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- Fatal tractor accident at Pittsburgh area golf course
Jun 14, 2013
Not all motor vehicle accidents involve cars or trucks. As a recent Pittsburgh accident illustrates, they may involve tractors. Those tractors may be outfitted in such a way to make it possible to do things like mow the lawn. The accident occurred at a golf course located in Bell Township. A man was reportedly in the process of mowing the course's grass when the incident occurred. The tractor he was driving was outfitted with mower...Read More - Building collapse kills 6 in Pennsylvania
Jun 7, 2013
Many Pennsylvania residents are looking for an explanation regarding a tragic event that occurred earlier this week. A building located in Philadelphia collapsed killing six. Fourteen others, who were rescued from the rubble, suffered injuries of various degrees of severity. The collapse occurred as a construction crew demolitioned a four-story building. As they worked something apparently went wrong that resulted in an outer wall of the building falling the wrong way onto a Salvation Army...Read More - Pennsylvania man alleges medical malpractice in the death of wife
Jun 7, 2013
A Pennsylvania man who believes his wife would be alive today were it not for the medical treatment she received at a hospital in the state, recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging medical malpractice. His 37-year-old wife died several days after being admitted to the hospital. The woman, who was the mother of two, first went to the hospital complaining of a terrible headache a few days earlier. She was discharged several hours later,...Read More - Young woman dead after Pittsburgh area car crash
Jun 7, 2013
The life of a promising young Pittsburgh area resident was tragically cut short earlier this week. The 25-year-old woman was involved in a car accident that occurred on Interstate 376. Despite the fact that she was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, her injuries were too serious and she sadly died. According to authorities the woman was a passenger in one of the two vehicles involved in the crash. Reportedly one of...Read More - Parents of child who died at zoo file wrongful death lawsuit
Jun 3, 2013
It is likely that few in the Pittsburgh area have forgotten the tragic death of a young boy at the zoo last fall. The 2-year-old died after falling into a wild dog exhibit. Though he was reportedly alert after the fall, the dogs attacked him inflicting the fatal wounds. Recently, the boy's parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the zoo as well as the Zoological Society of Pittsburgh, seeking punitive damages for the boy's...Read More - Pittsburgh area ATV race ends in fatal crash
May 20, 2013
Though unexpected deaths happen many different ways they often involve motorized vehicles. There are likely many reasons for this including their availability. Nearly everywhere one looks in Western Pennsylvania there is a motorized vehicle of some sort. They are used not only for transportation but recreation as well. Earlier this month a 15-year-old boy who was riding an ATV for recreation was killed in an accident in front of approximately 300 spectators. At the time...Read More - Bachelorette party turns tragic when limo bursts into flames
May 7, 2013
A wedding and the celebrations preceding the event are some of the most exciting milestones in many people's lives. This is true for residents of the Pittsburgh area as well as throughout the nation. Sadly, a celebration one bride and her friends were having went tragically wrong when the limousine they had rented for the bachelorette party caught on fire, trapping and ultimately killing five, including the bride. Four other partygoers, along with the driver, survived...Read More - Officer dies in Pennsylvania police chase
May 3, 2013
Recently, a police officer in Lawrence County passed away after a car chase by ended tragically. A police chase resulted in a cars slamming into his township's cruiser, resulting in the death of the officer. Another person was seriously injured in the incident. The fatal accident resulted in the death of a man, 60, who passed away on the way to the hospital after the incident. Prior to the incident, state police were chasing a...Read More - Lawsuit filed after suicidal woman allowed to leave hospital
May 3, 2013
We often write about situations that could result in medical malpractice lawsuits involving problems with procedures. There are times however when hospitals may be negligent without workers even coming into physical contact with the patient. This is the basis of a lawsuit that was recently filed in Pennsylvania. The medical malpractice lawsuit alleges a hospital located in the state was negligent in the way it treated one of its patients. The 30-year- old woman was...Read More - Jackson wrongful death trial underway
May 3, 2013
Fans of Michael Jackson in the Pittsburgh area may be interested in the civil wrongful death lawsuit that is currently getting underway in a courtroom on the opposite coast. Earlier this week the trial on the wrongful death claim opened, complete with the musician’s songs being played while videos of the man and his family were shown in the courtroom. Jackson died in 2009 after overdosing on the drug propofol that he reportedly used to...Read More