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I practiced for 15 years without giving much of a thought to lawyer advertising. But when I left my big firm for a solo practice and then joined my partner in a joint effort to successfully represent injured people, injury lawyer advertising became a topic that is never too far from my thoughts. The advertising challenge for Pennsylvania injury lawyers,…

August 18, 2010, Erie, PA – The Erie Times News reports a fatal Erie car accident occurred on Buffalo Road Monday night. According to the report, Benjamin L. Kirkland was killed when his vehicle crossed the center line and struck an oncoming vehicle driven by Ashli Dornhoefer. Ms. Dornhoefer’s injuries were reportedly minor. According to the Times, Mr. Kirkland was…

An article on GoErie.com reports on an Erie car accident that occurred in the 4100 block of Buffalo Road in Erie County, Pennsylvania last night around 9:40 pm. The story reports that two vehicles were involved in the Pennsylvania car accident and that one person from each vehicle was taken to the hospital for diagnosis and care related to the…

The Erie Times reported on an Erie car accident on I-79 that closed the northbound lanes for over an hour yesterday morning. The first Erie car accident was reported as having occurred just south of the McKean PA exit on I-79 at approximately 5:40 a.m. Little was reported about this first accident. Jessica Dylewski of McKean had stopped her car…

A DUI related fatality in Erie last fall has led to a state prison sentence for a North East man. Frank Stewart was sentenced yesterday for the September 20, 2009 crash that killed his friend, Jeffrey Lencki. Mr. Stewart was sentenced to three to six years, a sentence that will be served in a state facility for crimes including vehicular…

I occasionally will search to see how insurance companies are rated on-line by real-life consumers. Even accounting for the tendency of on-line reviews to be a magnet for the chronically discontent, the on-line reviews are noteworthy for how uniformly unhappy people are who present injury claims to insurance companies. This particular site caught my eye this morning. As you’ll see,…

A substantial Erie car accident has been reported as having occurred at the intersection of 14th and Peach Streets in Erie, PA this morning. The Erie Times News reports that a Jeep Cherokee (apparently being operated by an off duty Erie police officer) was traveling north on Peach Street when it collided with a Chevrolet Malibu being operated by an…