Personal Injury

How Marriage Can Affect Your Liability and Other Rights

How Marriage Can Affect Your Liability and Other Rights

Many people get married in the fall and the spring. Obviously, there is a laundry list of things to do.  Once the essential things are done, here is some food for thought as to areas of your life which can be affected by your marital status.

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Myth #7: The Insurance Adjuster Can Help You Better if You Record Your Statement

Myth #7: The Insurance Adjuster Can Help You Better if You Record Your Statement

Truth: The only reason your insurance adjuster wants to speak with you or record your statement is so that he or she can use it against you later. For instance, if shortly after your accident, your insurance adjuster asked you about your injuries. He or she is hoping that you will not tell him about […]

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Myth #6: If You Sign the Insurance Company’s Medical Authorization, You’ll Settle Sooner

Myth #6: If You Sign the Insurance Company’s Medical Authorization, You’ll Settle Sooner

Truth: One of the biggest mistakes that accident victims make is to give the other guy’s insurance company access to their private, personal medical records. The insurance companies don’t make billions of dollars by doing favors for you. By giving your adjuster access to your very private and personal medical records, you are allowing him […]

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Top 10 Insurance Company Lies

Top 10 Insurance Company Lies

There are many common insurance company lies and tactics you may hear if you suffer injuries in an auto accident. Top 10 Lies #10- “$1500 is a lot of money for your injuries!” #9- “How come you were the only one that got hurt?” #8- “With the minor damage to your car, you couldn’t have […]

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Myth #2: Your Insurance Adjuster Is Nice and Trustworthy

Myth #2: Your Insurance Adjuster Is Nice and Trustworthy

Truth: He’s only a nice guy if he wins! At his job, he only wins when you lose. At Ostroff Godshall Injury and Accident Lawyers, we only win when you win. You are not more important to your insurance adjuster then his job, or him getting a raise or promotion. Successful insurance company adjusters will […]

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Myth Number 1: You Don’t Need a Lawyer

Myth Number 1: You Don’t Need a Lawyer

Truth: You need a lawyer. This is probably your first serious insurance company claim and you are up against a professional insurance adjuster with a team of lawyers. Insurance companies make billions of dollars by paying claimants less. The less they pay you, the more they make. The less your adjuster gets you to accept, […]

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Level the Playing Field

Level the Playing Field

INSURANCE COMPANIES SUCK! If you let them, insurance company adjusters will lie and use all types of tactics to pay accident victims as little as possible after their accident. Level the playing field! Let Pennsylvania auto accident attorney Jon Ostroff take care of you. We know how to handle the insurance company! Call us at […]

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How to Choose a Personal Injury Lawyer

How to Choose a Personal Injury Lawyer

If you, or a loved one, sustained injuries in an accident, then you may have questions. You may need legal help. You may not know where to turn. Who can you trust to help you in this important matter? Methods of Choosing a Personal Injury Lawyer Talk to your family and friends to get referrals. […]

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Should I Contact an Accidental Death Lawyer?

Should I Contact an Accidental Death Lawyer?

As your family mourns the loss of a loved one, you may begin to wonder about your financial future and about whether an accidental death lawyer may be able to help you. Generally, speaking with experienced accidental death lawyers may help you recover damages after a loved one’s death if someone else’s negligent or intentional […]

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How Facebook Can Hurt Your Personal Injury Lawsuit

How Facebook Can Hurt Your Personal Injury Lawsuit

Facebook, Twitter and similar social networking websites make it easy to communicate with family, friends, and strangers. With each passing year, we become more and more reliant on social networking sites to keep our loved ones (and others) up to date on what is going in our lives. Since we share everything from what how […]

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