As part of the national effort to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted driving Anapol Schwartz attorneys have gone to local high schools to talk with students.  Armed with the EndDD.org presentation developed by the Casey Feldman Foundation and the researchers at Philadelphia’s Children’s Hospital’s Center for Injury Research and Prevention, the Anapol Schwartz  attorneys [...]

The term whiplash is often used to describe something that happens very suddenly. However, whiplash is more than that. Whiplash is an injury that occurs suddenly. Often whiplash happens in rear end car accidents when a driver or passenger in the front car is suddenly hit from behind. The collision can cause a person’s head [...]

For more than a decade, federal regulations have required trucks to have rear underride guards to prevent cars from going under a truck in a rear end collision. These regulations apply in Pennsylvania and around the country and are meant to protect car drivers and passengers from serious, potentially fatal, crashes.

Underinsured motorist coverage, or UIM auto insurance, can be an important part of your car insurance plan. If you are hurt in an accident and the other driver does not have enough car insurance to cover all of your injuries and damages then UIM will require your own insurance company to pay the difference up [...]

It is hard to take even a short trip in Pennsylvania without seeing a truck. Shipping trucks on highways, 18 wheelers making deliveries on local streets and big rigs in parking lots can all create potentially dangerous situations for other drivers and their passengers.

Auto accidents in the suburbs tend to be different than car crashes in the city. While the rules of the road and the laws governing recoveries are the same, there are some practical differences that are important to know about if you are injured in a suburban crash.

Too many people die in auto crashes involving texting. Texting is an extracurricular activity that should never be done while driving a car. Texting while driving is avoidable. Auto crashes involving texting happens because of stupidity. Due to advancements in technology and inexpensive cell phone contracts/cheap prepaid phones—texting while driving is on the rise and [...]

Lawyers tend to be task-oriented—some say we like to get from “A to Z” quickly. I think we may be too quick. As I learn about how people proceed through the mourning process and face loss and grief I believe we do a disservice to our clients and miss opportunities to learn more about our [...]

Whiplash is an injury to the neck and spine that can occur during an accident when an individual’s neck is jarred in a swift, unexpected motion. Because motor vehicle crashes (even at low speeds) may jar a person’s neck, whiplash lawsuits are common between injured parties. Whiplash typically occurs to passengers in a car that [...]

Distracted driving in any form is incredibly dangerous. And while the use of cell phones and hand held devices, specifically texting while driving, always tops of the most hazardous distractions driving activities, with good reason, another primary offender routinely rides under the radar: eating while driving. A recent story by the York Daily Record explored [...]