PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS BLOG

If you are a dog owner, you should know what the three types of dog bite laws are. Nearly every state has them and they may vary slightly. Approximately 4.5 million people are bitten by a dog each year. While some injuries are minor, others can lead to hospitalization, infections and life-long scars. If you […]

Labor Day weekend is upon us, and law enforcement agencies nationwide will be cracking down on drunk driving. More than 10,000 law enforcement agencies will be searching for drunk drivers, with zero tolerance for anyone driving with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 or more, which is the legal limit. The crackdown is supported by […]

Schmidt Kramer would like to congratulate the Red Land Little League team on their U.S. Championship win as well as their great work during the Little League World Series. On Saturday, Aug. 29, the Pennsylvania-based little league team scored a 3-2 victory over Pearland, Texas, in front of a record 46,000 fans. A Pennsylvania team […]

The U.S. government has expanded its investigation into airbags manufactured by Takata Corp. after a recent incident involving a collision between a deer and a Volkswagen. As a result of the collision, a side airbag inflated with excessive force, causing a metal canister to blow apart. This incident, which occurred on June 7, 2015, was […]

After months of examining claims filed over General Motors’ (GM) faulty ignition switch, the company has announced that it has approved 124 fatality claims. Additionally, the company approved 275 injury claims, 17 of which were serious. The serious injury claim included those whose injuries resulted in an amputation, permanent brain damage, severe burns, quadriplegia or […]

In the first six months of 2015, traffic fatalities increased by 14 percent nationally when compared to last year, according to the National Safety Council (NSC). About 19,000 people in the U.S. have lost their lives in an auto accident so far. If the trend continues, traffic fatalities could exceed 40,000, the first time since 2007. […]

Schmidt Kramer is proud to announce that five attorneys at the law firm have been selected for inclusion in the 2016 list of The Best Lawyers in America©. We would like to congratulate Gerry Kramer, Chuck Schmidt, Scott Cooper, Michael Kosik and Daryl Christopher on this outstanding achievement. Charles Schmidt, Scott Cooper, Michael Kosik and […]

Schmidt Kramer is proud to announce that our volleyball team took first place in the 2015 Dauphin County Bar Association summer volleyball league! The team, affectionately named “888-8888” for the firm’s distinguishable local phone number, defeated the Dauphin County District Attorneys in the final match to win the championship. Team members included Schmidt Kramer employees […]

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), approximately one-third of all fatal accidents involve a driver under the influence. Still, millions of Americans are admitting to drinking and driving. A survey from the CDC has revealed that 4.2 million people admit to driving while intoxicated at least once in the past 30 days. With […]

When we think of big yellow school buses, most of us think of our youth and days of pencils and notebooks. We don’t think of the chance that school buses can be involved in an accident. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, each year about 19 children are fatally injured in school bus […]