As he stepped out of his work truck to make a delivery to a Philadelphia drugstore in July 2008, Musa Ahmed lost his balance and fell hard to the ground. The curbstone was sunken into the ground and caused his fall, which resulted in serious leg and back injuries. “There was a hole there [in the curb] that shouldn’t have been there,” he said. “I found out later that that hole had been there for a long time and they did nothing about it.” After the accident, Ahmed, 59, heard attorney Dean I. Weitzman speaking on a MyPhillyLawyer radio broadcast and he called in to talk about his case. “This guy seems to be pretty sharp here,” Ahmed said. “After talking with him on the radio, he gave me some good insights on what could happen next.” Ahmed then met with Weitzman and hired him to take his case. “As a person, he just seemed like he knew you for a long time,” he said. “He made you feel like he was raised up in your neighborhood.” Ahmed was also impressed by how the MyPhillyLawyer staff kept in touch about his case. “He had someone from his office contact me periodically to let me know what was happening.”

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