How we research and write

Topics are chosen based on the real questions accident and injury victims in Pennsylvania ask. Each guide is developed from Pennsylvania-specific law and practice rather than generic national content.

We prefer primary sources: the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, published Pennsylvania appellate decisions, and official government data. Secondary sources are used only to locate primary sources, never as a substitute for them.

Statutory citations (for example, 42 Pa.C.S. and 75 Pa.C.S. provisions) are checked against the official statute text. Case law is limited to a maintained registry of verified Pennsylvania authorities; an article cannot cite a case that is not verified.

Every agency statistic must resolve to a verified entry in our statistics registry — with a named source (such as PennDOT Crash Facts, NHTSA/FARS, FHWA, or the CDC), a year, and a source link — or it is not published. Figures we cannot verify against an authoritative source are omitted rather than estimated.

Before publication, content passes automated checks that block unverified case citations, unsupported settlement/verdict claims, and agency statistics that are not in the verified registry.

We use AI tools to assist with drafting and editing. AI is a drafting aid only — a human editor is responsible for the research direction, source verification, and every published claim. Nothing publishes solely because a tool produced it.

Final responsibility for accuracy and tone rests with the editor, Aaron Bankhurst. Where a qualified professional has reviewed a specific article, that reviewer is named separately on the article — we never imply professional review that did not occur.

When we make a substantive factual change to an article, we update its modified date. Minor fixes that do not change meaning do not reset the modified date. See our corrections policy.