Stuart A. Carpey, Esquire
CARPEY LAW
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VOLUME 7, ISSUE 2, FEBRUARY, 2014
CARPEY CHRONICLE
THE Information Resource For Accident Victims In Pennsylvania
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To providing exceptional
legal services to each
and every one of
our clients.
LAU RA CARPEY’S RECIPE OF THE MON TH
Rustic Garlic Chicken
I have made this a few times and it
is great! The only changes I make
are that I use peeled garlic cloves.
I actually cheat and buy a bag of
peeled fresh garlic cloves and use
most of the bag. And rather than buy
a whole chicken, I use breasts and
thighs on the bone.
It is delicious! I serve it with mashed
potatoes and a salad, and some good
bread for dragging through the gravy
isn’t a bad idea!
INGREDIENTS:
n 2 tablespoons cooking oil
n 1 chicken (about 3 to 3 1/2
pounds), cut into 8 pieces
n 1 teaspoon salt
n 1/4 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
n 3 heads garlic, cloves separated
n 2 tablespoons flour
n 1 cup dry white wine
n 1 cup canned low-sodium chicken broth or
homemade stock
n 2 tablespoons butter
n 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
INSTRUCTIONS:
1.Heat the oven to 400°. In a Dutch oven, heat the
oil over moderately high heat. Sprinkle the chicken
with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and the pepper. Cook
the chicken until well browned, turning, about 8
minutes in all, and remove from the pot. Reduce the
heat to moderate, add the garlic, and sauté until it is
starting to brown, about 3 minutes. Sprinkle the
flour over the garlic and stir until combined. Return the chicken to the pot, cover, and bake for
15 minutes.
2.Remove the pot from the oven and put it on a
burner. Remove the chicken pieces from the pot.
Over moderately high heat, whisk in the wine
and simmer for 1 minute. Whisk in the broth
and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and simmer
until starting to thicken, about 3 minutes. Turn
the heat off, whisk in the butter, and pour the
sauce over the chicken. Sprinkle with the parsley.
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THE CARPEY CHRONICLE
TO THANK YOU FOR
EVERY REFERRAL…
WE THANK OTHERS!
Wounded Warrior Project is a nonprofit
organization based out of Jacksonville, FL.
Their mission is to honor and empower
wounded warriors. Its purpose is to raise
awareness and to enlist the public’s aid for
the needs of severely injured service
members, to help them aid and assist each
other, and to provide programs and services
to meet their needs.
Each time you make a referral to our law
firm, we make a donation to the Wounded
Warrior Project, which supports wounded
soldiers and veterans.
Thank you to the following people who
referred cases to us last month: Shirley
Truitt, Tammy Skervin, and Talib
Sudan.
Feeding Time
In The Carpey
Household
Lily (in the foreground) and Oliver
are waiting patiently for their dinner.
Since its inception, Wounded Warrior Project
has been successfully easing the troubles of
veterans all over the country, and Carpey Law
greatly supports these efforts.
For more information on Wounded Warrior
Project, or to make a contribution, please
visit: www.woundedwarriorproject.org.
Our success is built on referrals from clients
and friends. If you know of anyone who
might benefit from our services, please feel
free give them our contact information.
FEBRUARY DATES TO REMEMBER
Groundhogs Day
February 2, 2014
Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2014
President’s Day
February 17, 2014
Without You, We’d
Be Lost At Sea!
Your referrals continue to be one of the best
ways for clients to find our firm. We are
honored to assist your friends and family with
their legal problems caused by an accident.
REMINDER ABOUT OUR FIRM’S COMMUNICATION POLICY
About us: We perform very high quality legal
work. We are highly competent and we have a
highly competent support staff, but we are not
perfect. We can make mistakes. We will correct a
mistake if we find it or if you point it out.
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It is our policy to return phone calls in the order
they are received and based on the priority of the
situation. If you leave a message, your call will be
returned usually within 24 hours. Some clients
feel that calling multiple times in a day will get
their call answered faster, but that is not the case.
Email is the quickest way to get a response from
anyone in the office.
We work by appointment only. Without an
appointment, it is unlikely Mr. Carpey would be
able to meet with you.
Please utilize our support staff to answer your
questions and to give you status reports. Our legal
assistants and paralegals are very experienced and
will often be able to respond to your requests.
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FEBRUARY 2014
Stuart’s
TRIVIA GAME
Question: How is a personal injury settlement
different for children than it is for adults?
Answer: The court acts as a protector of a child’s
financial interests. To that end, once the parties reach a
settlement agreement, the court will require a special
“petition” to be filed to review and approve settlements pertaining to minors. In addition, the court will require the
child’s funds be placed in a restricted and federally
insured bank account to ensure that the money will not
be used inappropriately by a parent or anyone else acting
on the child’s behalf.
I Didn’t Know You Did
That! Yup, We Handle All
Of These Kinds of Cases
It may have been a while since you thought about what exactly we do, or you haven’t
checked our website for anything but your kind of case. We thought you might appreciate getting an update on what we do.
So, here is your insider’s guide to what kind of cases we handle here at Carpey Law:
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Car accidents
Bus accidents
18-wheeler accidents
Work injuries
Neck and back injuries
Brain injuries
Wrongful death
Dangerous products and goods
Pedestrian accidents
Motorcycle accidents
Bicycle accidents
Medical malpractice
Fall Down Accidents
Be Careful Who
You Text: New
Jersey’s Novel
Approach
To Distracted
Driving
Don’t text and drive.
In the age of the mobile communications, this
all-too-important phrase has taken its rightful
place in the pantheon on vehicular warnings.
Just as you should never drink and drive, you
should never send a text message while behind
the wheel.
While this admonition has become axiomatic,
a significant part of the equation has always
been missing. Drivers are repeatedly told to
refrain from texting while driving, but what
about the text messages they receive? It
takes two to text, but little has been done to
curb the actions of the other party - that is,
until recently.
In August, a New Jersey state appeals court
decided to extend prohibitions against
distracted driving to those individuals who
knowingly text a driver. Reasoning that the
sender of a text message - though physically
remote - is ‘electronically present’ in the
driver’s car, the court determined that the
sender could be held liable for damages arising
from the driver’s accident. In so holding, the
court made sure to limit the rule to those
situations in which the ‘sender knew or had
special reason to know that the recipient
would view the text while driving and thus
be distracted.’
Moving forward, it will be fascinating to see not
only how this rule is implemented, but how the
citizens of New Jersey will adapt. Surely, the
ultimate responsibility falls on the driver, but
rules such as this may play an important role in
curtailing distracted driving. While ultimately
proving that an individual knowingly texted
someone in the act of driving should prove
difficult, the mere threat of liability should be
enough to make the sender think twice. If the
court’s ruling manages to have that simple
affect, New Jersey’s novel approach to
distracted driving will prove to be an
indelible success and could prompt neighboring
states, like Pennsylvania, to follow the approach
established by the New Jersey courts..
To read more in-depth about each of these practice areas, go to:
www.carpeylaw.com/practice-areas/
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the general public about personal injury,
medical malpractice, and other issues. It is
for information purposes only and is not
intended to be legal advice. Prior to acting
on any information contained here, you
should seek and retain competent counsel.
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CARPEY CHRONICLE
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with any legal
questions about injuries
from any accident or
medical care.
I promise to give
you a straight
forward answer.
That’s my guarantee.
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it,and so will I.
Stuart Carpey
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Carpey Law
Thanks You
For Your Loyalty!
At Carpey Law we are proud that the greatest part of
our growth has come from where we have focused our
energy and attention on building client relationships and
maximizing the settlements and verdicts of our clients’
cases.Our focus on client outcomes has also given us the
unusual pleasure of very long term relationships with
clients and their families, many going back more than 20
years. Our loyalty to and care for our client’s interests has
been repaid many times over by the loyalty of our clients
and their appreciation of our efforts. We are glad to help
you or your friends and family with any personal injury
or accident matter.
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