A 13-year-old boy is not an adult. Yet when a 13-year-old boy commits a heinous crime, our court system in the U.S. can treat him like an adult and lock him up for life. That was the case for Joe Harris Sullivan, who was convicted 20 years ago in a Florida court of beating and…

We here at MyPhillyLawyer have been harping about the dangers of driving while texting or talking on a hand-held cell phone for months.  We’ve even applauded the City of Philadelphia’s efforts earlier this year to ban the practice. Well, now it’s becoming more serious for drivers.  Starting this Sunday, Philadelphia police will start enforcing a…

EBay.com is certainly a great place to buy and sell stuff online, from cars to motorcycles to toys and trinkets. But have you ever read all of the pages and pages of the “fine print” in your user agreement with eBay Inc.?  I bet you haven’t, and that creates a bit of a legal quandary…

Physicians have debated the relationship between a low APGAR score and cerebral palsy, especially in children with low birth weight. Although this relationship has previously been inconclusive, a new study by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) indicates a direct association between cerebral palsy and low APGAR scores in children with less than normal…

Recently, the Senate voted down an amendment to the health care reform bill that would have limited the fees that plaintiffs’ attorneys could collect in medical malpractice lawsuits. In the measure proposed by Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev), attorney fees would have been limited to one-third of the first $150,000 recovered in any medical malpractice case.…

Have you been injured in a car accident, construction accident, slip and fall accident or otherwise as the result of another’s negligence or carelessness? If so, you may be reluctant to sue. In this video blog, Attorney Dean Weitzman of MyPhillyLawyer explains that insurance companies put money aside specifically for people who are injured. You…