With the early February 2014 General Motors recall of 778,000 vehicles in the United States and Canada, a number of painful questions have been raised in terms of safety and preventive actions the carmaker could have taken. The 2005 Chevy Cobalt and its faulty ignition switch substandard performance has left many people wondering how this problem could have gone unchecked for so long. With a product defect like this, on...

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 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...