Guidelines For Avoiding A Speeding Ticket
July 9, 2008
Speeding tickets are a pain to pay, but more of a pain to watch as insurance premiums balloon into larger amounts each time one is obtained. A speeding ticket can quickly make the most affordable insurance out of range for a driver- so it’s best to learn how to fight and prevent speeding tickets where possible. A nice technicality to keep in mind is the fact that if an officer can show up to a court date in which the driver obtains to contest the speeding ticket, the driver will usually win... Read more »
How To Maintain Your Limited Liability Company Agreement
July 9, 2008
The limited liability company agreement is not one that is adopted and then placed in a safe or drawer never to be looked at again. It is the most important document for an LLC business and should be properly and actively maintained as the business grows and evolves. Learn the key requirements for proper maintenance. PROPER ADOPTION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT First, you should confirm that your agreement was properly adopted by the LLC and agreed to by every member of the business. ... Read more »
Know Your Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Rights
July 9, 2008
It is always a tragedy when someone is injured on the job and can’t work, but after all the sympathy cards and get well wished have faded, there is still the reality of bills to be paid and a family to support. There are laws in Pennsylvania protecting your rights as an employee injured on the job, but they also require you to follow a specific procedure in order to qualify for workers compensation benefits. Because of this specific and sometimes confusing required course of action, it is... Read more »
What is a Subrogation Lawyer?
July 9, 2008
Subrogation has supposedly been around forever, thus Pennsylvania Subrogation Lawyers have also been around forever. (Or at least as long as Pennsylvania has been around). Historians say that the Romans used the principle of subrogation a couple of thousand years ago, albeit in a less complex form than exists today, and the tradition was carried on in Europe over the succeeding centuries. In the United States, some of the oldest cases in the law books involve Pennsylvania Subrogation Lawyers. The... Read more »
Anatomy of a Lawsuit, Part One
July 8, 2008
Hopefully, you have been fortunate enough to avoid having to pursue or defend a lawsuit and will not have to do so in the future. However, in the event that you do find yourself entangled in civil litigation, the following is a brief description of the process which consists of five phases: Pleadings, Discovery, Motion for Summary Judgment, Arbitration and Trial. This article will cover the pleadings, discovery and summary judgment motions phases of a lawsuit. Pleadings The Pleadings stage is... Read more »
A Lawyer’s Guide to Purchasing Automobile Insurance - Part One
July 8, 2008
You are driving through an intersection when, suddenly, you hear the screech of tires and feel another car crash into yours. Whether the accident was the other driver’s fault or your own, the decisions you made when renewing your automobile insurance coverage months before the accident will significantly impact how the accident will affect your life. Bodily injury/property damage coverage protects you from claims from other parties concerning accidents that you cause. Under Pennsylvania... Read more »
Anatomy of a Lawsuit - Part Two
July 8, 2008
In this article, you will learn about both the Arbitration and Trial stages of a lawsuit. Arbitration In Pennsylvania, if the Plaintiff is seeking money damages of less than $50,000, the lawsuit proceeds to mandatory arbitration rather than directly to a trial in front of a judge or a jury. The procedure involved in an arbitration is similar to that of a trial. However, instead of a judge or jury deciding the case, the ruling is made by a panel of three local attorneys. If either party is dissatisfied... Read more »
A Lawyer’s Guide to Purchasing Automobile Insurance, Part Three
July 8, 2008
Pennsylvania’s Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law provides the consumers purchasing automobile insurance must make a choice of tort options - either Limited Tort or Full Tort. Although your insurance costs are lower if you select Limited Tort rather than Full Tort, you sacrifice legal rights by choosing Limited Tort. Full Tort is an election made on your automobile insurance policy which allows you and the members of your household to seek compensation for economic and non-economic... Read more »
Statute of Limitations: Out of Time, Out of Luck
July 8, 2008
Protect your rights in a lawsuit by understanding the specifics of Pennsylvania’s Statutes of Limitations. If you are thinking about filing a lawsuit, timing is crucial. The rule of law called the Statute of Limitations requires that a lawsuit be filed within a certain period of time and, if it is not, the injured party loses the right to seek recovery. Knowing about the rule and how to apply it are critical to protecting your legal rights. The Purpose of the Rule A Statute of Limitations assigns... Read more »
Parental Liability for the Acts of Children
July 8, 2008
Parents usually feel responsible when their children do bad things - a sense of shortcoming or failure when children make bad choices or carelessly cause harm to another. However, whether parents can be held legally liable for the acts of their children is not commonly known. The answer, not surprisingly, is sometimes “yes” and sometimes “no.” General Rule The general rule is that the mere relationship of parent and child does not impose any legal liability on the parent... Read more »
