Daffner & Associates - Personal Injury Team

12/25/2025

03/23/2025

If you or a loved one has been injured or has died because of an airline-related injury, you may be entitled to compensation. Call us for a free, confidential consultation.

02/15/2025

People hate lawyers. But you know what people hate even more? Getting hurt in an accident and then having an insurance company try to rip them off. Happens all the time and it’s getting worse, not better.

Whether you love or hate lawyers, we will protect your rights and we won’t let some huge company decide to give you nothing while you have a life of suffering ahead of you.

If you’re getting je**ed around by an insurance company after an accident, give us a call.

01/25/2025

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), most of those who are killed or seriously injured in accidents involving large trucks are the occupants of passenger vehicles. There are a variety of ways these accidents occur, including:

Jackknifing
This is where a truck basically folds in on itself, and happens when the driver loses control of the cab and the trailer due to speeding and/or having to brake suddenly. This, in turn, creates a situation where the trailer can swing to the other side of the road and into the path of oncoming vehicles.

Rollover Accidents
These horrific accidents can be fatal for everyone involved, including the driver of the truck. These usually happen when a tractor-trailer approaches a curve at too great a speed. The problem is that when the driver suddenly changes direction, the trailer can continue in the original direction and pull the truck with it, causing a rollover. Another cause of these accidents is mechanical failure or tire blowouts.

Underride Accidents
When a car crashes into a truck and becomes trapped under the trailer it is known as an "underride accident." The biggest risk is seen where the roof of the car is sheared off, which often results in fatal consequences for all of the occupants of the car. Even those that do survive an underride accident can have severe and disabling injuries which may be lifelong.

Rear-End Accidents
These are not very exciting accidents, and typically involve only minor injuries, especially when they occur at low speed. However, due to the size differential between the vehicles, tragic consequences can also result from such situations. These accidents typically involve truck-driver distraction, impairment, speeding, or reckless driving.

Truck accidents can be complicated and involve numerous different parties, including the driver, trucking company, maintenance company, manufacturer and others. If you're injured in a truck accident, you need attorneys on your side who can review the case properly and will fight for the compensation you deserve.

If this has happened to you, please don't hesitate to give us a call - we've been protecting your rights for over 30 years and we'll have your back every step of the way!

09/30/2024

05/03/2024

The number of commercial vehicle accidents have risen prolifically in the past 5 years. If you've been injured in an accident with a truck or other "common carrier," you need professional representation. Call our office for a free, confidential consultation with our attorneys if you've been the victim of an accident!

04/13/2024

The one-year increase in truck accident fatalities in PA was more than just 3 other states (IL, NY and AZ). What’s going on around here?
Please be careful on our highways!

The number of fatalities on U.S. highways is falling, except in crashes with large trucks.

04/03/2024

Please be careful out there!

04/01/2024

Many people believe they're at the mercy of the driver (i.e., his or her insurance limit, which is typically fairly low) of a ride-sharing service if there's an accident. That is not the case. Services that know or have reason to know that a driver may be negligent and fail to address it are also responsible for the harm caused. Below is a recent example - it is not one of our cases, but it illustrates what can happen when a ride service won't discipline its drivers.

SCRANTON — A civil lawsuit filed against the ride share service Lyft Inc. and the driver related to a pedestrian crash that caused life changing and disabling injuries to a 15-year-old boy in Wilkes-Barre has settled for more than $26 million.

03/22/2024

If you've been injured, you should only have to worry about getting better. Let us worry about the rest.

02/28/2024

Being attacked by a dog is not only scary, but it can also cause serious and lasting injuries.

Unlike most other states, in Pennsylvania we don’t have “strict liability” for dog owners, i.e., the owners are generally not responsible for anything other than medical expenses. This means that the owner isn’t responsible for other damages such as pain and suffering, lost wages, and so on, simply because they’re the owner of the animal; rather, to recover these expenses in Pennsylvania it must be shown that there was negligence on the part of the owner.

Essentially, to recover anything other than medical expenses, it must be proven that the owner knew (or should have known) that the dog was dangerous (the Court calls this “unmistakably vicious tendencies”), and that, knowing this, the owner still failed to control the dog properly.

One way to show this is to show that the dog has a reputation for being aggressive toward others, especially if it has bitten people before. Also, the law requires dogs to be restrained at all times – if the owner failed to do this, that is the most common way to show negligence on the part of the dog owner.

It is also important to note that dog owners can even be charged criminally if they keep a “dangerous dog” which has a history of attacks, has attacked smaller animals, has been generally vicious and dangerous to others, and the owner ignores his or her responsibility to maintain control of the dog.

If you are the victim of a dog bite, call our law firm – we’ll help guide you through the process to make sure you receive the compensation you deserve!