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- Dallas Helps Safe Kids Erie Partnership Kicks Off at Jefferson Elementary
May 10, 2010
Each year, more than 100 children die from bicycle-related injuries, and more than a quarter-million are treated in emergency rooms. Of these, nearly half (47 percent) have traumatic brain injuries. Properly fitted bike helmets could reduce the risk of bike-related brain injuries by 88 percent; however, only one out of five cyclists ages 5 to 14 usually wears a helmet. In Pennsylvania, children under age 12 are required by law to wear a helmet at...Read More - Dallas W. Hartman, P.C. to make major donations at Jefferson Elementary School Erie SAFE KIDS Day
May 10, 2010
More than 100 children die and a quarter million are treated in emergency rooms for bicycle-related injuries each year. Of the 250,000 injured, nearly half are diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries (TBI). What’s more, 88% of these deaths and injuries could be avoided if these children had been properly fitted with bicycle helmets, but a recent study has shown that only 1 in 5 kids ages 5-14 regularly wear helmets. Safe Kids Erie has forged...Read More - $15.6 million awarded in brother vs. brother car accident lawsuit
Mar 19, 2010
A jury has awarded a Shenango County man $15.6 million over an automobile accident he was in with his brother at the wheel. Judge Tom Piccione of the Common Pleas Court presided over what is one of Lawrence County's largest ever verdicts. Stephen Piper was injured in an automobile accident on February 22nd, 2003 in a car driven by his brother, Kyle Piper. At the time of the accident, Stephen was fifteen and Kyle was...Read More