State College Pennsylvania Law Archive: englelegal
Can a car crash blind you? July 11, 2019 | motor vehicle accidents
Unfortunately, if you become the victim of a Pennsylvania car crash, it could render you partially or totally blind, especially if you suffer a head injury during the crash. EveryDayHealth.com reports that over 1.4 million Americans receive treatment for traumatic brain injuries each year. While blindness due to a car crash sometimes occurs because of injury to the eye itself, you stand a much greater chance of losing… READ MORE
Understanding how a grand jury works July 11, 2019 | college student criminal defense
At Engle, Kauffman & VanHorn, P.C., in Pennsylvania, one of the things we do every day is to aggressively defend the rights of people charged with a crime after a grand jury has made its recommendation to prosecute. FindLaw explains that unlike your ultimate jury trial where a 12-member jury must find you guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in order to convict you, a grand jury meets while… READ MORE
Jury awards $21.6 million for injury settlement June 06, 2019 | motor vehicle accidents
Crashes involving a semi-truck are usually severe and often fatal. A Georgia Jury recently awarded the driver of a car and his wife with $21.6 million in damages for the loss of his leg in a crash with a semi-truck. The trial in Whitfield County Superior Court took place over four days, but the jury needed only two hours to determine damages and fault. The victim hit the… READ MORE
Distracted driving citations rise in Pennsylvania April 23, 2019 | firm news, motor vehicle accidents
Distracted driving has become a hot topic among safety advocates, law enforcement agencies, lawmakers and drivers alike across the United States over the past 15 years. This has happened as cell phones have gone from being something new and used by only a small percentage of the population to being something that virtually everyone has with them at all times. While many states have made the… READ MORE
The products consumers use should work and be defect-free, right? April 19, 2019 | firm news, personal injury
Here’s an assumption that we submit merits unanimous agreement among our readers and all Pennsylvania consumers: The products we daily use should operate safely and as intended. That’s hardly an unreasonable expectation. And it has always been the goal of regulators and government officials in the United States. Individuals and families necessarily rely in good faith on manufactured products from virtually every realm. It is not… READ MORE
