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Car Accidents

Preparing Your Car for Springtime in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on April 22, 2013 in Car Accidents

Car accidents can be caused by any number of things, including drowsy driving, distracted driving, and reckless driving. Regardless of the cause, it is normally due to another person’s negligence that an accident occurs in the first place. However, there are times where a person is taking all the proper precautions while they are on […]

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Pennsylvania Superior Court Rules On SOL in UIM Claims

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on April 22, 2013 in Car Accidents

This will be discussed at the upcoming PAJ Big Auto Program in Pittsburgh this week. Below is the link to the Pennsylvania Superior Court case from last Friday April 19, 2013 in Hopkins v. Erie Insurance Company. This case involves the statute of limitations to preserve the underinsured motorist (UIM) claim. The case involves a […]

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Keep Teen Drivers Safe by Educating Them about Possible Dangers

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on April 20, 2013 in Car Accidents

We recently saw an article on phillyburbs.com by Brianna Spause, called “Stay alert, stay alive: Teen drivers and risky behavior,” and it really caught our eye. As an auto accident attorney, Harrisburg drivers will often come into our office with injuries caused by a crash with a teenager who was driving unsafely. We think it’s […]

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Harrisburg & Camp Hill Drivers Should Consider the Yellow Dot Program

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on April 10, 2013 in Car Accidents

As common as car accidents are on Pennsylvania roadways, people would still rather not think about what would happen if they were in a crash. Who wants to plan ahead for something that may never happen? We get that—but wouldn’t you rather be safe than sorry? Pennsylvania’s Yellow Dot Program is a quick, easy way […]

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Distracted driving is a problem.  April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month and The Pennsylvania Association for Justice (PAJ) is trying to show the dangers of it so when you get behind the wheel you put down the cellphone, put down the mascara, put down the hamburger – and drive. That’s the message that father and […]

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The Chambersburg Public Opinion is reporting that five people were taken to Chambersburg Hospital following a two-vehicle crash at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 6, 2013 on Lincoln Way West (U.S. 30) at Mercersburg Road (Pa. 416.) Reports are that Russell Ryan of Fairfield was treated and released at Chambersburg Hospital, according to a hospital spokeswoman. He […]

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Driver Study: Daydreaming Is More Dangerous Than Cellphone Use

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on April 08, 2013 in Car Accidents

April is Distracted Driving Awareness month in Pennsylvania.  A recent study has shown that drivers involved in fatal car crashes were more often “lost in thought” than distracted by mobile phones, police data show. Ten percent of auto accidents that caused death involved at least one motorist who was distracted, Erie Insurance Group said this week […]

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New Statistics Show an Increase in PA Highway Deaths Last Year

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on April 08, 2013 in Car Accidents

We saw an interesting story recently about car accidents in Pennsylvania, and it touched on what the statistics look like and why they may be the way they are. Being PA auto accident attorneys, Harrisburg and Camp Hill drivers are our main clients, and we’d love to see them avoid accidents that leave them and […]

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Man Faces Deportation after Amity Township Car Accident

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on March 22, 2013 in Car Accidents

A Philadelphia man, who is not a legal citizen of the United States, is facing charges after driving without a license and causing a car accident in Amity Township. That accident critically injured the other driver and two of the man’s passengers. Luzenei Gomes Soares, 31, was driving south on Route 662 (also known as […]

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Accident in Coolbaugh Township Results in Charges for Driver

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on March 20, 2013 in Car Accidents

After a fatal accident near Scranton, a 22-year-old man is facing homicide charges. Jiayuan Liang was driving a passenger-filled Universal Bus Travel van from Chinatown in New York City to Binghamton when it hit the median, rolled over, and hit a tree. One witness watched the van speed by him on Interstate 380 going northbound, […]

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