According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there was a 5.7% increase in workplace fatalities from 2021 to 2022. Although other reports have highlighted some positive workplace safety trends, like a significant downturn in work-related amputations that same calendar year, the BLS’ most up-to-date data indicates some highly problematic developments in the face of[…]

After the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in Tincher v. Omega Flex in 2014, many lawyers felt the decision marked a major shift in how product liability cases would be handled. A recent ruling, however, makes it unquestionably clear that industry standards will remain inadmissible and irrelevant in Pennsylvania product liability cases. Consistent with the state’s[…]

Pedestrian deaths in the United States began to decline in the 1980s, the annual number steadily decreasing until about fourteen years ago. It was then, around 2009, that the pedestrian fatality rate began to grow – and it has continued to grow larger every year since. While safety experts are still working to understand more[…]

On December 15th, a SEPTA bus and a car collided at an intersection in Philadelphia, leaving at least four passengers injured. The crash happened early Friday morning in the Hunting Park neighborhood at North 10th and West Luzerne streets. Local news hovered overhead a short time later and reported that a passenger was still in[…]

Just last month, a teacher was the tenth cyclist to tragically lose his life after he was struck and killed by a motor vehicle while biking in Philadelphia. This most recent loss makes 2023 the deadliest year on record for bicyclists in the city so far. According to the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, or[…]