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- Three die, two are injured in WV mobile phone tower collapse
Feb 3, 2014
Three men were killed after a construction accident in West Virginia on Saturday when two mobile phone towers collapsed. West Virginia State Police reported Sunday morning that two workers and one responding firefighter died when the towers fell in Clarksburg, WV on Saturday afternoon. The two workers were a 32-year-old and 27-year-old from Hulbert, Oklahoma and Bokoshe, Oklahoma, respectively. The firefighter was a 28-year-old man from Clarksburg and volunteer at the Nutter Fork Volunteer Fire...Read More - 6 injured in Carrick school van crash
Jan 31, 2014
Six people were hurt on Thursday morning when a Carrick School District van collided with another vehicle, according to an Allegheny County dispatch controller. The accident took place in a residential area at the intersection of Waterman Avenue and Hopeland Street, just off of Becks Run Road, at around 7:45 a.m., according to police. A Pittsburgh Public School spokesperson told reporters that two student and the driver of the van were injured in the accident...Read More - Industrial accident takes one life, injures two more in Elk County explosion
Jan 31, 2014
An industrial accident has taken one person's life in Elk County. The explosion took place in a manufacturing facility in St. Marys, Pennsylvania at around 9 a.m. Thursday morning. Pennsylvania State Police report that the accident happened at the Mersen USA plant. Mersen USA specializes in anticorrosion and process equipment, as well as developing electrical solutions for motors and generators. The plant is located on Trout Run Road, just west of St. Marys proper. The...Read More - Commercial trucking accident sends two people to hospital
Jan 27, 2014
A trucking accident on Interstate 76 in Mahoning County, Ohio shut down the eastbound lane for several hours on Monday. The Ohio State Highway Patrol told reporters that they are investigating the accident, which involved a commercial tractor trailer, a flatbed truck, and a tanker truck, as well as other passenger vehicles that were on the highway at the time. Police say that the accident took place just before 11 a.m. on Monday morning. They...Read More - Two injured in Girard, OH head on collision
Jan 27, 2014
Two people were hurt on Sunday afternoon when their vehicles crashed head on in Girard, Ohio. Local police told reporters that a Mercury Milan was travelling on a rural section of Tibbets Wick Road between Edwards Street and Pleasant Valley Road. The accident took place early Sunday afternoon when the driver of the Milan crossed the center double yellow lane and crashed head on into a Buick Rendezvous. There were no passengers in either vehicle,...Read More - Serious interstate accident kills 3, injures many more
Jan 24, 2014
The winter weather much of the nation is experienced appears to have played a role in large crash that occurred in another state. The incident, which took place on an interstate, left three people dead and more than 20 injured. The pile-up, which involved both commercial tractor trailers and cars, shut down a 14 mile portion of the interstate for hours throughout the night. A total of 46 vehicles were involved in the crash. Eighteen...Read More - Success likely for Stryker victims, individual suits to follow
Jan 23, 2014
The predicted success of current multi-party lawsuits against Stryker Corporation, the manufacturer of the hip replacement devices Rejuvenate and ABG II, is good news to many people who will be looking to file individual suits in the near future. This news comes after Stryker recalled the hip replacement devices from the market in 2012 when they had reached nearly 20,000 personal complaints from patients who had received either the Rejuvenate or ABG II hip systems...Read More - Fewer workplace deaths in Pennsylvania recorded in 2013
Jan 22, 2014
Workers in the state of Pennsylvania have something to celebrate. A report recently released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that in 2013, the number of deaths that occurred in workplaces fell. The preliminary rate is down 13% as compared to 2012. At 163 deaths, that is the lowest number the state has reported since record keeping began in 1992. The largest reduction came in the number of people who died after falls from...Read More - Harmful side effects, deaths linked to da Vinci Surgical System
Jan 22, 2014
Recent reports show that the da Vinci Surgical System has been cited in a growing number of claims against the machine’s manufacturer, Intuitive Surgical. Used throughout the world in millions of surgeries since it was introduced to the market in 2000, the da Vinci Surgical System has gained increasing criticism, especially here in the United States. Although Intuitive Surgical adamantly disagrees with claims that their product is defective, research and evidence are beginning to prove...Read More - Lawrence County Family Settles Bad Faith Claim Against Erie Insurance Exchange for $18 Million
Jan 20, 2014
A Lawrence County family will receive $18 million in damages for their severely injured son after pursuing a claim for bad faith arising from Erie Insurance Exchange’s (“Erie”) handling of a single car accident, which occurred on February 22, 2003. Attorney Dallas W. Hartman had previously obtained a $15.6 million dollar verdict on behalf of David and Joyce Piper, as Guardians of Stephen Piper, back on March 15, 2007, in connection with the underlying motor...Read More