Media Landlord Tenant Attorney on Waiving Back Rent if Your Trouble Tenant Voluntarily Leaves Clients often ask me as an experienced Media Landlord Tenant Attorney, if they waive back rent if a tenant volunteers to leave the unit. If you have a tenant who is not paying his or her rent, and he or she…
Media Injury Attorney Explains How to Recover from a Hit and Run Accident I am often asked as an experienced Media Injury Attorney, if you can recover from a hit and run car accident. Whether or not you’re in your vehicle when you’re the victim of a hit-and-run accident, you may be able to obtain…
Media Estate Planning Attorney Explains if Your Estate will be Taxed In the process of estate planning, many clients ask me as an experienced Media Estate Planning Attorney, whether or not their estate will be taxed. For federal estate tax purposes, if you’re a single taxpayer and your estate is over $5.45 million, you will…
In Pennsylvania, courts have adopted a rule for determining a property owner’s liability for a snow or ice-related fall. It is referred to as the Hills and Ridges doctrine. It has three elements that must be proven to have a claim: (1) that the snow and ice had accumulated on the area of the fall…
Sick Leave: What Employers Need to Know Pennsylvania state law does not require employers to provide employees with sick leave benefits, either paid or unpaid. If an employer chooses to provide sick leave benefits, it must comply with the terms of its established policy or employment contract. An employer should regularly review its policies published…
Media Personal Injury Attorney Discusses Malicious Prosecution This legal question was provided by Avvo.com. You can view the original question here. Question: Is abuse of process and malicious prosecution a criminal or civil offense? I would like to seek charges for someone that made false allegations towards me in which I spent thousands of dollars…
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What is Full and Limited Tort? This legal question was provided by Avvo.com. You can view the original question here. Question: There are two parts to this question: 1) If I carry full tort, my understanding is any passenger in my vehicle in the event of an accident would be considered carrying full tort, even…
Can I Pursue an Attorney for Legal Malpractice if I Settled My Case? Clients come to me all the time with questions regarding pursuing an attorney for malpractice if you have already settled. We often have clients contact us who have settled their underlying matter and then, through some circumstances that have changed, they now…