ATTORNEYS AT LAW
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Cliff Rieders, a partner in the law firm of Rieders, Travis, Humphrey, Waters & Dohrmann, presented at the seminar conducted by the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Annual Update of Torts on Friday, June 29, 2012. This seminar is the premiere annual update of the law seminar conducted in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Mr. Rieders has taught at this seminar for over 20 years, and covers the expansive topic of “torts.” Rieders is recognized as one of the leading trial advocates, authors and lecturers in the Commonwealth. The seminar was presented at the Hotel Hershey, where the Pennsylvania Association for Justice held its annual retreat. Rieders is certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Civil Trial Advocate, as well as in the field of Civil Trial Procedure. The attorney is a Past-President of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Federal Bar Association Central Pennsylvania Chapter, and is a current member of Pennsylvania’s Patient Safety Authority.
In short, you can recover punitive damages in a Pennsylvania car crash case. However, you need to prove that the defendant's actions were a product of deliberate indifference to the consequences or intentional. If the court agrees with you, then you have to take additional steps in order to obtain punitive damages. However, in some cases, it is worth the hassle to go after punitive damages.
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