Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Attorney

Hal Waldman & Associates

Fox Chapel Professional Building 1326 Freeport Road, Suite 100 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 USA

 (412) 567-4655 or (866) 586-8235
 (412) 963-6027

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Hal Waldman & Associates provides full-service counsel and representation for personal injury victims in the Pittsburgh area. Our clients appreciate the genuine care that we have for them and their concerns. We stay accessible, calling clients back the same day whenever a return call is necessary.

Your medical malpractice case matters to us. We care. We are on your side. Call or e-mail Hal Waldman & Associates in Pittsburgh to schedule a free conversation with an attorney about your personal injury matter.

In much the same way that a devoted physician works hard to help his or her patients recover physically when an injury or illness occurs, we as lawyers work hard to protect our client’s rights and financial well-being after an accident.

Our proven trial lawyers have a solid record of verdicts and settlements in personal injury litigation. Hal Waldman has been recognized in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Leading Plaintiff Lawyers in America for his professionalism and results, and he is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum for recoveries of $1 million and more on behalf of our clients.

Contact the law offices of Hal Waldman & Associates to schedule a cost-free, obligation-free evaluation and consultation regarding your slip and fall accident, bicycle or pedestrian accident, motorcycle accident, workplace injury, dog bite or pharmaceutical injury.

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Amputations, Cerebral Palsy, Shoulder Dystocia, Hazardous Road Conditions, Negligent Motorists, Reckless Driving, Speeding, Driver Fatigue, Crane Accidents, Forklift Accidents, Backhoe Accidents, Trench Collapses, Wall Collapses, Highway Defects,
Faulty Signage, Defective Guardrails, Injuries to Children, Pharmaceutical Injuries, Shoulder Injury, Knee Injury, Swimming Pool Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Driver Negligence, Reckless Driving, Speeding, Improper Truck Maintenance, Unsafe Truck Loads, Breach of Contract, Business Disputes

Practice Areas Description

Hal Waldman & Associates law practice encompasses the following area:

- Personal Injury

At the law offices of Hal Waldman & Associates, our 30 years of experience is put to work helping accident victims receive the compensation that they need to cover medical expenses, lost wage replacement, loss of consortium or companionship for a spouse, and pain and suffering.

We understand that it's not just the final settlement or verdict that injury victims and their families need. Their lives are often thrown into crisis mode when a victim requires emergency care, surgery, pain management, rehabilitation, physical therapy and much more. Other family members scramble to provide support for the injured one, keep the household going, care for children and otherwise cope with disaster on many levels.

* Amputations

Any serious personal injury that results in permanent disability can be devastating to the victim. An amputation injury that results in a lost hand, foot, arm or leg can never be replaced, no matter how sophisticated a prosthesis is. A victim must live forever after with both the visible reminder of the injury as well as the physical consequences, including phantom pains and loss of normal bodily functions.

* Bike and Pedestrian Accidents

If you are reading this after you were injured or a family member was killed in a bicycle or pedestrian accident in the vicinity of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, you have no doubt experienced the this reality: pedestrians and bicyclists are no match for motorized vehicles when the two collide. A person who is walking or riding a bicycle does not have the protection of a car body that a motorist or passenger does. Very serious injuries to the pedestrian or bicyclist are common in such circumstances.

You or your loved one may have suffered from very serious injuries including traumatic brain injury, internal injuries, broken bones or spinal cord injury when hit by a car or truck. Your need for an attorney is as urgent as the victim's need for prompt, highly-qualified medical care.

The car, truck or bus that hit you in or out of a crosswalk may have been negligent. Your own auto insurance, health insurance, homeowner's insurance or private accident insurance issued through your credit cards or organizations that you belong to may be valuable sources of compensation. An experienced accidental injury attorney knows how to maximize and coordinate your compensation from all relevant sources.

* Birth Injury

If your child has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy or shoulder dystocia, you naturally want to know exactly how and why your baby was injured during the birthing process. Whether you have received this sad news shortly after birth or months later, our law firm welcomes your inquiry. We have helped many families face legal aspects of birth injury cases. We can help you understand what help your child might be entitled to through a birth injury claim or lawsuit.

* Car Accidents

Busy city traffic, congested roadways, hazardous road conditions, negligent motorists and freak occurrences all set the stage for car accidents that injure and kill people in transit in Pittsburgh and nearby in Pennsylvania communities and rural areas. Your injury or your family member's sudden death is both a medical and a legal emergency for your family. Hal Waldman & Associates has the experience and dedication necessary to advocate vigorously on your behalf after a car-car accident, truck-car crash or pedestrian-car accident.

* Construction Accidents

Many personal injury lawyers speak of their readiness to handle construction accident cases. Unfortunately, though, few personal injury lawyers have the background in construction law that Hal Waldman does. His years as a construction law attorney give him the ability to make a knowledgeable analysis and presentation in construction accident cases. Hal Waldman & Associates represents workers and other people who have been hurt on the job in a variety of circumstances including:

* Crane accidents
* Forklift accidents
* Backhoe accidents
* Scaffold collapses
* Cherry picker and other types of lift accidents
* Steel truck construction accidents
* Power tool accidents
* Roof falls
* Trench and wall collapses
* Trip and fall accidents from scaffolds or other heights

Your construction accident injury matters to us. We care. We are on your side. Call or e-mail Hal Waldman & Associates in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to schedule a free conversation with an attorney after you have been injured in a crane accident, a forklift accident or a roof fall while on the job at a construction site.

* Dangerous Road Conditions

Dangerous road conditions are sometimes the result of so-called "acts of God," such as freezing rain or thunderstorms. In such circumstances, a driver himself or herself is most likely the responsible party in the event of a crash. Good driving means adapting one's speed to weather and road conditions. On the other hand, dangerous road conditions may be the direct result of someone else's negligence. Examples of causes of man-made disasters on the road include:

* Potholes
* Faulty signage
* Defective guardrails
* Bad traffic engineering
* Bad roadway design
* Lack of curbs or shoulders
* Overly sharp curves on highway entrance ramps

Your one-car accident resulting in injury and involving dangerous road conditions matters to us. We care. We are on your side. Call or e-mail Hal Waldman & Associates in Pittsburgh to schedule a free conversation with an attorney about your accident caused by street or highway defects.

* Dog Bites

Many people love dogs and will fight to protect the rights of dog owners to have canine companion animals. A dog bite injury may be a minor inconvenience and a scare, or it may be a life-altering, debilitating catastrophe.

When a dog attacks a human, resulting in lacerations, scars and psychological trauma, the legal remedy often lies with the homeowners' insurance of the dog owner. Filing a legitimate dog bite personal injury claim or lawsuit is a responsible way to deal with the medical expenses and other losses that the victim must cope with. Talk to a lawyer at the law offices of Hal Waldman & Associates.

Especially if the victim is a child or a young woman and the dog bite leaves scarring on the face, legs or arms, the victim's stunted future prospects must be acknowledged in the total compensation settlement or verdict. A badly scarred child may endure cruel taunts and stigmatizing ostracism from peers during the impressionable growing up years. A young woman's personal choices and career prospects may be greatly narrowed as a result of serious scarring from the dog bite.

* Drunk Driving Accidents

To be injured in an auto accident is always distressing and disruptive to life's usual course of events. But to learn that the other driver was under the influence of alcohol takes the accident to another level. You are hurt, you are sad, and now you are just plain angry.

Injuries in drunk driving accidents are often more severe than injuries in other traffic accidents involving human error. An inebriated person sometimes does not realize how fast he or she is going, and lacks the ordinary judgment and reaction ability that would otherwise keep traffic flowing safely.

Your drunk driving accident matters to us. We care. We are on your side. Call or e-mail Hal Waldman & Associates in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to schedule a free conversation with an attorney about bartender liability and drunk driving after you have been injured in a crash involving alcohol.

* Injuries to Children

Both medically and legally speaking, a serious injury to a child differs in many ways from a similar injury to an adult. A child's physical and emotional development may be seriously impacted by a bone fracture, a dog bite or a burn injury. It can be challenging for medical professionals to forecast the full extent of medical treatment, plastic surgery and therapy that the victim will need over a lifetime.

Contact our law office to schedule a free initial case evaluation and consultation with an attorney. Discuss the expenses that you have now, and the likely effect on your child over a lifetime of any serious injury that may leave lasting disabilities or scarring. Any financial settlement should take into account all anticipated expenses, including the projected cost of future orthopedic shoes, wheelchairs, and other necessary adaptive equipment and medical aids.

* Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice is an unfortunately common phenomenon which can devastate its victims. When someone is injured in the course of medical care and treatment as a result of negligence by doctors, nurses, therapists or health care organizations in the Pittsburgh area, we at Hal Waldman & Associates would like to know about it. Our years of experience have given us the skills and knowledge necessary to evaluate a medical malpractice case and take action to protect the legal rights of the injured or bereaved. At Hal Waldman & Associates, we pursue legal and financial justice on behalf of people who have been victimized through medical malpractice, nursing or medical errors or hospital malpractice such as:

* When a sponge has been left in a patient after surgery
* When an orthopedic surgeon has severed a nerve, leaving a patient with long-lasting disability and/or chronic pain
* When an emergency room patient has suffered harm as a result of failure to timely diagnose or treat a medical problem
* When a child must live with a lifelong disability such as cerebral palsy because of a preventable birth injury
* When a patient suffers the effects of cancer, meningitis or any other serious illness because of a physician's misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose

People understand that medical care is not like auto mechanics. Unexpected side effects and complications can and do occur as doctors work with people's bodies — each of which is unique. Sudden turns for the worse may take place in an emergency room, in surgery or during recovery after surgery. Death during or after surgery is not necessarily a result of negligence on the part of a surgeon, anesthetist or nurse.

* Motorcycle Accidents

Aside from the prejudice that many motorists, police officers, insurers, juries and judges hold against motorcyclists, the physical realities behind motorcycle operation are such that motorcyclists are very exposed to anything with which they might collide at full speed: cars, trucks, trees or concrete roadways.

To maximize the compensation that you and your family may be entitled to after a motorcycle accident, it is important to have an attorney on task gathering relevant facts pertaining to the accident, the injuries, and present and future losses including medical bills, rehabilitation, adaptive equipment such as wheelchairs and special vans, and pain and suffering.

Was your family member forced off the road by a car that fled the scene of the accident? Get an attorney on the car driver's trail as soon as possible to help maximize the prospects of bringing that person to justice. Call or e-mail Hal Waldman & Associates.

* Nursing Home Negligence

While care of the elderly is challenging and tiring, it does not have to be done carelessly or negligently. There is no good reason that a nursing home resident should fall, develop bedsores, choke to death or suffer from sexual abuse.

Perhaps few attorneys in the Pittsburgh are as well qualified as Hal Walden is to investigate and evaluate a nursing home-related injury or fatality. Mr. Waldman has owned numerous nursing homes and assisted living centers. He has twenty-five years of experience in nursing home administration.

His knowledge and experience in the area of nursing home law is well known. He has been called as an expert witness in nursing home negligence lawsuits and appeals. Furthermore, he is an experienced personal injury attorney with a track record of success helping injured victims and surviving family members obtain justice and compensation after nursing home injuries.

* Pharmaceutical Injuries

If you or your loved one has suffered an injury connected with a medication, contact Hal Waldman & Associates to schedule a no-obligation consultation. We have the experience, knowledge and financial resources necessary to bring a drug-related injury claim or lawsuit to fruition in Pennsylvania. Our clients have suffered injuries or lost loved ones to untimely deaths as a result of one or more of the following acts of negligence:

* Prescription errors on the part of physicians and pharmacists
* Defective drug production and marketing on the part of drug manufacturers
* Dosage errors on the part of nurses in long-term care facilities and hospitals

Talk to an experienced plaintiff's lawyer if you have suffered harm after consuming drugs named in drug recalls such as fen phen, Vioxx, Viagra, Ortho Evra or Fentanyl. Our past clients endured comas and psychological harm after taking steroids or wrong doses of routine medications because of prescription errors caused by inability of pharmacists to correctly read or confirm doses written in illegible doctors' handwriting.

* Products Liability

Industrial settings like factories are typically fast-moving and meticulously managed. A prompt investigation is crucial to obtain ample compensation for an injured worker, visitor or other person at the site after an accidental injury in a factory, a gas refinery, a steel mill, a power plant or other industrial area. Evidence that is easy to gather on the day of or the day after an industrial accident may become very difficult to track down with the passage of time as accident scenes are cleaned and businesses return to their normal operations.

At the law offices of Hal Waldman & Associates, we understand the importance of moving quickly to undertake detailed investigations after industrial accidents injure our clients. Our attorneys work together with highly trained investigators to discover and analyze every aspect of an industrial accident until we uncover the truth. Perhaps the root cause of the industrial accident was defective design of equipment. If so, engineering or manufacturing malpractice may be an issue.

* Shoulder and Knee Injury

Shoulder, back and knee injuries can be debilitating to victims. Ordinary activities like getting dressed, driving, sitting in a chair or doing any kind of physical activity may become challenging or even out of the question for someone with a serious injury of this type.

* Slip and Fall

Defective curbs, cracked sidewalks, banisters that do not conform to building codes, wrong-sized stairway risers, malfunctioning escalators and slippery surfaces are often factors in slip and fall accidents. A slip and fall accident often results in serious injuries such as closed head injuries, bone fractures and herniated disks in the spinal column.

If you or a family member was injured in a slip and fall accident or any other type of accident in a Wal-Mart, shopping mall or supermarket, be aware that the property owners will surely pull out all the stops to protect their own interests. They will be far more interested in protecting themselves from liability than in ensuring that their injured customer (or employee in the case of an on-the-job injury) is well cared for.

* Spinal Cord Injury

Many spinal cord injuries normally result in some degree of paralysis. Lesser back injuries like herniated disks may not paralyze a victim, but may cause chronic, debilitating pain. A spinal cord injury victim may be unable to work again or may be forced to retrain for a different line of work that will be less physically demanding or that can be done from a wheelchair.
After a Serious Injury, Evaluate the Impact Contact an experienced Pittsburgh personal injury lawyer to schedule a free initial consultation after any type of accident that resulted in a spinal cord injury and partial or total paralysis, such as the following:

* A construction accident
* A car accident
* A swimming pool diving accident

A spinal cord injury can quickly lead from emergency medical assessment and treatment to rehabilitation which may take months or years. An insurer is likely to urge an injured person to settle soon after the accident. In many cases, a settlement reached too soon will not take into account all aspects of the losses and injuries, particularly if complications occur weeks or months after the initial injury.

* Traumatic Brain Injury

The full scope of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is not readily apparent in many cases. A closed head injury can be deceptive in that a casual observer may assume a victim has recovered when in fact much damage remains. If a victim is in a coma or if surgery is required, the injury seems more serious to onlookers. After the initial crisis of a head injury has passed and the victim is up walking around, observers may assume that a victim has recovered. Still, many brain injury victims experience lasting effects including the following:

* Headaches
* Dizziness
* Mood swings
* Personality changes
* Difficulty concentrating or focusing

At the law offices of Hal Waldman & Associates, we are confident in our ability to evaluate an injury case and move it toward settlement or verdict. At the same time, we know how essential it is to have expert witnesses to build a strong case for fair compensation for a victim. We have access to some of the best neurologists and neuropsychiatrists in the country. We draw on a network of expert witnesses to collaborate with us on behalf of the victim. Our clients who have suffered from traumatic brain injury (TBI) undergo sophisticated psychoneurological testing to help determine the full extent of their head injury and any dysfunction related to it.

* Truck Accident

One of the first questions to ask after a trucking accident in Pennsylvania or anywhere else is: how many hours had the truck driver been on the road? This and other key factors need to be investigated promptly to provide the most compelling evidence available when someone has been injured or killed in a car-truck crash. Lawyers of Hal Waldman & Associates bring the benefit of a lifetime of experience to the table in every car, truck and motorcycle accident case.

We are well practiced in the process of investigating the facts behind a truck accident. We are ready to evaluate all key pieces of evidence including eyewitness accounts and documentation of road conditions. Crashes involving long big rigs often cause catastrophic injuries to drivers and pedestrians in cars that are no match for the sheer size and weight of an 18-wheeler.

The needs of the victim and his or her family are likely to be both immediate and long-term. A knowledgeable, caring and skillful attorney on your side will be a valuable source of information, support and advocacy for your family as you cope with the unthinkable: paralysis, severe head injuries, amputations, fractures and life-threatening internal injuries.

If your loved one lost his or her life in a trucking accident in or near Pittsburgh, rest assured that we are prepared to put forth compelling arguments in favor of maximum compensation for your family. While dollars cannot replace your mother, father, sister, brother, son, daughter, wife or husband, monetary compensation can offer your family the chance to meet expenses, heal and look ahead to recovery from devastation.

* Workers' Compensation

After a serious workplace injury, it is important to have an experienced lawyer looking out for your interests and ensuring that you receive all the workers' compensation benefits that you are entitled to. Do not count on your employer's HR department to safeguard your best interests. An HR department has a built-in conflict of interest, as HR personnel's loyalty lies with the employer. To protect your rights, you are best served by your own attorney.

* Wrongful Death

After an accidental death, there may be two causes of action for a claim or lawsuit to be filed by surviving next of kin: (1) a survival action, which holds negligent parties responsible for the pain and suffering that the victim experienced between the time of the accident and death itself, and (2) a wrongful death claim on the part of family members who are now deprived of the deceased's monetary contributions to the family as well as his or her love and companionship.

If your husband, wife, son, daughter, mother or father was a fatal car accident victim, was a fatal house fire victim, was electrocuted or drowned in Pennsylvania, please know that at Hal Waldman & Associates, we truly care about your loss. We feel your pain as people first, and determine how to seek justice for you as attorneys second. Our concern for you and your family translates to doubled determination to use every legal tool at our disposal to help you move forward through a wrongful death claim if appropriate.

- Business and Commercial Litigation

The law firm of Hal Waldman & Associates is perhaps best known for our personal injury advocacy. In addition to injury law, we handle other legal matters including business and commercial issues such as:

* Small business formation
* Business disputes
* Breach of contract
* Commercial lease disputes
* Other commercial litigation matters
* Construction litigation
* Construction defects defense

Contact the Pennsylvania law offices of Hal Waldman & Associates to speak with a lawyer, who is also an accomplished businessman, about your legal issue related to business or commerce. We have extensive experience with construction law, commercial leases, commercial contracts and business matters such as mergers and acquisitions and shareholder disputes, both from a lawyer's vantage point and from the point of view of a business owner and commercial transactions key player.

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