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7 Tips for Driving Safely Around Commercial Trucks

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on October 10, 2018 in Truck Accidents

Driving around commercial trucks can often be dangerous. The risk of an accident increases around these vehicles that have much larger blind spots, cannot easily maneuver and take much longer to stop when compared to other vehicles on the roadway. Truck accidents often lead to significant injuries and fatalities due to the massive size of […]

How Much Is My Truck Accident Claim Worth?

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on July 10, 2018 in Truck Accidents

If you or someone you love was recently involved in a truck accident that caused significant injury, filing a claim against the at-fault party is a complicated process to handle alone. A dedicated truck accident attorney can help you navigate through these types of claims and determine how much your truck accident claim is worth. […]

Leading Causes of Commercial Truck Accidents

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on March 29, 2018 in Truck Accidents

Because commercial trucks are much larger and heavier than passenger vehicles, they can cause devastating injuries when involved in a collision with a smaller vehicle. If you or a loved one has been injured in a commercial truck accident, contact our personal injury attorneys to review your claim. We can determine if you are entitled […]

Why Hire a Lawyer After a Commercial Truck Accident

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on January 19, 2018 in Truck Accidents

Accidents involving commercial trucks or tractor-trailers often cause more severe injuries than crashes involving passenger vehicles. Their weight and size increase the chances of serious harm or fatality. Contact Schmidt Kramer’s Harrisburg truck accident lawyers for assistance pursuing compensation for your injuries. An experienced truck accident lawyer knows the complexities of these cases and will […]

Who Can I Sue for a Truck Accident Injury?

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on October 19, 2017 in Truck Accidents

Truck accident cases are complicated for a variety of reasons. One of the biggest is that multiple parties besides the driver could all be held liable for the same crash. The truck accident lawyers in Harrisburg at Schmidt Kramer have created a list of some of the entities that are often held liable for truck […]

Common Truck Accident Injuries

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on July 11, 2017 in Truck Accidents

In 2018 alone, there were 4,136 truck accident fatalities. Of those killed, 69 percent were occupants of other vehicles and 15 percent were pedestrians, motorcyclists or bicyclists. Because commercial trucks are significantly larger and heavier than the average car, accidents that involve commercial vehicles often include much more severe property damage and injuries. Our Harrisburg […]

NHTSA Proposes Speed Limiters for Trucks to Save Lives and Fuel Costs

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on September 09, 2016 in Truck Accidents

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) are considering a proposal that would require heavy-duty vehicles be equipped with devices limiting their speed. Both organizations predict that imposing this rule would save approximately 27 to 500 lives per year and save more than $1 billion annually in […]

Truck Wheel On Interstate Causes Injuries

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on February 27, 2015 in Truck Accidents

Posted on Feb 27, 2015 The Chambersburg Public Opinion is reporting that State Police are looking for information on a truck that lost a wheel on Interstate 81, causing a crash that seriously injured two people. Police at the Carlisle barracks said the truck was traveling south on I-81 Thursday morning around 6:30 a.m. when […]

26 Trucks In 11 Crashes Caused By Whiteout On Route 80

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on February 13, 2015 in Truck Accidents

Posted on Feb 13, 2015 The Centre Daily News is reporting about a tractor trailer crash in Pennsylvania yesterday. According to reports, Interstate 80 westbound was shut down between Lock Haven and Milesburg for about two hours yesterday because of a multi-vehicle accident near mile marker 164, PennDOT spokeswoman Marla Fannin said. Eastbound traffic was restricted […]

Pennsylvania Interstate Truck Accident Kills 2, Injures 18

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on January 08, 2015 in Truck Accidents

Posted on Jan 08, 2015 The Carlisle Sentinel is reporting that two people died and nearly two dozen were injured in an 18-vehicle crash, yesterday afternoon, during a snow squall in western Pennsylvania that left drivers with little visibility. Authorities said the chain reaction pileup happened in whiteout conditions in Pennsylvania on Interstate 80 in […]

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Schmidt Kramer, P.C.partner Gerard C. Kramer won a personal injury action for $10,043,952.13 in Northumberland County on behalf of a volunteer firefighter who was the victim of Intentional Tort. The 50-year-old volunteer firefighter was seriously injured when a barn collapsed, causing a spinal injury which left him a paraplegic. The claim was brought against the arsonist who intentionally started the fire. It is believed that the verdict is the highest ever in Northumberland County.
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$4,034,000.00 Personal Injury
Yesterday a Judge in Union County (Lewisburg, PA) awarded a couple from New Berlin, Pennsylvania, over $4,000,000 because the husband was shot while turkey hunting.You might ask yourself, how does a turkey hunting accident end up with that type of verdict? In order to understand the verdict you would have to know our clients. They are good people who had their life wrecked. Plus, you would have to know the defendant, who should not have been hunting with a gun because he was prohibited after a previous criminal conviction.It is a good verdict, because the Judge was able to do two things with his decision. First, he communicated to two very good people that their losses were something that those of us on the outside could appreciate and value. Mike Hobbins (our client) is a 51 year old guy who lost his sight because a convicted felon --who should not have even possessed a gun-- went hunting illegally, and broke with impunity the most fundamental rule in hunting: identify your target before you pull the trigger. The Judge accepted the financial loss Mr. Hobbins' suffered, but listened closely to the evidence of less tangible losses. When Mike broke down on the stand, because his daughter would end up walking him down the aisle at her wedding, as opposed to how it was supposed to go, the Judge was listening. When Mike could not keep it together, because of how emasculating it was for him not to be able to provide financially for his family, the Judge was listening. It was facts like these that the Judge cited to support the $2,000,000 award for non-economic damages. Second, the Judge wanted to send a message. Union County is a hunting county. Many of the residents hunt there, and people from outside the area come to Union County to hunt. It was my impression, from the Judge's statements as he rendered his decision, that he wanted to send a message to the people in Union County to protect them in their sport. The rules in place to restrict people convicted of crimes not to have a gun are not to be broken. Hunting is serious and you have to identify your target before you shoot. When you turn your back on the rules that are set to provide safety in a sport, you risk being an example. Here, the $1,000,000 punitive damage award sends that message loud and clear.When it really comes down to brass tacks, the right action was taken against a Defendant who may never truly appreciate what kind of impact his reckless choices caused.At Schmidt Kramer, we are injury lawyers. That means we work with people who were hurt in car accidents, who were hurt by the neglect of nursing homes, or those that were seriously injured because of the reckless, thoughtless acts of others. If you or a loved one have been injured in Pennsylvania, we may be able to help. While the verdict yesterday is not one that is representative of every case we do, it does show that serious and dedicated representation can bring good results.Joe ChapmanJanuary 18, 2013
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On Monday, January 6, 2014, Schmidt Kramer accident lawyer Scott Cooper obtained a verdict on behalf of his client who is the widow of a man who died in a fiery crash on Interstate 78 in Lebanon County. The awarded verdict of $2.2 million was in a nonjury proceeding before a federal judge in the Middle District of Pennsylvania. That verdict includes $100,000 in punitive damages assessed against the owner of the trucking company.Kamilah Claxton won summary judgment in November after the defendants, Sukhwinder Singh and the trucking company for which he worked, failed to file a brief in opposition to Claxton's motion, which was made in September. The verdict in Claxton v. Singh was issued after the court held a non-jury assessment of damages earlier this month."Mr. Sukhchan Singh, the employer, is liable on the basis of respondent superior, but was also grossly negligent in failing to maintain his vehicle in compliance with state and federal law, particularly with regard to having required safety inspections and correcting defects in its braking equipment," said U.S. District Judge William W. Caldwell of the Middle District of Pennsylvania in his opinion accompanying the verdict."He was also grossly negligent in entrusting his vehicle to Sukhwinder Singh, an inexperienced truck driver who had failed the written test and driving test multiple times before finally earning his commercial driving license," Caldwell said.
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$1,200,000.00 Personal Injury
A Dauphin County jury has awarded a $1.2 million verdict to the parents of a 5-year-old who had an anoxic brain injury and stopped breathing after he had a tonsillectomy.2012-06-26 10:00:00 AMDate of Verdict: June 19. 2012Court and Case No.: C.P. Dauphin County No. 2009-CV-14003-MMJudge: Scott EvansType of Action: Medical malpracticeInjuries: Anoxic brain injuryPlaintiffs Counsel: Terry S. Hyman, Schmidt Kramer, HarrisburgPlaintiffs Experts: Dr. Anna H. Messner, liability; Lucille Packer, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Palo Alto, Calif.; Terry P. Leslie, vocations and earning capacity, Lancaster; Dr. Hilary B. Berlin, pediatric psychiatry, Great Neck, N.Y.Defense Counsel: Andrew H. Foulkrod, Darlene K. King, Foulkrod Ellis, Camp Hill, PADefense Experts: James C. Reilly, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Wilmington, DEComment: A Dauphin County jury has awarded a $1.2 million verdict to the parents of a 5-year-old who had an anoxic brain injury and stopped breathing after he had a tonsillectomy.The entire verdict came against Dr. Andrew M. Shapiro, the doctor who plaintiffs Reginald Graham and Tykeisha Metz alleged chose to have the boy monitored at a pediatric ward. The plaintiffs argued Shapiro failed to tell nurses caring for the baby about, and how to care for, the boy's enhanced risk for respiratory failure.The jury came back on June 19 and awarded Reginald Graham and Tykeisha Mets $500,000 in non-economic damages and $686,170 in loss of future earning capacity, according to the plaintiffs counsel.According to the statement, the baby's mother brought him to Shapiro because she was "'afraid that he might stop breathing during his sleep,'" the plaintiffs' pretrial statement said. Shapiro performed a sleep study and observed the baby's Apnea Hypopnea Index to be 43 — four times higher than what's considered severe. A tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy were performed.According to the plaintiffs, the baby's sleep study results put him at an increased risk for post-operative respiratory complications. Despite this, they argued in the statement, Shapiro ordered the pediatric nurses at the Harrisburg Hospital general pediatric ward to observe the boy as they would any other patients — about once every four hours.The pretrial statement said that one in four children who have an AHI in the 40s and oxygen desaturation below 80 have some type of respiratory problem. The younger the child, the greater the risk of a respiratory problem, the statement said.According to the statement, Shapiro took off the child's pulse oximeter, the finger-mounted device used to measure blood oxygen, and ordered a heart and respiratory rate monitor. The child was 11 months old at the time.The plaintiffs pled that the baby was last seen at 4 a.m. There was no record of his oxygen saturation for the next hour and 45 minutes. He stopped breathing a 6:40 a.m., and his brain was without oxygen long enough to cause demonstrable injury on an MRI."Immediately prior to his surgery, [the child] was a normal child, who could say mama, eat finger foods, and was just on the verge of walking," the statement said. "After his code, [he] was like a newborn. He could not lift his head or sit up. He could not talk. He could not move."In his pretrial statement, Shapiro argued that he recognized the child's pre-operative sleep study showed he was driven to breath by decreased blood oxygen saturation, which he said was typical in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.He argued the American Academy of Otolaryngology dictates that admission to the intensive care unit is not the standard of care. In the statement, he said nurses did not observe signs of respiratory distress. No alarms sounded until the child arrested, the statement said.He said the baby likely arrested as a result of hypoglycemia and/or an acute aspiration, which he argued would not have been identified by blood oxygen saturation.— Ben Present, of the Law Weekly
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Scott Cooper settled a wrongful death case on behalf of the widow of a police office who was killed in a car accident in the line of duty for $1,024,040.80. The claim against the other driver was amicably resolved before suit was filed for the entire available policy limits for the other driver. The case took place in Adams County, PA.
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