It was supposed to be a summer of swimming and fun for a group of  56 African-American and Hispanic children from a  Northeast Philadelphia daycare center who were to head regularly to a private swim club in the Montgomery County suburbs to beat the heat. Image credit: © iStockphoto.com/paulprescott72 Instead, their first visit turned ugly…

In a recent article, William Bender of the Philadelphia Daily News reports on the atrocity of disabled adult abuse. He rightly points out that Pennsylvania is one of only five states that have no abuse investigation law protecting these vulnerable citizens. As a result, abusers at group homes and other disabled care facilities can simply…

If you have been injured in a car accident, construction/work-site accident, slip and fall accident, or another accident caused the negligence of another, you may want to file a personal injury claim. But how much will this cost you? The simple answer is: nothing. You will not pay any attorney fees unless MyPhillyLawyer recovers compensation…

The push to ban drivers from texting while operating motor vehicles on America’s roadways just got a powerful and influential ally recently — the Ford Motor Co.  is the first automaker to embrace a proposed new law that would cut federal highway funding by 25% to states that refuse to outlaw the dangerous practice. “Ford…

The premise of tort reform is popular with politicians and big corporations, who use it as a target for  “cleaning up”  our complex legal system.  But if you or your family needs to sue for damages following an injury, the wrong kind of tort reform could be very harmful. The idea behind tort reform sounds…

9/11. Somehow, it’s been eight years today since terrorists attacked the United  States in New York, Washington and Shanksville, Pa. On that perfectly gorgeous late summer day on Sept.  11, 2001, we watched as the World Trade Center’s twin towers were hit and ultimately toppled by hijacked commercial jetliners filled with innocent people.  We watched…