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- Ohio teen starves to death: Part 3
May 29, 2012
In past posts, this blog detailed the horrific end to one Ohio 14-year-old girl's life. She has cerebral palsy and was grossly neglected by her mother and the nurses that were supposed to care for her. Upon starving to death, she has several bed sores and weighed only 28 feeble pounds. While the three nurses going to court for charges related to nursing neglect have pleaded not guilty and are still awaiting trial, justice has...Read More - Negligent driver convicted in pedestrian fatality
May 29, 2012
In Ohio, pedestrians are left vulnerable in the face of negligent drivers. Texting, talking on the phone, fussing with the radio, using excessive speed and driving while fatigued are some of the most common examples that can have the direst of consequences in Ohio and elsewhere due to pedestrian accidents. One Virginia pedestrian, just 23 years old, was struck and killed by a valet driver while she was on her way to a concert with...Read More - Dallas Hartman recognized as one of the top 50 attorneys in Pittsburgh region
May 25, 2012
Attorney Dallas Hartman, of Dallas W. Hartman, P.C., has been listed as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2012. This is the second year in a row that Dallas has been honored by Super Lawyers, a designation reserved for the top 5% of lawyers in PA as voted by their peers. In addition to his Super Lawyers distinction, Attorney Hartman has also been voted as one of the top 50 lawyers in the Pittsburgh region and the...Read More - Man injured in Beaver County work accident
May 25, 2012
Workplace safety is important to many employers throughout Pennsylvania. Nonetheless, accidents resulting in injuries of varying severity do occur. Some accidents involve motor vehicles, others slipping and falling. Another all too common type of accident occurs when objects fall on a worker. An industrial accident of this type occurred earlier this month in Beaver County. According to Harmony Township Police Chief, the worker was hurt when steel pipes broke away from the bed of his...Read More - One dead after multivehicle accident in West Mifflin
May 25, 2012
There are of course many actions that lead to the occurrence of a car accident. One that often appears in news stories throughout the Pittsburgh area is when a vehicle crosses the centerline and enters the lane of traffic travelling in the opposite direction. The outcome of these head-on accidents can be serious injuries and even death. A car accident of this kind, involving multiple vehicles, took place last weekend in West Mifflin. According to...Read More - Medical malpractice reform reduces the number of cases heard
May 25, 2012
Medical malpractice reforms are reducing caseloads in Pennsylvania courts. The state Supreme Court celebrates its 10th anniversary of lower caseload reforms. Though the court system comes out ahead with the reforms, what about injured patients? Along with decreased medical malpractice cases due to things such as hospital negligence in Pennsylvania, plaintiffs' successful verdicts have also declined. Requirements that cases must be filed in the venue where the cause of action arose and that a "certificate...Read More - Motorcyclist dies after collision with car on Route 51
May 25, 2012
Sadly there do not seem to be a shortage of stories about motorcycle accidents that result in death. These fatal accidents take place throughout all of Pennsylvania including the Pittsburgh area. While these accidents often involve only the motorcycle and no other motor vehicles, this is not always the case. A man riding his motorcycle on Route 51 earlier this week, died when he was involved in a collision with another vehicle. According to the...Read More - Anesthesiologist sued for amputation of genitalia
May 23, 2012
It's an allegation of medical malpractice that is too sensational for most, including those in the Pittsburgh area, to miss. The case of the man who sued after his external male genitalia had to be removed due to an infection. Gangrene reportedly set in after the man underwent an elective surgery to get a penile implant in response to erectile dysfunction he was experiencing. According to the lawsuit, the August 2007 surgery should never have...Read More - Crib and play yard tent recalled after death of child
May 23, 2012
It is a parent's worst nightmare. Learning that a product they have purchased to keep their child safe is in fact potentially deadly. Many Pittsburgh parents likely felt that when the news broke earlier this month that tents used to keep children in their cribs and play yards made by a company called Tots in Mind, Inc. were voluntarily recalled by five retailers that sold the defective and dangerous product. The recall, announced by the...Read More - On-the-job electrocution claims life of Pittsburgh man
May 23, 2012
There is no question that deaths occur on a regular basis throughout Pittsburgh. While many are due to natural causes, sometimes they happen because of accidents. When those accidents are caused by another person's negligence, the death may lead to a civil wrongful death lawsuit. Fatal accidents prompting these lawsuits sometimes happen while the deceased person is working. Earlier this week a 26-year-old man died in a job-site accident. The man was reportedly electrocuted in what is...Read More