Townships Step Up to Help Keep the Volunteer Fire Company Alive THE ALARM HAS BEEN RINGING for some time now in Pennsylvania: Our volunteer fire companies are facing a real crisis. As dwindling volunteers and escalating costs have put the crunch on fire companies, the future of the volunteer model is in jeopardy. To make sure it survives, everyone — from fire to municipal to state officials — are seeking creative solutions to save this vital public … [Read more...]
Tony to Co-Chair Einstein Health’s Small Miracles Golf Outing on May 7, 2018
Tony Sherr, Esq. alongside Rick Fine, MD, Shawn Orenstein, and Jamie Raphael, MD will be co-chairing the 30th Anniversary Small Miracles Golf Tournament on May 7th. The event takes place at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, founded in 1854 and considered one of the nation's oldest clubs. Proceeds from Small Miracles Golf Tournament go toward improving patient care for children in the Einstein Medical Center network through the purchase of Super Tory … [Read more...]
How Camp Owners Can Prevent Liability and Lawsuits
The results of poor planning are not something you want to deal with as a Camp Owner — this probably means expensive lawsuits and major setbacks in the success and growth of your camp as a business. As a Camp director, you face the challenge of recognizing all the ways that your camping programs increase the risk of injury to campers and damages to your facilities. Evolving Risk Uncertainty in risk assessment makes it extremely difficult to understand … [Read more...]
The Pennsylvania Heart and Lung Act
The Pennsylvania Heart and Lung Act allows police officers, sheriffs, correctional employees, firefighters, drug enforcement agents, port authority police, and special agents of the Office of Attorney General to receive their complete regular salary, tax-free, when they are injured while performing their duties. The law should reside in the knowledge of labor and worker’s compensation attorneys as it directly affects the way compensation can be received by … [Read more...]
Tony Sherr to Present “Avoiding Sexual Harassment in a Camping Environment: Tips and Strategies” on March 15, 2018
Sherr Law Group's Managing Partner, Tony Sherr, will be presenting a webinar to camp owners this month. The webinar, Avoiding Sexual Harassment in a Camping Environment: Tips and Strategies, will be presented in partnership with AMSKier Insurance, an insurance company based in Hawley, Pennsylvania. AMSKier Insurance is a family-owned insurance company with over 80 years of summer camp experience. The online webinar event titled, I Want to Hold Your … [Read more...]