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In certain occupations forklifts are a necessity. These vehicles, used to move things from one place to another, are particularly helpful in warehouse settings where the goods are stored in large and/or heavy packages. While forklifts can be extremely helpful,...
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Men and women who drive large commercial vehicles as part of their job duties must undergo special training and obtain a proper driver's license. These added requirements help ensure that truck drivers have the training and experience needed to safety...
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Doctors throughout he nation make medical mistakes more than anyone likely wants to think about. These medical mistakes make take many forms including misdiagnoses. While often the condition a doctor fails to diagnose is more serious than what the patient...
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Technological advances have greatly improved the ease and quality of many Americans' lives. This is especially true within the medical field where the use of technology and medical devices has helped save millions of lives. While there is little doubt...
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In a recent blog post (please see our August 28, 2013, entry), we discussed some of the factors that contribute in a major way to commercial truck crashes in Ohio and across the nation. Obvious culprits include aggressive driving --...
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In a 2006 United States Bureau of Justice Statistics poll, 56% of state prison inmates and 64% of local inmates were said to be suffering from some sort of mental illness. Mental health experts today say those numbers are too...
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Thirty years ago, an individual diagnosed as having the human immunodeficiency virus was doomed to death. HIV is the virus which causes an individual to develop acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or AIDS. During the 1980s and 1990s, millions of people around...
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Tragedy struck Big Beaver Borough on Monday afternoon around 2 p.m. when a man was killed after he crashed the cement truck he was driving. Police and Investigators are saying that a tire on the truck blew out and likely...
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Truck drivers are accustomed to driving long hours and in all types of road conditions. Truckers are also used to navigating through challenging driving environments including road construction sites. When coming upon a construction work zone, truck drivers, along with...
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Despite mass shootings and murder-suicides tied to people with serious mental health issues, states around the country continue to cut funding every year. Budgets cuts lead to reduced access to care--it's as simple as that. And with deplorable acts of...
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Attorneys Douglas Olcott and Dallas Hartman, of Dallas W. Hartman, P.C., have secured a $1.3 million dollar settlement for a Pulaski man who was critically injured in a March 2000 fall as a result of a defective product. Billy Ray Moore...
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Mental health facilities in western Pennsylvania are nearly extinct. Budget cuts over the past 30-40 years have forced state-run psychiatric hospitals to close their doors, leaving previous inhabitants to be dealt with by the law, for-profit companies, local hospitals, and...
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