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Medical worker seeks damages for injuries suffered in fall

Jan 16, 2015

In previous posts we have written about the dangers associated with working in the medical field. The locations in which a health care professional might be injured are not limited to hospitals and doctor's offices. As a lawsuit recently filed by a Pennsylvania hospital worker illustrates, it can occur in other settings as well. The woman who filed the personal injury lawsuit says that during winter she was working in a mobile medical trailer that...

Car accident on Route 286 in Indiana County kills three

Jan 15, 2015

A car accident in Center Township, Pennsylvania killed three people and injured another Wednesday, January 15, 2015. The car accident was in Indiana County and was a head on collision between two SUVs on Route 286. Early police reports say that one of the SUVs crossed over the double yellow center while going through a curve in the road and struck the other SUV. The car accident occurred between Ream Road and Anthony Road in...

Workers’ Compensation benefits granted for PTSD

Jan 7, 2015

Workers' compensation benefits were granted by the Commonwealth Court last Tuesday to a Pennsylvania man that was managing a liquor store when the store was the target of an armed robbery. The Court ruled that the Pennsylvania man was due workers' compensation benefits for the psychological trauma he suffered during the robbery. This Morrisville, Pennsylvania man was managing a state store when the masked assailants entered the store, held a gun to his head, made...

Clarion County 18-car pileup leaves two dead

Jan 7, 2015

A car accident in Clarion County, Pennsylvania that involved nine tractor trailers and nine passenger vehicles has led to the death of two people and injuries to at least 30 others. This 18-car pileup happened Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at approximately 1:30 p.m. Two victims of this Clarion County pileup died at the scene. This tragic accident happened in the midst of back-to-back snow squalls that made visibility very difficult. According to police, the accident...

Icy roads lead to pedestrian accidents in Western Pennsylvania

Jan 6, 2015

Two separate pedestrian accidents have tragically taken the lives of two Western Pennsylvania residents over the weekend. An Aleppo Township woman was killed while walking her dogs on Aleppo Road in Allegheny County on January 3, 2014. Also, in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, a man was killed as his own van slid on an icy street and ran him over. This past Saturday, Allegheny County dispatchers fielded 3,700 calls between 5 and 11 a.m. Also, Beaver...

Washington County woman killed in truck accident

Jan 5, 2015

A truck accident caused the death of a woman in Washington County, Pennsylvania on January 3, 2015. A Monongahela woman was a passenger in a vehicle on Route 136 in Somerset Township when the vehicle was hit by a truck. The truck accident caused fatal injuries to the woman that was the passenger and also injured the man that was driving the vehicle, causing him to be taken to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

Boy fatally struck in pedestrian accident

Dec 30, 2014

A fatal pedestrian accident in Franklin Township, New Jersey involving a police cruiser and a young boy occurred Sunday night. The boy was on his way to a sleepover with two friends along with two adult supervisors. As they were about to cross Delsea Drive the adults saw a fast approaching vehicle and called for the boy to come back, but the boy was already in the street and a Franklin Township police car struck...

Managed care services provider addresses workers’ comp and Ebola

Dec 19, 2014

In an earlier post we wrote about rules put in place by the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration to protect health care workers caring for patients who are ill with viruses such as Ebola. Despite the creation of these rules, this past fall two nurses contracted the virus and became ill. Though they survived, both were away from work for a period of time recovering. When a worker becomes ill in the course...

Butler County farmer injured by tractor

Dec 19, 2014

A Butler County man was injured when his tractor was accidentally activated and ran over him. As this Clay Township, Pennsylvania man was getting off of his tractor, his foot knocked the vehicle into gear. Subsequently, he was hanging onto the tractor as it exited the barn before he eventually fell off and the rear wheel ran over his body. He was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital and then transferred to UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh,...

Effexor birth injuries lawsuits closer to trial

Dec 19, 2014

The birth injuries lawsuits involving Effexor, an antidepressant drug, have been set to move toward the first round of trials. The lawsuits allege that when expecting mothers took the antidepressant during their first trimester, it caused their children to suffer birth defects such as heart problems. It also claims that the manufacturers failed to conduct proper research into the side effects of using antidepressants during pregnancy, and the manufactures failed to inform consumer and physicians...