As Patricia Pinkerton drove her car and waited at a red light on Feb. 27, 2012 on Garrett Road in Upper Darby, Pa., a Verizon bucket truck slammed into the rear of her vehicle as the truck driver was using his cellphone for work. The rear-end crash caused Pinkerton to suffer a traumatic brain injury…

Known for our distinguished work and expertise in the legal fields of personal injury, vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, birth injury, criminal defense and estate planning, MyPhillyLawyer is also now your best source for family law assistance. In June, MyPhillyLawyer opened its first-ever office in Northeast Philadelphia, far from the bustle of Center City, where our…

In June of 2010, Stanley Zarzecki, a 32-year-old cellular network installer, was working one night after a storm on the top of a 10-story building in Philadelphia making upgrades on antennas and related systems. As he worked, he turned to try to communicate with other workers below and plunged from the roof to his death,…

The deaths of two young men in a July 31 boat collision near San Diego, Calif., are the latest tragedies on the waters across our nation. Their deaths follow a July 4 incident in Miami that killed four people when three pleasure boats collided near a Miami marina. Both incidents are stark reminders to us…

A Pennsylvania judge has ordered Nationwide Insurance to pay an $18 million “bad faith” damage award to a family after the company allegedly had the family’s severely damaged vehicle repaired even after an outside appraisal firm deemed that the vehicle should be replaced for safety. The plaintiffs, Berks County residents Daniel and Sheryl Berg, “took…

A 27-year-old man who was scheduled to play professional soccer in Colombia after college has received a $3.34 million medical malpractice verdict from a Philadelphia jury to compensate him after a problematic groin surgery left him unable to pursue his soccer career. The former athlete, Juan Duque, was injured during surgery in 2009 which left…