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Who does a better job of ignoring inadmissible evidence – Judge or jury?

Filed under: Criminal Law, DUI, Litigation, Personal Injury Tags: by Steven F. Fairlie @ April 19, 2011

Conventional wisdom amongst lawyers holds that Judges can better disregard inadmissible evidence when rendering a verdict. Any time there is evidence that is not permitted to be presented to the fact finder, the Judge must make that ruling and therefore must see the evidence. Similarly, sometimes the inadmissible evidence is blurted out in court before […]

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DUI breathalyzers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania invalidated

Filed under: DUI, News Tags: by Steven F. Fairlie @ March 23, 2011

CBS News has reported that five of eight breathalyzer machines in use in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania had calibration problems. Approximately 1100 DUI cases are implicated. Thus, anyone who has been arrested for DUI in the recent past, and submitted to a breath test, should contact a DUI attorney immediately. The attorney will review the certifications such […]

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PENNDOT RESTORATION REQUIREMENTS LETTERS AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FREE

Filed under: DUI Tags: by Steven F. Fairlie @ February 16, 2011

For anyone dealing with driver license issues, the starting point should always be to obtain a copy of your driving record and a restoration requirements letter from PennDOT. We can order a driving record for a client and now the restoration requirement letter is available free of charge on: PennDOT’s website. To order the restoration […]

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How To Avoid Getting Arrested For DUI On New Year’s Eve

Filed under: DUI Tags: by Steven F. Fairlie @ December 31, 2010

Don’t become a statistic this New Year’s Eve. There will be countless arrests tonight as revelers make their way home through a myriad of checkpoints and watchful patrol officers. Here’s how to avoid the arrest that no one can afford: 1. It seems silly to list this as the number one way to avoid a […]

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Do you know the penalties for DUI in Pennsylvania??

Filed under: DUI Tags: by Steven F. Fairlie @ August 16, 2010

We get many calls from people who have been arrested for DUI and want to know what the penalties can be.  We’d like to spread the word and let you know that the mandatory minimum penalties for a Pennsylvania DUI are readily available right on our website.   If you never bothered to find out what […]

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