Personal Injury Lawyers in Chester PA: Claims From the Riverfront

The roads carry freight

Route 291 along the Chester riverfront, Route 322 and the approaches to I-95 carry heavy commercial traffic serving the port, the refineries and the distribution centers. Add local delivery and haulage into the neighborhoods, and a substantial proportion of collisions here involve a commercial vehicle.

That changes the case. Commercial carriers carry substantially higher liability limits than private motorists, and where a truck is involved, driver logs, black box data and maintenance records become the evidence, most of which is retained only briefly.

What that means practically

If a commercial vehicle was involved, tell us quickly so a preservation letter goes out. Photograph the DOT number and the company name on the door. The detail on how truck cases differ is on why truck crashes are handled differently.

Pedestrians

Chester has a walking population and streets carrying freight, which is a bad combination. Pedestrian claims here are common, and the point worth repeating is that your own household auto policy frequently covers you even though you were on foot, through medical benefits and underinsured motorist coverage.

Premises claims

Falls in stores, apartment complexes and parking areas, and inadequate security claims where an assault was foreseeable. For the latter, the police call history for the address is public and frequently establishes that the owner knew.

The office

405 Avenue of the States, answered 24 hours on (610) 686-3088. The substantive law, tort elections, deadlines and how claims are valued, is on the personal injury section.