Tim Rayne, a partner with the full service Chester County, Pennsylvania, law firm of MacElree Harvey, has published a book titled “A Lawyer’s Guide to Purchasing Car Insurance.”
For thirteen years, Tim has been helping people in Chester County who have been injured in accidents.  He has extensive experience negotiating with insurance companies and trying […]

 
 
In the American system of civil litigation, there are two categories of money damages that can be awarded by a judge or jury in a lawsuit – Compensatory Damages and Punitive Damages.  As was explained in a previous article, Compensatory Damages attempt to make up for the harm caused to the injured party by paying […]

With all the talk in recent years of “tort reform” and “frivolous lawsuits,” I was encouraged, as a trial lawyer, to hear of how our legal system dealt with the frivolous lawsuit in which a man sued a dry cleaner for $67 million over a lost pair of pants.  The result of that case firmly […]

Do I Even Need a Personal Injury Attorney?
Just because you have been involved in an accident, that doesn’t automatically mean that you need to hire a Personal Injury attorney to represent you.  The accident might not have been caused by anyone’s negligence (carelessness), so a legal claim may not exist.  The injuries might be so […]