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- Pennsylvania Insurance Lawyers Win Bad Faith Case Against Uninsured Motorist Carrier
- Motorcyclist Denied UIM Benefits by Allstate - Allegheny County Court holds that household exclusion in car insurance policy bars coverage when operating motorcycle not insured on policy.
- Injured in a car accident at work? Erie Insurance denies UM coverage to injured workers and Allegheny Court agrees.
- Teaching Materials - April 1, 1998 - First Party Benefit Update
- Superior Court Issues Sackett III - Pennsylvania Insurance Companies must follow rules before denying their insureds the benefit of stacked uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage.
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You may be looking for information about lawsuits pertaining to injuries, car accidents, insurance claims or medical mistakes. You've come to the right place. In our blog, we compile the region's news about car accidents, commercial truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, medical errors, insurance claims and other accidents and injuries. We also offer the latest information about Pennsylvania case law on these subjects and interesting developments at our firm. Look around. The information is free and, if you'd like to talk to an Erie injury lawyer, we're a phone call away. Call us today for a free consultation about your injury case at (814) 833-7100 or toll free at (888) 870-3499 or use the on-line consult form on the right side of this page.Your Erie County Personal Injury Lawyer Search
If you're looking for a Pennsylvania personal injury attorney, you've already done something great. You've started by looking on-line and found a site that lets you meet your Erie County Injury attorney by video and to collect detailed information about the Pennsylvania accident lawyers at Purchase & George.
Too often, people injured in a Pennsylvania accident choose a lawyer by going through the phone book and calling the first lawyer they see with a big, colorful ad. Don't get us wrong. We use big, colorful ads, too. But our hope is to encourage people to collect more information about lawyers before making a decision about who they should choose to represent them. We firmly believe that the more people know about injury law the more likely they are to choose Purchase & George.
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Pennsylvania Considers Increase in Minimum Car Insurance: Erie Lawyer News
Pennsylvania considers increasing minimum car insurance requirements. Get info or call for a free injury lawyer consult: 814-833-7100/888-870-3499.Pennsylvania Insurance Questions: Erie Agent Gives Bad Advice
A story of bad advice from an insurance agent and an easy solution from Erie's insurance lawyers. For a free PA insurance attorney consult, call 814-833-7100.Erie Insurance Claims Lawyer News: $1,760,000 Award Upheld on Appeal
Having trouble getting a Pennsylvania insurance company to pay you for your injuries? Call an experienced Erie insurance claims lawyer: 833-7100/888-870-3499.Pennsylvania Insurance Lawyers Post New Policy Cancellation FAQs
Looking for a Pennsylvania lawyer who knows the ins and outs of insurance law? Call for a free consult today (814) 833-7100/toll free (888) 870-3499.Pennsylvania Insurance Lawyers: You Cannot Trust Your Insurance Company
Looking for a Pennsylvania lawyer for help with your underinsured or uninsured motorist case? Call 814-833-7100/toll free 888-870-3499 for a free consult today.Erie Lawyers' Insurance Bad Faith Case Featured in Statewide Legal Journal
You may be having trouble with your Pennsylvania insurance company. Maybe you'd like to talk to a lawyer who has tangled with insurance companies before and knows how to get results. One successful Purchase & George insurance bad faith case was recently featured in a statewide legal publication and we offer information about that case and other insurance law topics free to you on our website.Erie Lawyers : Hulk Hogan Debacle Offers Lessons For PA Consumers
Pennsylvania consumers can learn a few things from Hulk Hogan's troubles with lawyers, lawsuits and insurance companies. A car accident is the event that started it all for the pro wrestling star but the heart of the problems started long before the accident. The fundamental problems were some bad choices in buying insurance and ignorance about what to do in the event of an accident.Pennsylvania Insurance Lawyers : Erie Lawyer Named President of PDI
An Erie lawyer for whom we both have a great deal of affection has been named President of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute. Craig R. F. Murphey will serve this year as president of the insurance industry organization devoted to minimizing compensation to injured people in Pennsylvania. Congratulations, Craig!Erie Underinsured Motorist Lawyers : Motorcyclist Denied Coverage in Allstate v. Hymes
In Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Co. v. Hymes, the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County held that a motorcyclist injured when struck from the rear was not entitled to UIM benefits from his own auto insurance policy due to the household exclusion in his own auto policy.Erie Uninsured Motorist Lawyers : Erie Insurance v. Conley
In Erie Insurance v. Conley, the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas denied uninsured motorist coverage to a man injured in a car accident caused by the negligence of a co-worker. The Court reasoned that because the injured man was in the scope of his employment at the time of injury, Pennsylvania's Worker's Compensation Act made his co-worker immune from suit and therefore the immune co-worker did not qualify as a person from whom the injured plaintiff was "legally entitled to recover damages."Erie Car Insurance Lawyers : Insurance Reviews : Injury Claims
I occasionally will search to see how insurance companies are rated by on-line consumers. Even accounting for the tendency of on-line reviews to be a magnet for the chronically discontent, the on-line reviews are noteworthy for how uniformly unhappy people are who present injury claims.
Pennsylvania Insurance Claim Lawyers : New Opinion Clarifies Rules for Stacking UM/UIM Coverage
In what may not be the last opinion in the Sackett v. Nationwide saga, the Superior Court has issued an opinion that summarizes the rules that a Pennsylvania car insurance company must follow before denying its insureds the benefits of stacked UM/UIM coverage following the addition of a new vehicle. However, Nationwide isn't ready to pay up on their policy just yet. They've asked for reargument.PA Insurance Claims Lawyers : State May Use Surveillance to Enforce Ins Laws
Pennsylvania is considering the use of surveillance cameras on public streets and highways to enforce insurance laws. The proposal is meant to reduce the number of uninsured drivers on PA's roads. It is meeting with some resistance by insurance companies but our initial reaction is to support the proposal because of the promise it holds for reducing the most dangerous drivers on PA's roads and the "coverage tragedies" they sometimes cause.GEICO Tries to Deny Coverage to its own Insured, Loses on Appeal
The recent Superior Court opinion of Dixon v. Geico illustrates the battle insurance companies wage on their own insureds and the difficulty injured people can have getting compensation for their injuries, even when they're trying to collect benefits from their own insurance company to whom they've paid their premiums.Underinsured Motorist Lawyer : Prudential Denies UIM Bens to Insured in Truck
In Prudential v. Ziatyk, Prudential sued its own insured as part of an effort to deny her benefits under a policy her husband had bought for the family. Prudential claimed that their auto policy defined car so as to exclude trucks of a certain size. So, when their insured got hurt in a rental truck accident, Prudential tried to get out of paying her the benefits owed under her policy.PA Supreme Court Holds Uninsured Motorist Carrier Must Provide Coverage Despite Failure of Insured to Give 30 Day Phantom Vehicle Notice
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently held that an insurance company is not relieved of its contractual obligation to provide uninsured motorist coverage merely because the insured failed to provide notice of a phantom vehicle within 30 days as required by the MVFRL and/or the policy. Pennsylvania insurance lawyers and Erie insurance lawyers who handle uninsured motorist claims should be aware that this decision limits the reach of State Farm v. Foster which addressed the requirement of notice to law enforcement of the involvement of phantom vehicles.Dauphin County Court Awards Attorney Fees for Successful PRO Appeal
Insurance companies who wrongly decide to stop payment of medical bills are insulated from certain penalties under the Peer Review provisions of the MVFRL. However, while they may not be liable for treble damages, insurance companies are required to reimburse the attorney fees incurred by a health care provider or insured in a successful challenge to a PRO decision.Insurance Laws Miss the Point
Recent letter to Erie Times News highlights popular misconceptions about auto insurance. While there are criminal consequences for drivers who don't have the required insurance the bigger problem caused by driving without insurance is the risk that the uninsured driver takes for herself, her family and others on the road.Purchase & George, P.C. are injury lawyers representing clients throughout Northwest PA including in Erie County, Erie, North East, Fairview, Edinboro, McKean, Girard, Springfield, Albion, Union City, Corry, Crawford County, Meadville, Linesville, Conneaut Lake, Cambridge Springs, Warren County, Warren, Venango County, Franklin, Oil City, Mercer County, Jefferson County, Brookville, Clarion County, Clarion, Northwest Harborcreek, McKean County, Bradford, Kane, DuBois, Sugarcreek, Waterford, and Punxsutawney.
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