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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...

Settlement reached in Mercer County medical malpractice case

Dec 16, 2014

The medical malpractice lawyers at Dallas W. Hartman, P.C. have reached a settlement for a case that left an 87 year old Mercer County woman with no kidneys. This 87 year old woman went to UPMC Horizon in Farrell, Pennsylvania to have a cancerous kidney removed and the operation left her without both kidneys. As a result of the surgery, this 87 year old woman was on dialysis the rest of her life. The medical...

Reed Oil explosion causes wrongful death of New Castle man

Dec 15, 2014

Massive head trauma from an oil tank explosion caused the wrongful death of a New Castle, Pennsylvania man in August of 2013. In Pymatuning Township, Mercer County, a 37 year old welding contractor was hired to do welding work on an oil storage tank that caused the tank to explode. The explosion caused the tragic death of this man and caused the oil tank to be thrown across the Reed Oil facility into a neighboring...

Tracy Morgan struggling to recover from TBI

Dec 13, 2014

The truck accident that seriously injured comedian Tracy Morgan several months ago is likely still fresh in many people’s mind. In addition to inflicting serious injuries upon Morgan and several others in the vehicle, the crash also resulted in the death of one man. Following the incident Morgan was hospitalized for several weeks. During that time his body healed from the injuries he suffered including broken bones such as: A leg. Nose. Ribs. He also...

Pittsburgh man killed in pedestrian accident

Dec 12, 2014

A fatal pedestrian accident claimed the life of a Pittsburgh area man Wednesday night. The accident occurred around 11:30 pm and about half a mile east of the Boulevard of the Allies exit of I-376 East in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The victim was walking in the left lane of the Parkway East outbound when he was struck according to the state police. The impact flung him into the westbound lanes where he was hit by two...