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A recent helicopter crash on Hawaii's Molokai Island claimed the lives of newlywed nuclear engineers from Pittsburgh, married less than a week. A tragic loss for both families and for Westinghouse Electric, where they were employed, this incident reinforces the...
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A 75-year-old driver from Moon Township visited local police the morning because he may have struck a teenage girl the night before. Believing he had hit a deer, the driver had no explanation for leaving the scene of the accident....
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Workplace safety is taken seriously throughout the country. This is illustrated by the potential penalties that Lowe's Companies Inc. is facing for health and safety violations recently found in three Pennsylvania stores. The violations were uncovered during OSHA's Site-Specific Targeting...
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Veteran riders know that biking is actually quite safe. Statistics reinforce their opinion. Fatalities per every 10,000 bike commuters dropped 57 percent between 1980 and 2008, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Despite this, even the most experienced cyclists in...
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Throughout all of the country, including Pennsylvania, many individuals rely on motor vehicles to get to their destination. There is another group however who either walk or rely on their bicycles for transportation. While these modes of transportation are generally...
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Product liability cases can be complicated. Once a defective product has caused damage to a number of people, it can be difficult for the responsible businesses to come up with the finances to cover the necessary repairs.This past September we...
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The end of last month a tree cutter with more than 30 years experience was injured while at work. The man, who worked for JJ Tree Service, was cutting trees at a property in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, when it happened. Though...
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We have written several posts on the kidney transplant that led to an organ recipient developing hepatitis C. The donor was is the man's significant other and mother of their 18-year-old son. She did not know that she had the...
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Earlier this fall we wrote about the removal of the National Practitioner Data Bank which contains information regarding the medical malpractice records of doctors throughout Pennsylvania and the rest of the nation. The Health Resources and Services Administration, which is...
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The girlfriend of a man who died while waiting for an ambulance during one of the worst snowstorms in Pittsburgh history is now being countersued by the city.It's the latest strange turn in this often confusing case.The children of the...
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The next big product liability class action lawsuit could target junk food peddlers. Scientific studies show that eating junk food -- processed food that is low in nutrients but high in fat and calories -- can actually mimic addiction in...
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This past summer we wrote about the death of MTV reality show star Ryan Dunn in a Pennsylvania car accident. Dunn was intoxicated when he drove his speeding Porsche off the road killing both himself and his passenger. At the...
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