Recent Posts in Motor Vehicle Collisions Category
Posted on May 7, 2012 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Murphy
In Pennsylvania, every owner of a registered motor vehicle must obtain automobile insurance on their vehicle pursuant to 75 Pa. C.S. § 1701 et. seq. In 1990 the law was changed to enable vehicle ...
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Posted on Apr 16, 2012 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Murphy
Whenever you are injured while an occupant of a commercial vehicle that is involved in a motor vehicle collision in Pennsylvania , you automatically have unrestricted full tort rights to pursue a ...
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Posted on Mar 12, 2012 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Murphy
A bicyclist has the right of way in a designated bicycle lane. Where there is no designated bicycle travel lane, the bicyclist has the same rights and responsibilities as motor vehicle operators on ...
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Posted on Sep 5, 2011 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Murphy
If you or a loved one is injured in a motor vehicle collision that is caused by a hit and run driver that flees the scene before you can obtain their information or by a driver that is uninsured, you ...
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Posted on Jul 18, 2011 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Murphy
A pedestrian has the right of way in a crosswalk. It does not matter if the crosswalk is not properly painted onto the street surface. All intersections have crosswalk areas going from one corner to ...
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Posted on Dec 10, 2010 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Murphy
The SouthEastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority, also known as SEPTA, is a commonwealth (state) government entity. As a state government entity, SEPTA is immune from suit, pursuant to ...
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Posted on Dec 1, 2010 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Murphy
A pedestrian has the right of way within a crosswalk, as long as the pedestrian is not crossing the street on a red light. As long as the pedestrian is within the crosswalk and is crossing the street ...
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Posted on Nov 29, 2010 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Murphy
Pennsylvania is a Comparative Negligence State. Pennsylvania's Comparative Negligence Act allows an injured person to recover against all negligent defendant(s) whose combined negligence totals ...
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Posted on Nov 26, 2010 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Murphy
Fortunately, the Pennsylvania auto law does provide several exceptions to Limited Tort , which will allow an injured individual bound by a Limited Tort selection to have Full Tort rights and to be ...
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Posted on Nov 21, 2010 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Murphy
When you are injured in a motor vehicle collision in Pennsylvania due to another driver's negligence , the second question you need to answer, after finding out who pays your medical bills , is ...
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Posted on Nov 13, 2010 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Murphy
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania requires all Pennsylvania automobile insurance policies to provide medical coverage for collisions taking place in Pennsylvania . Which automobile insurance policy ...
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