Monroe County Reassessment Project: Episode #2 In our last post about Monroe County’s reassessment project, we announced a series of informational meetings scheduled for February in each of the County’s school districts. If you were unable to attend one of these...
Renting out your Pocono home as an AirBnB or VRBO? Here’s why you need a lease agreement.
The Poconos has long been a tourist destination. President Teddy Roosevelt used to vacation here as well as many notables, including Fred Astaire and Jackie Gleeson. The photo at left shows Jackie playing golf at the Shawnee Inn with golf...
Why the NY Police Hates Waze
“Breaker 1-9, you’ve got smokey in your tail.” Remember the “good” old days? Yes, I’m dating myself. Mullets, leisure suits, CB radios and Friday evenings with “Knight Rider.” Truckers and car drivers bought CB radios to alert fellow drivers about police checkpoints...
Monroe County, PA Reassessment Information
Many property owners in Monroe County, PA are understandably anxious about the property reassessment results soon to be announced. For that reason, we are introducing a series of videos to explain the process, how to get more information, and how to challenge your...
Answering your Pocono Car Accident Questions
If you were in a car or motorcycle accident, you will have questions about who pays your bills, dealing with the other driver’s insurance company, car rental questions, getting fired from your job because you can’t return to work, and on and on…. In other words, lots...
Monroe County Reassessment Announcement
The Monroe County tax assessment project to reassess real estate in the County has begun. Notices of new tax assessments will be sent to property owners in March of 2019. But what if you feel the new assessment is not close to your property’s real value? If you...
Newman Williams Welcomes Robert Kidwell as its Newest Partner
Mr. Kidwell has been with the firm since his 2006 clerkship while he was earning his law degree at Villanova University Law School. He became an associate with the firm in the summer of 2007. Since joining the firm, Mr. Kidwell has been heavily involved in the firm’s...
Why you should care about Auto Insurance “stacking” waivers
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court let stand a Superior court ruling that motorists are entitled to “stacked” uninsured/underinsured (UM/UIM) coverage when their insurance company fails to have the motorist sign stacking waivers for newly added cars. This may be “Latin”...
The Value of Candor in Mediation
Lawyers are trained for battle. Law school taught us that the way to the “truth” was an adversarial system that accepted no prisoners. Cross-examination was the way to the truth and I’ll admit there’s nothing more satisfying than a cross-examination which completely...
5 Things to Know about Pennsylvania Pedestrian Accidents
Sadly, pedestrian accidents are far too common in the United States. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that in 2015, more than 5,000 pedestrians died in traffic crashes in the United States and that a pedestrian is killed every 1.6...