On behalf of The Homyak Law Firm, P.C. | Oct 15, 2020 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
For car accident victims in Pennsylvania, it’s not uncommon to suffer from aches and pains that last for weeks after the accident. However, some symptoms can be indicative of a more serious injury that wasn’t initially diagnosed. If an individual suffers...
On behalf of The Homyak Law Firm, P.C. | Sep 30, 2020 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
Severe vehicular accidents in Pennsylvania often cause catastrophic injuries. In the hours and days immediately following the incident, the focus is to get the treatment to be able to live a quality life. For many victims, the route to resuming a normal life is...
On behalf of The Homyak Law Firm, P.C. | Sep 18, 2020 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
Commercial trucks are a key tool in transporting goods to consumers in Pennsylvania and throughout the country. However, collisions involving large trucks resulted in 4,761 deaths and tens of thousands of injuries in 2017. According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
On behalf of The Homyak Law Firm, P.C. | Jul 18, 2020 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
Around one in four car accident deaths are the result of distracted driving. Erie Insurance, the insurer based in Pennsylvania, has come out with a report on the top 10 forms of distraction that lead to car accidents, and the results are summarized below. Accounting...
On behalf of The Homyak Law Firm, P.C. | Jul 8, 2020 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
More pedestrians in Pennsylvania and across the U.S. are dying each year. The upward trend began in 2009, and according to a preliminary analysis from the Governors Highway Safety Administration, 2019 was no different. The GHSA, working from traffic death data for the...
On behalf of The Homyak Law Firm, P.C. | Jun 23, 2020 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
In Pennsylvania, and throughout the United States, insurance companies do business in the same way. Motorists are often not wise to the ways that these companies use to keep from paying the full value of auto insurance claims. Often, they take the first offer given to...
On behalf of The Homyak Law Firm, P.C. | Jun 10, 2020 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
Rustic roads are the complete opposite of the bustling city streets that many drivers in Pennsylvania might be familiar with, but it would be wrong to assume that they are safer. In fact, the countryside can be much more dangerous for drivers, especially those who are...
On behalf of The Homyak Law Firm, P.C. | Apr 2, 2020 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
Parents throughout western Pennsylvania should beware the next time their teen drives a friend around or gets in the car of a friend. Research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has found that teens raise their risk for a car crash by 44% with the addition of...
On behalf of The Homyak Law Firm, P.C. | Feb 21, 2020 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
Drivers in Pennsylvania can become inattentive for a number of reasons, but having the driver assistance system engaged may not sound like one of the top reasons. It is a fact, though, that drivers in semi-autonomous vehicles are more inattentive and display slower...
On behalf of The Homyak Law Firm, P.C. | Feb 5, 2020 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
Multi-vehicle crashes can be caused by many drivers, so they pose a difficulty from a legal standpoint. Therefore, Pennsylvania residents should know a little bit of what goes into determining fault in such cases. It all starts with understanding the concept of...
