I am an avid ice hockey fan and was pumped up while the Flyers traveled the rough road to the Stanley Cup playoffs. The result was disappointing but I was thrilled with and applauded the grit and determination they displayed. I remember the picture of Danny Briere with blood streaming down his face from a high stick. The ice hockey…

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My 20-year old daughter is a very dedicated track and field athlete, she sticks to her exercise program and is on the extreme side of healthy eating. That last part might explain the terrible cookies she made for me for Father’s Day.   She had a precise recipe for dark chocolate and peanut butter cookies, two of my favorite food groups.…

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Although I practice personal injury law, last week I made a few observations about privacy issues and constitutional considerations regarding sexting. Recently, in passing, someone asked me a question about Megan’s Law. Although first enacted in Pennsylvania in 1995, portions of it were struck down after constitutional challenges and there have been several major revisions which now form the current…

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“Sexting” is a new word that means sending explicit pictures by cell phone. Most old guys immediately revert to their high school mentality by wishing they had sexting in high school. But, of course, cell phones were not around then. In fact, neither cell phones nor sexting existed when our Constitution was written and many of our laws were passed.…

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I sound like such a party pooper which is odd when you consider that my office is between the Boat House and the Pub. However, high school graduation parties and senior week season seems like a good time to review the laws associated with underage drinking. Over the past few weeks I have written about the criminal and civil liability…

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Last week I focused on Dads and Moms who were planning graduation parties. I wrote that Dads and Moms should not serve alcoholic beverages to high school students at graduation parties. Supplying alcoholic beverages to individuals under age 21 is against the law and can result in criminal charges. Furthermore, Pennsylvania imposes social host liability on adults who supply minors…

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Spring is a season of new life and new growth for trees and plants but it can also be a deadly season for high school students. Spring means high school proms, high school graduation parties and senior week. Dads and Moms cross their fingers and hold their breath hoping their children make smart choices and come home uninjured. It would…

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For the past few weeks, I have been writing about the law of products liability. Products liability law is very important to us because we live in an often fast-paced and very technical world. The products we buy are no longer made by the small company down the street. This is true even in the beautiful Borough of Conshohocken. Rather,…

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You have already read that products liability law controls cases brought by injured people against the companies that market products that are defectively designed or manufactured or that do not contain correct instructions and warnings about hidden dangers.  This time, let me suggest some steps that you might want to take if you or a family member are injured because…

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Last time, I explained that products liability law applies to almost every item that you use at home, at work and at play. Product liability law controls cases brought by injured people against those companies responsible for marketing defective products. Also, I noted that a product could be defective because of a manufacturing defect, an error or flaw in its…

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