In the past our United States federal courts have ruled that you have no expectation of privacy in your internet screen name, real name, address or any activity that you do on the internet…Can you believe it? Earlier this week, the New Jersey Appellate Division handed down an important decision regarding this issue interpreted under [...]

The Pennsylvania law that sets out all the rules regarding breath, blood, and urine testing for drivers is called the Implied Consent Law.  When you drive any vehicle in Pennsylvania, you have impliedly or presumably consented to breath, blood, and/or urine testing.  If you refuse, you will lose your Pennsylvania driving privileges for a year [...]

Yes it is true under certain circumstances.  If you are injured in an automobile accident, your medical bills will first be paid from any medical coverage available to you under any automobile insurance policy from which you can draw coverage.  Once those benefits are exhausted, your health insurance will cover insured expenses.  If you do not [...]

Many of our clients ask whether out-of-state driving tickets will transfer to Pennsylvania.  In fact, when we are representing clients in New Jersey courts for traffic tickets, many attorneys and prosecutors routinely ask us whether NJ traffic offenses and points transfer to PA.   The short answer is: it depends. Pennsylvania and 45 other states are [...]

Do you visit Ocean City, New Jersey in the summer time?   If so, beware.   Ocean City has just passed a new law making it illegal to feed sea gulls.   There is now a $500 fine if anyone is caught feeding seagulls.  It has been reported that new law was passed to improve the quality or [...]

Michael J. Saile, Esq. is part of a select group of attorneys and judges known as the “Advisory Committee on Decedents’ Estates Laws” who volunteer their time to meet in Harrisburg several times a year to review and draft new Pennsylvania estate and trust law.   This group drafted the Pennsylvania Uniform Trust Act (the “PUT”), which [...]

In Pennsylvania, there are two types of auto insurance policies: full tort and limited tort.   Many of our clients have not even heard of these options and most do not know the difference between the two.   It is our goal to educate our clients so that they can prevent the mistake of choosing limited tort.   [...]

Saile & Saile LLP prepares and publishes a quarterly newsletter to keep our clients informed of relevant legal news and information that we feel is important to our clients and their families. So far, we have produced two newsletters that can be found by clicking the links here: Spring 2006 Newsletter.pdf  SS Fall 06 News.pdf [...]

As you may know, in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, a insured driver can choose either limited tort or full tort auto insurance policy.   But what happens if that same driver with Pennsylvania auto insurance gets injured in an accident in New Jersey?   You may be shocked to here the legal answer… The New Jersey “Deemer [...]