Kingston Personal Injury Lawyers

Ensure your safety and call 911 immediately. Seek medical attention even if you feel fine because some injuries take hours or days to appear. Photograph the vehicles, road conditions, and any traffic signs. Exchange insurance details with the other driver. Do not discuss fault and do not give the other driver's insurer a recorded statement without consulting an attorney first.

Pennsylvania uses a choice no-fault system. If you selected limited tort, you generally cannot sue for pain and suffering unless your injury qualifies as 'serious' under the law. Full tort policyholders retain the right to sue for all damages. Our attorneys review your policy and determine which path maximizes your recovery.

You may be entitled to medical bills, rehabilitation costs, lost wages, diminished earning capacity, pain and suffering, emotional distress, and property damage. In cases of extreme negligence, punitive damages may apply. We evaluate every category of loss to build the strongest possible claim.

Pennsylvania law generally allows two years from the date of injury. However, evidence deteriorates quickly — surveillance footage is overwritten, skid marks fade, and witness memories change. We recommend contacting an attorney within days of the accident to preserve key evidence.

Yes, under Pennsylvania's comparative negligence rule you can recover damages if you are less than 51 percent at fault. Your award is reduced by your share of responsibility. Insurance companies routinely exaggerate victim fault to reduce payouts, so having an attorney who can counter these claims is critical.

Across the river. Our office is at 220 S River St in Wilkes-Barre, on the far side of the Market Street Bridge from Kingston, and the Luzerne County Courthouse is on the same side of the river as we are. Most Kingston clients start with a phone call and then meet at the office, by video, or at home or in the hospital if the injuries make travel hard.

A claim with a clear liability picture and a finished course of treatment often settles within several months of the treatment ending, because the value cannot be set until the medical outcome is known. If the insurer disputes fault or the injury, suit is filed in the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas; cases under the county's arbitration limit are heard by a three-lawyer panel within months, while a jury case can take a year or more from filing. We do not rush a settlement to meet a calendar — the two-year statute of limitations (42 Pa.C.S. § 5524) is the only deadline that matters, and we file well inside it.

Your name, the claim number and your lawyer's phone number. Do not give a recorded statement, do not describe your injuries before a doctor has, do not estimate speeds or distances, and do not agree that you might share the blame — under Pennsylvania's comparative negligence rule (42 Pa.C.S. § 7102) every percentage point of fault the adjuster can pin on you comes straight off the recovery. A polite refusal costs you nothing; a casual answer can cost a great deal.