Blog: Wrongful Death

Man dies after tragic accident at auto auction in Pennsylvania

Oct 21, 2011

A man involved in a tragic accident earlier this month sadly died this week. The fatal accident occurred at an auto auction he regularly attended located near Manheim, Pennsylvania. The 57-year-old man was the founder and owner of a 15-year-old company that specialized in the transportation of vehicles. At the time of the accident the man was in the process of loading vehicles onto a carrier when an air hose apparently dislodged causing a Ford...

Ohio nurse tending to girl who died surrenders professional license

Oct 19, 2011

Earlier this year a 14-year-old Ohio girl with cerebral palsy died of while in the care of her nurse. This past month, the nurse who was attending to the girl surrendered her nursing license. According to Ohio Board of Nursing records, she had been licensed since July 1994. The surrender will make it impossible for her to ever be licensed in Ohio again. Prior to the girl's death she had cared for the girl for...

Foreign national dies after walking into Pittsburgh traffic

Oct 14, 2011

Across the state of Pennsylvania, pedestrians and motor vehicles interact on a daily basis. While laws have been created to help the two coexist in a safe manner, and drivers and walkers do what they can to follow those laws, inevitably accidents do happen. Earlier this month 26-year-old man from Guatemala was killed after being hit by a pickup truck at 25th Street and East Carson in Pittsburgh. The early morning fatal accident that was...

Early morning car accident responsible for death of Pa. man

Oct 12, 2011

Car accidents happen every day throughout the state of Pennsylvania. They involve many different types of motor vehicles and occur at all hours of the day. In the best cases car accidents result in minor or no injuries to the parties involved. In more tragic situations a person sustains such serious injuries that he or she dies. Earlier this week just as most people were rousing themselves from sleep, a fatal accident occurred. The accident...

Trial begins in death of woman pushing children in stroller

Oct 12, 2011

Everyday people in Pennsylvania and Ohio are out walking either as transportation or for fitness. Rarely do those people think about the possibility of being hit by a car on their walk. Unfortunately when pedestrian are struck by motor vehicles, the injuries are often severe and sometimes result in death. The vehicular homicide criminal trial has commenced for a 21-year-old Mt. Lebanon man who is accused of killing a 36-year-old woman by hitting her with...

Teen killed in accident on Old Forge Road

Sep 28, 2011

Three teen boys were involved in a head-on car crash earlier this month on Old Forge Road. The car accident occurred early in the morning when the driver of a Chevrolet Cavalier approached a curve in the road and lost control of the vehicle. Before knocking down a utility pole and smashing head-on into a tree, the car crossed into the opposite lane and ran into a mailbox. The car burst into flames shortly after...

Speed a factor in fatal truck crash on turnpike

Sep 16, 2011

Whenever a car and truck collide, the chance that a passenger in the car will sustain a serious injury increases. Because the average weight of a commercial truck is over 25 times greater than most cars, the injuries caused by the impact often lead to death. Earlier this month a fatal auto accident involving a car and truck occurred in Lower Salford, Pennsylvania. The early morning accident on the turnpike resulted in the closure of...

Family of girl killed in hit-and-run awarded $2.9M

Sep 7, 2011

The family of a 14-year-old girl, who was killed in a hit-and-run accident in 2004, was awarded $2.9 million after filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the 21-year-old Philadelphia man who was driving the car that hit her. The owner of the car was also named as a defendant in the civil lawsuit. At the time of the accident tests administered by the police indicated the driver was intoxicated. He was also driving with a...

Fatal car accident on Route 249 in PA

Sep 2, 2011

According to the police a fatal accident occurred yesterday morning in Westfield Township, Pennsylvania, when a 20-year-old woman was driving her Pontiac Sunfire on State Route 249 in Tioga County. At approximately 9:30 a.m. she entered a curve in the road. As she did so, her car reportedly slid causing her to cross into the other lane and collide with the car occupying that lane. The driver of the other vehicle was a 53-year-old woman...

NTSB requests review of safety procedures by duck boat company

Sep 2, 2011

Earlier this month we wrote about the guilty plea to the maritime offense of misconduct of a ship operator causing death entered by the pilot of a tug boat. The two deaths occurred when he pushed a barge into a duck boat on the Delaware River. At the time, the duck boat was anchored in a busy shipping channel due to the belief there was a fire on board. Now, as a result of the...