Blog: Wrongful Death

14-year-old girl killed by dump truck in Pittsburgh

Mar 7, 2014

An eighth grader from McKeesport was killed when she was hit by a dump truck as school let out, late Thursday afternoon. She was only fourteen. The girl was officially identified this morning by an Allegheny County medical examiner. Witnesses say she was crossing Eden Park Boulevard, following a group of friends, when she was hit. They say she was not walking within the designated cross-walk area and that a school bus likely obstructed her...

New Bedford man charged with vehicular homicide

Feb 26, 2014

A man from New Bedford, PA, just outside of Pulaski Township in Lawrence County, has been charged with vehicular homicide of an Ohio woman. The 62-year-old man who lives on Route 208 across from the Tanglewood Golf Course was charged by North Beaver Township police after an accident that killed a 68-year-old woman from New Middletown, Ohio. The two-vehicle accident happened on January 11 at the intersection of PA/OH State Line Road and PA Route...

Ohio man killed in train yard accident after complaints of unsafe work conditions

Feb 19, 2014

Ohio authorities have identified the steel plant worker who was killed in an accident at the plant's train yard last Friday. The accident happened at Republic Steel in Lorain, Ohio. The victim, a 62-year-old man from Brownhelm, Ohio, worked for Republic for forty-five years, according to his wife. The man was said to be hanging on to a moving rail car when he became stuck between it and a parked rail car. He was pronounced...

Greene County fire stops, safety still an issue

Feb 17, 2014

The explosion and fire that shocked rural Greene County last Tuesday has finally gone out after four days of nonstop burning. After injuring one man and taking another man's life, crews must now worry about deadly toxins that will likely leak from the two dysfunctional well heads. For inexplicable reasons, the gas that fueled the flames in one of the site's three wells decreased enough for the fire to extinguish itself late Saturday afternoon. The...

Man dies from injuries suffered at industrial plant in Clairton

Feb 17, 2014

A 64-year-old man from McKees Rocks who was injured working for United States Steel Corporation in Clairton two weeks ago has succumbed to his injuries and died Friday evening at UPMC Mercy. The man was badly burned in the quench tower at the Clairton coke plant. The quench tower is used to cool the coke after it has been made and heated up through chemical processes in the plant's batteries. The coke oven converts coal...

Tragedy strikes Butler and Erie with loss of promising young woman

Feb 7, 2014

The tragedy in Erie where a Butler native died at Gannon University has left two communities in shock and a host of questions for friends and family of the 21-year-old nursing student. The news out of Erie this week has left many people in our region dumbfounded and left parents throughout the country worried sick about their sons and daughters who are in college or getting ready to matriculate in the fall. The young woman...

Three die, two are injured in WV mobile phone tower collapse

Feb 3, 2014

Three men were killed after a construction accident in West Virginia on Saturday when two mobile phone towers collapsed. West Virginia State Police reported Sunday morning that two workers and one responding firefighter died when the towers fell in Clarksburg, WV on Saturday afternoon. The two workers were a 32-year-old and 27-year-old from Hulbert, Oklahoma and Bokoshe, Oklahoma, respectively. The firefighter was a 28-year-old man from Clarksburg and volunteer at the Nutter Fork Volunteer Fire...

Worker killed in truck yard tragedy

Jan 1, 2014

When a laborer is injured in Pennsylvania while on the job, that worker is entitled to seek workers' compensation. When someone tragically dies during the course of their job, their family will likely look to file a wrongful death claim so as to receive compensation for the loss of their loved one. Aside from life insurance, families of victims of workplace deaths may also look to find an attorney who can help prove, beyond a...

Lawsuit pending in curious South Carolina wrongful death case

Dec 2, 2013

A South Carolina wrongful death lawsuit has many asking who is to blame. Two women, daughters of a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a dump truck in June 2012, are suing the construction company and the driver of truck for wrongful death. The victim–a Columbia, South Carolina native–was crossing the road in his motorized wheelchair when the driver, an employee of P&S Construction, hit and killed the 67-year-old man. The driver and P&S...

Man pinned, dies in crane yard manufacturing accident

Sep 12, 2013

An employee of Manitowoc Crane Group in Shady Grove, PA was killed two weeks ago in what most expect OSHA and police to eventually call an accident. To this point, most are considering the accident a case of wrongful death with total or partial responsibility yet to be determined. According to the police lieutenant from Greencastle, PA, 59-year-old Rickie Lee Grimsley was crushed between an operated crane and a parked crane at around 2:30pm on...