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News
Purchase & George to Host Erie Radio Accident and Injury Law Show...
Posted on 9/9/2011
Erie Lawyer Asked to Serve Second Consecutive Term...
Posted on 8/25/2011
Erie Lawyer to Give Supreme Court Approved CLE Presentation...
Posted on 8/23/2011
Erie Lawyers Featured in National Retail Publication...
Posted on 8/18/2011
Purchase & George is now on Google+...
Posted on 8/2/2011
New Parking Lot...
Posted on 6/23/2011
Erie Lawyers Support New Blossoms New Life Charity Tournament...
Posted on 6/15/2011
Lawyer Eric Purchase Named Chair of Erie County Bar Association Civil Litigation Section...
Posted on 4/5/2011
Erie Injury Attorneys Announce Pennsylvania Injury Law "Microsite"...
Posted on 3/13/2011
Erie Lawyers Help WQLN...
Posted on 1/2/2011
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Car Accidents
- Take the Pledge and Get a Free Bracelet!
- Increasing Minimum Insurance Limits in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Bans Texting While Driving
- Pedestrian Tips
- Smartphones - Your Personal Car Accident Assistant?
Commercial Truck Accidents
- Learn Why Commercial Truck Accident Cases are Different than Other Car Crashes.
- Delivery Truck Dangers
- Common Causes of Pennsylvania Truck Accidents
Motorcycle Accidents
- Snowmobile Safety Tips
- Motorcycle Accident Cause Factors and Identification of Countermeasures
- Manual del motociclista
- Ten Things All Car and Truck Drivers Should Know About Motorcycles
- Pennsylvania Motorcycle Operator Manual
Insurance Claims
- 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.
Medical Malpractice
- Erie Cancer Misdiagnosis Story Depressingly Familiar
- Jury Returns $1.97 Million Verdict in Gynecological Surgery Malpractice Case
- Babies Born at Night (or in Rural Hospitals) More Likely to Suffer Brain Injury
- Pennsylvania House Bill Shields Doctors Who Admit Fault
- Should All Surgeries be Videotaped?
Other Personal Injury Practice Areas
- Boater Safety Tips from Your Erie Accident Lawyers
- Pool Safety Tips
- Tips for Kids: Dog Bite Prevention
- Does Your Erie Pennsylvania Premises Liability Accident Fit into One of these Three Categories?
- REAL LIFE QUESTION AND ANSWER SERIES : CAN I SUE FOR SPOON MISTAKE?
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Frequently Asked Questions
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 FAQs section, we compile some of the most frequently asked questions we hear about car accidents, commercial truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, medical errors, insurance claims and other accidents and injuries. 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.
Car Accidents
- What is Limited Tort?
- I've just been in a Pennsylvania car accident. Do I need to hire an injury lawyer?
- Does Pennsylvania have special winter driving laws?
- Red Flags From Lawyers Series : I visited a Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer for a free consultation about my Erie car accident case. The lawyer told me he'd send me to a doctor he knew and I wouldn't have to pay up front. Is this a good idea?
- Will my Pennsylvania car crash injury case settle or go to court?
- What must I prove to win my Pennsylvania car accident case?
- What are some common examples of "negligence" (or carelessness)?
- Should I tell my car insurance company about the accident?
- What should I tell my insurance company when I report the accident?
- What should I do if the insurance company for the other driver calls me?
- I was injured in a Pennsylvania car accident and can't work. Can I recover my lost wages?
- Do I have to reimburse my health insurance company if I settle my Pennsylvania car accident case?
May I be compensated for my pain, discomfort, inconvenience, disfigurement, and embarrassment suffered in a Pennsylvania car accident?
- How will I pay my Erie injury lawyer?
- Is there a "standard" contigent fee agreement used by Pennsylvania injury lawyers?
- I Was Hurt in a Pennsylvania Car Accident. Who Will Pay My Medical Bills?
What if I Don't have Enough PA Car Insurance to Pay All of My Pennsylvania Car Accident Medical Bills?
- Who pays the medical bills for Pennsylvania pedestrians or bicyclists hit by a car or truck?
Commercial Truck Accidents
- How many tractor trailers and other large trucks are on the roadways throughout the U.S.?
- How many trucking companies are there in the U.S.?
- What are the different Gross Vehicle Weight classes for commercial trucks?
- What is a "Bobtail"?
- What is a Pennsylvania Commercial Driver's License?
- What is a "Shipping Container"?
- What is "Dead-Heading"?
- What does it mean to "Jackknife" a tractor-trailer?
- What are IVHS (Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems)?
- What is a "Semi-Trailer"?
- What is a "Reefer"?
- What is "Shipping Weight"?
What is a "Trip Recorder"?
- What is a "Tractor"?
- What is an "Upper Coupler"?
- Should a Pennsylvania Truck Accident Investigation Include a thorough Inspection of the Truck?
- How can I learn more about the trucking company involved in my Pennsylvania truck accident case?
- What is a "Commercial Truck" in Pennsylvania truck accident law?
Why do Pennsylvania tractor-trailer accidents cause more damage than car accidents?
- What makes a Pennsylvania commercial truck accident case different from car accident cases?
- What investigation do Erie truck accident lawyers recommend?
- What dangers are presented by Pennsylvania commercial trucks?
- What do Erie truck accident lawyers mean when they refer to a truck's "No Zone"?
How are the laws for Pennsylvania commercial truck accidents different from the ones for car accidents?
What limits are placed upon a Pennsylvania commercial truck driver under federal regulations?
- What are some of the biggest differences between passenger cars and commercial trucks (besides the obvious size difference)?
Insurance Claims
- What is a Pennsylvania car insurance "surcharge?"
- My Pennsylvania auto insurance company cancelled my policy (or decided not to renew it). Now what do I do?
I was convicted of drunk driving and now my Pennsylvania auto insurance company has cancelled my policy. Can they do that?
My Pennsylvania automobile insurance policy was canceled because I did not pay my premium on time. Can they do that?
- What are the mandatory minimum levels of coverage for car liability insurance in Pennsylvania?
How does "stacking" work in Pennsylvania auto insurance?
Where can I find what coverages I have on my Pennsylvania car insurance policy?
- What is "U" Coverage in a Pennsylvania auto insurance policy?
- What is Uninsured Motorist Coverage in a Pennsylvania car insurance policy?
Should I buy Pennsylvania Uninsured Motorist Coverage?
- How does Pennsylvania Uninsured Motorist Coverage work?
What is Pennsylvania Underinsured Motorist Coverage?
- How does Pennsylvania Underinsured Motorist Coverage work?
- Should I buy "U" Coverage as part of my Pennsylvania car insurance?
- What is "Stacking" on a Pennsylvania car insurance policy?
Do I have insurance for lost income caused by Pennsylvania car accident injuries?
What are First Party Benefits in a Pennsylvania Car Insurance Policy?
Medical Malpractice
- What is a "Central Line?"
- What is Encephalopathy?
- What is a Sigmoidoscopy?
- What is a Colonoscopy?
- What is a Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT)?
- Erie Medical Malpractice Lawyer FAQs: What is an APGAR Score?
- Erie Obstetrical Malpractice Lawyer FAQs: What does "prenatal" mean?
- Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Lawyer FAQs: What is Preeclampsia?
- Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Attorney FAQs: What is Eclampsia?
- What is a "Breech Birth?"
What is a Caeserian Section or C-Section?
Other Personal Injury Practice Areas
- PA Dog Bite Lawyer Q & A: In Pennsylvania by what age must a dog be licensed?
- Pennsylvania Dog Bite Lawyer Q & A: Are dogs permitted to run loose in PA?
- Erie Dog Bite Lawyer Q & A: Who is responsible for injuries caused by a dog in Pennsylvania?
- What is Pennsylvania's "Dangerous Dog Law"?
- What are some of the responsibilities of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement?
- Where are the nearest offices for Dog Law Enforcement in northwest Pennsylvania?
- Where can I call to report an Erie County dog attack or dog bite?
General
- Will it cost me anything to see a Purchase & George lawyer about my personal injury or medical malpractice case?
- What is Joint and Several Liability?
How many spinal cord injuries occur in the United States every year?
- What if I'm not happy with my Pennsylvania injury lawyer?
- Erie Injury Lawyer Q & A: What is "subrogation" and how does it figure into a Pennsylvania injury case?
- Will I have to Go to Court to Settle my Pennsylvania Injury Claim?
Erie Injury Lawyer Fee Questions: Will I have to pay a lawyer up front?
Should I keep using facebook or myspace during my Pennsylvania personal injury case?
- Who or what is a "defendant" in a Pennsylvania injury lawsuit?
- Who or what is a "plaintiff" in a Pennsylvania personal injury suit?
- What do Erie Injury Lawyers mean when they refer to "case law?"
- What are the judge's "chambers"?
- What is a "civil lawsuit" in Pennsylvania?
- How long will my Pennsylvania injury case take?
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Car Accidents:
- Original Eric J. Purchase, Attorney at Law Ad
- How to Hire a Car Accident Lawyer in Erie, Pennsylvania
- What to Do if You’ve Been in a Car or Truck Accident in Pennsylvania
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FAQs
Car Accidents
- What is Limited Tort?
- I've just been in a Pennsylvania car accident. Do I need to hire an injury lawyer?
- Does Pennsylvania have special winter driving laws?
Commercial Truck Accidents
- How many tractor trailers and other large trucks are on the roadways throughout the U.S.?
- How many trucking companies are there in the U.S.?
- What are the different Gross Vehicle Weight classes for commercial trucks?
Insurance Claims
- What is a Pennsylvania car insurance "surcharge?"
- My Pennsylvania auto insurance company cancelled my policy (or decided not to renew it). Now what do I do?
I was convicted of drunk driving and now my Pennsylvania auto insurance company has cancelled my policy. Can they do that?
Medical Malpractice
Other Personal Injury Practice Areas
- PA Dog Bite Lawyer Q & A: In Pennsylvania by what age must a dog be licensed?
- Pennsylvania Dog Bite Lawyer Q & A: Are dogs permitted to run loose in PA?
- Erie Dog Bite Lawyer Q & A: Who is responsible for injuries caused by a dog in Pennsylvania?