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Schmidt Kramer is proud to announce that our very own associate attorney Dennis R. Kergick has been awarded the Avvo Client’s Choice Award. Kergick, who has been licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania for two years, has an average rating of 7.3 on Avvo.com. He obtained the Client’s Choice Award after achieving five five-star ratings […]

Three patients who underwent open-heart surgery at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA, have contracted a potentially deadly infection as a result of contaminated surgical devices. At this time, the hospital staff denies any medical malpractice occurred, and they insist the deaths of two of the three patients were not due […]

The Japanese airbag manufacturing company Takata made headlines again after The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it had plans to take legal control over the company’s airbag recall and repair process. Takata is facing six product liability lawsuits for manufacturing and selling defective airbags, causing the auto manufacturer Honda to drop the company […]

A study published last month in Anesthesiology medical journal revealed an alarming amount of medication errors occur quite frequently in hospital operating rooms across the nation, making drug-related mistakes a leading contributor to America’s rising medical malpractice lawsuits. According to the study, medication errors occur in almost 50 percent of all surgeries performed. Previous studies […]

According to a recent poll conducted by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), more than 150,000 drivers eighteen years of age or older admitted to driving while sleepy. Shockingly, one-third of these adults also admitted to falling asleep at the wheel at least once in the past month, an act that will almost certainly lead to […]

If you’ve ever wondered how the Social Security Administration (SSA) decides who is eligible for Social Security Disability (SSD), you’re not alone. The process of filing for SSD is often long and tedious, and the outcome of your claim is (at best) a murky conglomeration of endless possibilities. To help guide you through the process […]

If you’ve applied for Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits but were denied, you may be feeling frustrated or confused. But according to the Social Security Administration (SSA), you’re not alone—over half of all applicants are denied SSD benefits the very first time they apply. However, once you’ve been denied, you must go through an appeals […]

Sadly, car accidents are the leading cause of death for teenage drivers and their peer passengers aged 15 to 19 years. However, these car crashes don’t have to be inevitable. Through education and appropriate safety measures, these tragic deaths can be averted. During National Teen Driver Safety Week, which is taking place October 18-24, educators, […]

On Oct. 14, 2015 Schmidt Kramer Partner Scott Cooper was invited by Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Correale Stevens to speak to the Monroe County and Pike County Bar Associations on “Post-Koken Issues in Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Cases” in Mounty Airy, Pennsylvania. Last year, Cooper was a featured speaker at the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s mid-year […]

New car technology has come a long way; today’s new vehicles have many bells and whistles which are designed to improve safety and offer greater convenience. Once only available in high-end vehicles, safety and convenience technology is now available on more vehicles, regardless of their price point. Unfortunately, a great deal of newer safety technology […]