Understanding the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 originally created the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), a no-fault alternative to the traditional tort system. The VICP is administered by the Division of Injury Compensation Programs, Healthcare Systems Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is venued in the United States Court of […]
Partner Marc Weingarten Thanked For His Work As A Judge Pro Tempore
Partner Marc Weingarten not only works as a full time attorney at Locks Law Firm but also is a Judge Pro Tempore. Marc’s responsibilities with this title includes being assigned a certain number of cases per month and serves as a settlement master. He meets with counsel together, separately, and confidentially to understand the strengths […]
Locks Law Firm Partners With Operation Warm To Provide Coats For Children
Every day, the heart of our practice is in serving the people in our communities. People who have been injured through no fault of their own. People who have lost loved ones. People who need help representing themselves against wrongs done to them. But this isn’t just what we do in our “day jobs.” Many […]
Partner Jerry Lindheim Selected for Susan G. Komen Board of Directors
We would like to send a very warm congratulations to Partner Jerry Lindheim who has been selected to the Susan G. Komen Board of Directors. As a member of the Philadelphia board he will be part of a team that “governs and advises [us] in our endeavors to save lives and end breast cancer forever, […]
Life Well Lived – Remembering Kevin Laughlin
At about 6:15 on the morning of Tuesday, November 20, I learned that Kevin Laughlin, CFO and Of Counsel to the Locks Law Firm, had passed away suddenly the previous night. The day before I had been teasing Kevin playfully about his beloved Villanova Wildcats losing to Furman. (He took it rather well, reminding me […]
A Lawyer Gives Thanks on Thanksgiving
At a Thanksgiving dinner years ago when my son was a small boy he asked me, “Dad, what do lawyers give thanks for?” Unsurprised at his question, I responded with the expected categories—family, country, good health and good food. He wasn’t buying it, and a cross-examination followed: “No Dad, I mean what lawyer things are […]
Things To Consider When Picking A Nursing Home For Your Loved One
When looking for the right nursing home, here are few things to consider: If you suspect that you or a loved one has been the victim of nursing home neglect or abuse, it is important to immediately document and report the problem. At the Locks Law Firm, our nursing home negligence attorneys can examine your […]
Remembering Forgotten Veterans of World War I
My grandfather, Sean MacCabe, was one of more than 200,000 Irishmen who volunteered to serve with the British Army during World War I. He served with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and was stationed in France on December 20, 1917 when he wrote to his great aunt Elizabeth who lived on 116th Street in Manhattan. My […]
Mourner’s Kaddish
I was out of town on business last week. This in and of itself it not unusual as my work with the Locks Law Firm over the last 40 years has required an extensive amount of travel. On this particular occasion however, I found myself in Hamilton, Ohio, a small community in Western Ohio, on […]
There’s more than one way to …
… find personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state corporation. We recently posted a blog about general personal jurisdiction: “Pennsylvania is Consensual Quicksand.” Today is specific personal jurisdiction, in which the suit must arise out of or relate to the defendant’s contacts with the forum. Guess whether either of the following factual scenarios found specific jurisdiction. First, […]
“I’m coming up on the 2nd anniversary of my breast cancer surgery and from that perspective things are looking good.”
In September of 2016 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had gone for a routine annual mammogram which turned out to be anything but routine. Accustomed to getting the all-clear, I was quite taken aback when the interpreting radiologist took me to a private room and showed me what was concerning on the film. […]
A few things to keep in mind if you hit it big with the Mega Millions
Lottery mania has been electric across the U.S. and it’s no surprise with the Mega-Million reaching a record high of 1.6 Billion dollars! Here are a few things to keep in mind if you happen to be the lucky winner. Know How Long You Have To Present Winning Ticket – Each state varies when it […]