Your right to pursue compensation for injuries after an auto accident depends on the state in which you live. Depending on the state, you either may or may not pursue compensation if you contributed to the accident.
In New Jersey and Pennsylvania – the states served by the attorneys at Wapner Newman – two main factors influence your ability to recover compensation:
The degree to which you were at fault for caus...
If you are a parent or family member having emotional difficulty coping with the results of your child or loved one’s condition that was the result of medical malpractice, then you no longer need to suffer in silence.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently expanded the type of lawsuits available to those who suffer emotional distress as a result of medical malpractice against their family members.
In Toney v. C...
Shoulder dystocia is a type of birth injury that happens when an infant’s shoulders become stuck in the mother’s birth canal during delivery. If there is too long of a delay between the emergence of the infant’s head and the emergence of its shoulders, your newborn’s health can be seriously compromised. Studies have shown that approximately 20% of infants who are delivered via shoulder dystocia suffer a temporary o...
If you have suffered a serious personal injury in a car accident, the other driver’s insurance company – along with their Injury lawyer – will do everything possible to minimize the compensation they pay out to you. One of the ways insurance companies attempt to do this is by examining your medical records for pre-existing conditions that could explain away your recent car accident injuries.
For example, if you in...
Wapner Newman Files Suit in Erie Group Home Fire Deaths
Group Home Owner and Caretaker Negligent in Deadly Fire Alleges Suit
PHILADELPHIA: Attorneys at the law firm Wapner Newman, have filed a negligence suit against the Barber National Institute on behalf of the estates of the two residents who died in an April fire at the Millcreek Township group home. The men, Guy Lombard and Jeff DiLoreto, were killed in a fire begun w...