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- Anapol Weiss’s $206 million verdict in “Kids for Cash” case is No. 1 in the Legal’s 2022 list of Top Verdicts and Settlements in Pennsylvania
Jan 3, 2023
Anapol Weiss has been featured at the top of The Legal’s Top Verdicts and Settlements in Pennsylvania of 2022. In this case, our firm secured a $206M verdict against two former judges for their involvement in the Luzerne County “kids-for-cash” scandal. U.S. District Judge Christopher C. Conner of the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Aug. 16 ordered defendants Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan to pay $106 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages...Read More - Selecting Safe Toys
Dec 6, 2022
To Buy or Not to Buy? You are trying to find a toy for your toddler or a friend’s youngster. The label on the package reads: Intended for children over 3 years of age. Did you look at your bright and curious 2 year old, who takes things apart at home and think to yourself she’ll love this toy and she’s old enough to play with it? Don’t do it. Unless you are sure that that toy...Read More - Supreme Court Keeps Consumer Class Action Alive but Asks Circuit Court to Develop More Facts
Nov 26, 2022
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court sent a lawsuit against a people-search website for publishing incorrect information about a Virginia man back for the lower courts to develop more facts about the man’s injury. In a 6-2 decision, the Court remanded the consumer class action to the Ninth Circuit to develop more fully whether there was a “concrete” injury alleged under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). For standing a plaintiff must show “an invasion of a legally...Read More - Oversight Review Reveals VA’s Camp Lejeune Claims Processing Needs Improvement
Sep 6, 2022
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs regional staff incorrectly processed 37 percent of disability compensation for Camp Lejeune-related claims. These errors resulted in denied claims and underpayment to veterans affected by exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a review in 2022 to determine whether Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) staff followed regulations and procedures in processing and deciding Camp Lejeune-related claims. In January 2017, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease...Read More - Truck Accidents Due to Distracted Driving
Feb 22, 2022
PA Truck Accidents Due to Distracted Driving Commercial truck accidents are increasingly common in Pennsylvania. It may come as a shock to learn that according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), seventy-one percent of truck accidents are caused by distracted driving. If you or someone you love was involved in a PA truck accident due to distracted driving, you may be entitled to financial compensation. A respected PA distracted driving truck accident lawyer at Anapol Weiss...Read More - Seat Belts, Buses and Trains: Perfect Together or Not?
Jan 24, 2022
When bus and train manufacturers market their vehicles without providing the purchaser with the option to use a safe restraint system, why shouldn’t they do so at their financial peril? After all, isn’t that what it has done to the students and train passengers who get on board every day? Recently, a Washington to New York Amtrak commuter train derailed and at least six people died and over a hundred were rushed to nearby hospitals. This...Read More - Attorneys for the plaintiffs deliver closing arguments in Pa. ‘Kids for Cash’ scandal following more than 300 survivors testify in a civil hearing
Nov 18, 2021
The civil hearing to assess damages in Pennsylvania’s ‘Kids for Cash’ scandal concluded with closing arguments on October 25th in the federal courthouse in Wilkes-Barre against two judges at the center of the scandal that goes back to 2003. More than 300 survivors shared their stories. The three weeks-long hearing finished with Sol H. Weiss, a named partner with Anapol Weiss and the lead attorney for the plaintiffs, delivering his closing arguments. The ruling is...Read More - Test Your Knowledge About Distracted Driving – What You Know Can Keep You Safe and Those You Care About
Oct 20, 2021
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela In 2015 we lost more than 35,000 in traffic crashes. The percentage increase over 2014 was the largest percentage increase in 50 years. Traffic deaths had been trending downward since 2007 and the early estimates for 2016 indicate that even more of us will be killed than in 2015. The largest percentage increase in 2015 fatalities was for distracted driving,...Read More - Helmets: Protecting The Brain
Aug 4, 2021
Can More Be Done in the Design of Helmets to Reduce the Risk of Head Injury? The Answer to the Question is Frustratingly Simple: Yes. To understand how helmet safety can be improved, we first need to understand how the brain is concussed or more seriously injured. Brain injury, which runs the gamut from a low-level injury (e.g., sub-concussive) to the gravest of injuries (e.g., major bleeding throughout the brain and/or diffuse injury to the axons),...Read More - Autonomous Vehicles—Collision Avoidance Technology
Aug 4, 2021
Making It Easier and Safer: How Should The Civil Justice System Respond? In 1968, Herbie was the star of a movie called The Love Bug. Herbie was a fictionalized version of what the auto industry and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration now call “autonomous” or “driverless vehicles.” Over the years, movie goers and TV audiences have laughed, cheered and marveled at similar cars in the Batman series, I Robot, the Minority Report and the Knight Rider...Read More