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- Is Pennsylvania too lenient when it comes to DUI?
Jun 17, 2015
Drunk drivers can cause massive amounts of harm on the roads. Their conduct can cause auto accidents that leave innocent individuals with injuries that can have major physical, mental, emotional and financial effects. The civil legal system in Pennsylvania provides victims of drunk drivers with various different avenues for seeking compensation for the harms done to them. Now, the laws regarding personal injury claims related to drunk driving accidents can be rather complex and personal...Read More - Preventing boat accidents this summer
Jun 16, 2015
Severe weather is the cause of a vast majority of boating accidents. The last seven days in Western Pennsylvania have been filled with tornado warnings, flash flood warnings, thunderstorms, and high winds. This time of year, many of our areas inhabitants like to take advantage of the warm temperature and spend time out on the waters of Lake Erie in Erie County, Conneaut Lake in Crawford County, the Shenango Reservoir in Mercer County, Lake Arthur...Read More - Honda adds over a million cars to air bag recall
Jun 16, 2015
A recall of airbags created by Takata Corporation and used in many Honda vehicles has been expanded to over a million of Honda's most popular vehicles. The Takata Corporation airbags are being recalled because the ammonium nitrate propellant used in the air bags has been determined to burn too quickly. This can cause them to blow apart a metal canister and send shrapnel out, injuring passengers and drivers. The defective airbags have been the cause...Read More - Pittsburgh bus accidents injure 17 people in less than 12 hours
Jun 15, 2015
Two separate bus accidents have injured 17 people in less than 12 hours in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Both incidents involved Port Authority buses. The first of these two motor vehicle accidents happened at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Smithfield Street in downtown Pittsburgh. The accident was caused by a car running a red traffic signal and hitting a bus. The driver of the car and of the bus in this accident suffered head injuries...Read More - Workplace safety? There are apps for that
Jun 13, 2015
There are many things that individuals and companies do to try to keep workers safe. As technology has infiltrated so many parts of our lives the area of workplace safety has not been left behind. Instead, many apps focused on that objective have been created. There are so many that the national director of Compliance Programs for ASSE recently conducted a study focused on the subject. As a part of the study, more than 150...Read More - Pipe crushes Beaver County workers’ leg
Jun 12, 2015
A tragic workplace accident in Ambridge, Pennsylvania has caused severe lower body injuries to a steel worker. The worker was transported to a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area hospital after the incident. The injuries were caused when the man's leg was crushed by a piece of pipe in a Beaver County steel fabrication plant. If you or a loved one has been involved in a workplace injury, it is critical that you seek representation as quickly as...Read More - Allegheny County Route 28 car accident kills one
Jun 11, 2015
A car accident in the southbound lane of Route 28 near Shaler, Pennsylvania has killed one person and injured three others. The car accident involved three vehicles. One of the vehicles was a convertible and both the driver of the convertible and a passenger were ejected from the vehicle. A 52 year old woman died and the other woman that was ejected from the convertible was taken to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The...Read More - Erie car accident kills 17 year old passenger
Jun 9, 2015
A car accident near Beach 5 at Preque Isle State Park in Erie, Pennsylvania caused the death of a 17 year old male and severe injuries to a 21 year old. The 17 year old was a passenger in a vehicle being operated by the 21 year old. The 21 year old was operating the vehicle at a high rate of speed when the accident occurred. The 17 year old was pronounced dead at the...Read More - Multiple injuries in Butler County car accident
Jun 8, 2015
A car accident in Slippery Rock Township, Pennsylvania has caused five people to be taken to local hospitals. An Ellwood City woman was driving north on Ellwood Road in Butler County when her vehicle crossed the center line and into the southbound lane. The Ellwood City woman struck a vehicle being operated by a 51 year old New Castle, Pennsylvania woman. The New Castle resident struck the guardrail and subsequently struck another vehicle being operated...Read More - When a worker dies while working family may file lawsuit
Jun 5, 2015
People may be aware that they might be able to receive workers' compensation benefits when they are injured while working. Most employers throughout the state of Pennsylvania are required to purchase a workers' compensation insurance policy. The benefits are designed to help the injured employee cover the costs that arise while he or she is healing and unable to work. Even though this process exists outside of the legal court system, when someone runs into...Read More