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Philadelphia and New Jersey Personal Injury Practice Areas Overview  

At Messa & Associates, our focus is on helping people who suffer catastrophic injury and death due to negligence. Click on each link below to discovery more about our key areas of practice

If you or a loved one was injured and you need legal advice, contact a Philadelphia injury lawyer or a NJ personal injury lawyer at our law firm today for a free consultation.

 

Airplane Crashes

 

Airplane crashes can be caused by a multitude of different reasons. Certainly, not all reasons are the same but they all have the potential of bringing about devastating results in the lives of those affected by the accidents. Those reasons include:

   

Birth Injuries

  Common birth injuries include mental retardation, cerebral palsy, shoulder displacia, and brachial plexus.
   

Brain Injury

 

Losing the ability to think clearly and to make decisions or to do some of the simple acts that are a part of everyone’s life is perhaps the most difficult and life-changing event many people will ever undergo.

   

Bus Accidents

 

Being the victim of a bus accident can be just as devastating as any other type of vehicle accident injury.

   

Business Litigation

 

Business litigation lawyers help with partnership and business disputes.

   

Construction and Work-Related Injuries

 

Construction Injury attorneys help victims with the workplace injuries, which can include machinery accidents, fires, explosions, negligence, or defective products.

   

Fire and Explosion

 

Common cases that our fire and explosion attorneys handle include failures in electrical systems, household products and appliances, smoke detectors, smoke alarms, sprinkler systems, chemical and plant explosions, and home and business fires.

   

Medical Malpractice

 

Our medical malpractice lawyers have experience with birth-related injuries, failure to diagnose cancer, spinal cord injuries, infections, strokes, emergency room malpractice, brain injuries, and wrongful death claims.

   

Misdiagnosis / Failure to Diagnose Cancer

 

Although cancer is one of the most studied and diagnosed diseases in the world, it is often misdiagnosed. The failure or misdiagnosis of cancer often occurs because of physician error or failure to listen and carefully consider the descriptions of a patient’s circumstances and complaints and then take the necessary steps to ascertain the cause of those complaints. Although this can be as simple as an x-ray or biopsy, doctors do not always take the time to investigate the cause of a patient’s complaints and make a proper diagnosis.

   

Motorcycle Accidents

 

Messa & Associates, PC, knows that for motorcyclists, the enjoyment of their experience on the road is almost unmatched by any other type of vehicle.

   

Nursing Home Injuries

 

Finally being able to make the decision to help a loved one move into a nursing home is difficult and nursing home neglect attorneys Messa & Associates are aware of the emotional upheaval that often accompanies these decisions.

   

Other Serious Injury and Civil Litigation Matters

 

Other serious injury cases that our injury lawyers manage include injuries from equipment, swimming pools, bodies of water, and more.

   

Pharmaceutical/Drug Product Injuries

 

As defective drug lawyers, we litigate damages caused by Vioxx, Phen-Fen, Ephedra, and Zyprexa.

   

Premise Liability

 

If you are injured on stairs, elevators, escalators, floors, sidewalks, or parking lots, our premise liability attorneys may be able to help you recover damages.

   

Product Liability

 

Our product liability attorneys understand the danger of manufacturing defects and design defects of various products, ranging from scaffolding and forklifts to motor vehicles and industrial equipment.

   

Railroad Injuries/F.E.L.A.

  When a railroad worker is injured on the job, the right to compensation is governed by a federal law known as the “Federal Employers' Liability Act” (F.E.L.A.).
   

Spinal Cord Injury

 

Spinal cord injuries can be devastating, both to the injured person and to this person’s loved ones. Messa & Associates has successfully handled hundreds if serious spinal cord injury cases.

   

Toxic Substance Injuries

 

Toxic substances can cause serious injuries that may even lead to fatality.

   

Transportation and Motor Vehicle Accidents

 

Motor Vehicle accident lawyers at Messa and Associates help victims of truck, railroad, car, motorcycle, airplane, bus, boat, automobiles, helicopter and boat accidents seek compensation for losses.

   

Trucking Accidents

 

Messa & Associates, PC, are trucking accident lawyers that know what the law can do for you if you are involved in a truck accident.

   

Wrongful Death

 

The death of a loved one is never easy on anyone. Wrongful death lawyers Messa & Associates know that a crisis in life that results in the death of someone for a reason that relates to negligence of another is, at best, difficult.

   

If you or a loved one was injured and you need legal advice, contact one of a Philadelphia personal injury lawyer or a NJ personal injury attorney at our law firm today for a free consultation.

 
Pharmaceutical Drug Alerts

2010-01-05 New Warnings for a Popular Rub-on Pain Reliever
A federal agency has announced new warnings for all products containing diclofenac sodium, including Voltaren Gel, because the medications have been linked to reports of serious liver damage resulting in transplants and deaths. Voltaren is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, or NSAID, which is typically prescribed for osteoarthritis pain. Many favor Voltaren Gel over pills because it is thought to be less likely to cause stomach irritation and bleeding, and it has been lauded as a safer pain reliever, particularly for elderly patients. …more

2009-11-20 Vicks nasal spray recalled after bacteria found
The Procter & Gamble Co. has recalled some 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after the company found bacteria in samples during routine testing. The product has been recalled voluntarily after small amounts of the B. cepacia bacteria was found at the German plant where it's made. No illnesses have been reported yet, but the bacteria could harm people with chronic lung problems or weakened immune systems. …more

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Acromed
$120 Million total settlement for plaintiffs injured as a result of implantation of spinal ... more.

Gustafsson v. Trigen-Philadelphia Energy Corp.
$85 Million jury verdict in February of 2008, against Trigen-Philadelphia Energy Corporation on behalf of a University of Pennsylvania medical student ... more.

Confidential
$20 Million dollar total settlement for clients injured as a result of ingestion of ... more.

Berry v. Samaritan Health Corp.
$16.5 Million jury verdict for failure to investigate ...more

Schuster v. Ponzio
$12 Million verdict in Medical Malpractice Suit. more

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2010-03-18--Government Recalling over 1 Million Highchairsmore

2010-03-18--Boston Scientific Recalls Seven Brands of Implantable Defibrillatorsmore

2010-03-10--CPSC to issue safety warning about popular baby slingsmore

2010-03-02--Children Toy Recalls Occur During the Month of Februarymore

2010-03-02--GM to recall 1.3M compacts for steering problemmore

2010-03-02--What should you do if a vehicle is accelerating uncontrollably?more

2010-02-24--Allreds Does Voluntary Recall on Baby Productsmore

2010-02-24--Controversial Diabetic Medicine could be Removed from the Marketmore

2010-02-24--YAZ Birth Control Possibly Linked to Hazardous Side Effectsmore

2010-02-07--Obama officials step up pressure on Toyotamore

2010-02-02--UPDATE - Toyota Recallmore

2010-01-29--Honda Recalls 646,000 Unitsmore

2010-01-29--Starbucks Recalls Glass Water Bottles Due to Laceration Hazardmore

2010-01-28--Johnson & Johnson Issues Massive Recall of Tylenolmore

2010-01-27--Toyota Halts Sales Of Some Models For Safety Problems, including the Camrymore

2010-01-25--Alli 60 mg. Capsules, Counterfeit Product UPDATEmore

2010-01-21--Alli 60 mg. Capsules, Counterfeit Productmore

2010-01-20--One Million Graco Strollers are Recalled after Amputations of Kids’ Fingertipsmore

2010-01-20--Dorel Asia Recalls Cribs; 1 Infant Death Reportedmore

2010-01-13--Cheese Recall Impacts Target, Whole Foods and other storesmore

2010-01-05--New Warnings for a Popular Rub-on Pain Relievermore

2009-12-23--Volvo recalls over 140K 2001-2005 and 2010 MY vehicles over fuel system issuesmore

2009-12-21--FDA Investigates Radiation Overdose at Hospitalsmore

2009-12-04--They Knew and Failed to.. New Report Details Corporations that Skirt Responsibility and Shun Consumer Safety to Save Moneymore
2009-11-25-- Toyota to replace 3.8M gas pedalsmore
2009-11-24--Elmo and a dinosaur make bad toy listmore
2009-11-09--Stroller company announces major safety recallmore
2009-11-02--Two deaths possible in ground beef recallmore
2009-10-14--Ford Recalls 4.5M from Defective Switchmore
2009-10-13--What's the Wharton Name Worth?...more
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