Philadelphia Car Accident Lawyer Blog

I am sure many of you have had the experience driving your car when all of a sudden you sense a drop-off of the roadway to a different level of the highway. This often occurs in areas where paving has been laid and material has also been added during construction or when a road shoulder has been washed away due to weather or worn down by traffic.

Since 1979 as an experienced Philadelphia car accident attorney handling many road defect cases, we have all too frequently dealt with situations where an unevenly paved highway or street surface causes the driver of a car to lose control resulting in an accident avoidance or oversteer maneuver ultimately resulting in severe and catastrophic injuries or death.

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Government entities such as the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation can be held liable for injuries that occur as a result of improperly maintained or designed roads. At the Philadelphia car accident law firm of Reiff and Bily, we represent people who have been injured and the families of those who have been catastrophically injured or killed on dangerous highways and streets throughout Pennsylvania.

It is very important to recover evidence and take photos before potholes are filled, trees are trimmed, or guardrails added, and it is important to contact an attorney as soon as possible after a car or truck accident caused by a dangerous street or highway. If a defective road or a dangerous highway condition contributed to your accident, contact Philadelphia car accident and defective road design lawyer Jeffrey Reiff today.

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