By Joe Messa
On June 6, 2018, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission voted 4 to 0 to approve a new federal safety standard for children’s booster seats. Booster seats, or “juvenile chairs,” are small seats placed on top of adult chairs to help boost small children up to average dining height. The new safety rule incorporates […]
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We don’t prepare cases to settle them; there are plenty of lawyers who do that. We prepare cases ​for trial. When we take a case, we want to know that we can win it at trial and we prepare that case as if we’re going to trial. We are prepared to try every case. A […]
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On Tuesday and Wednesday of last week, federal investigators pressed Amtrak officials regarding what the railroad company is doing to ensure passenger safety after two recent fatal crashes in Washington State and South Carolina. In December 2017, Amtrak train 501 derailed in DuPont, Washington, killing three passengers and injuring dozens more. In February 2018, an […]
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If you live, work, or leisure in Philadelphia, it’s no surprise to you that bicyclists are a major part of the city’s culture. In fact, a 2016 study by Red Fin Real Estate Firm ranked Philadelphia as the most bikeable city in the United States! As personal injury attorneys in the city of Philadelphia, we […]
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As far as pharmaceutical giants are concerned, AbbVie might not be a household name, but the company’s blockbuster drug, Humira, certainly is. Humira is an immunosuppresive approved to treat arthritis, plaque psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis. Recently, the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) slammed the Chicago-based pharmaceutical company for not […]
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A new report has found that carbon monoxide from keyless-ignition or “push-start” cars has been responsible for the deaths of at least 28 people since 2006. Toyota models, including Toyota luxury brand, Lexus, were involved in almost half of the nearly 30 deaths, and an additional 45 injuries that were identified by the New York […]
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Philadelphia personal injury attorneys at Messa & Associates, P.C. proudly announce that six of the firm’s attorneys have been selected to the 2018 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list, one of those six has been selected as Top 100 in Philadelphia and Top 100 in Pennsylvania, and an additional six Messa & Associates attorneys were named to […]
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The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, the grass is finally green again; it’s springtime in Pennsylvania! But before your mind fills with thoughts of warmer weather and the promise of summer, remember that the month of May is also host to another important but often overlooked event—primary elections—and this year’s primary elections cannot […]
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