precisely why our specialized Pittsburgh personal injury attorneys are here to offer the support you need. No matter the situation, we will always take...