Hospital emergency rooms are designed to accommodate a large number of patients suffering from a wide range of immediate medical problems. ER employees are trained to respond to injuries and ailments quickly and efficiently, with the goal of preventing serious complications and saving lives. Unfortunately, as emergency rooms get busier and busier, emergency room negligence has become almost commonplace. ERs are often und...

David E. Sternberg and Steven G. Wigrizer, partners in 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 when an employee of the Millcreek Township group home fell asleep without extinguishing a cigaret...

For the fifth consecutive year, Wapner Newman attorney Marc G. Brecher have been named 2008 Pennsylvania "Super Lawyers" by Law & Politics magazine and Philadelphia Magazine. Brecher, has been recognized as a "Super Lawyer" each year since 2004 for his outstanding performance representing victims of medical malpractice, faulty products, motor vehicle accidents, premises liability and personal injury. He has obtained...