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- Family sues after surgical error results in 67-year-old’s death
Oct 22, 2013
Surgeons are among some of the most skilled and experienced of all medical professionals. Often highly sought-after due to their skill level, surgeons are frequently regarded in the medical community as being among the elite. While the majority of surgical procedures are successful and without error, when surgical errors do happen, those impacted often suffer devastating harm and injury. The family of a 67-year-old man recently filed a medical malpractice lawsuit when the man died...Read More - Motorcycle & SUV collision leaves 5 dead in Franklin County
Oct 21, 2013
A devastating accident between two motorcycles and an SUV ended in terrible tragedy this past weekend. Five people were killed, four of them on the motorcycles, when a collision took place in Franklin County, PA near the Pennsylvania/Maryland border. The accident happened Saturday afternoon in Washington Township, not far from Waynesboro, less than five miles from the state line. Each motorcycle held a driver with a passenger on the back and the SUV is reported...Read More - Breast milk sold online mostly tainted says study
Oct 21, 2013
It has recently been reported that a majority of breast milk that is sold online from women who produce an excess of what some call "liquid gold," contains various forms of potentially dangerous bacteria. After questioning the safety of such a transaction, researchers decided to test over a hundred different milk samples on one of the internet's most popular breast-milk-for-sale websites. Such sites sell the milk for a few dollars an ounce and some women,...Read More - Drunk driver hits 3 pedestrians in South Side
Oct 21, 2013
Pittsburgh Police were alarmed shortly after 2am on East Carson Street in the Southside when a black Pontiac driven by a 26-year-old intoxicated Wilkinsburg man hit three pedestrians walking along the road. Police were actually attending to another call when the Wilkinsburg man hit one person, drove away, saw police, backed into two more people, and then tried to escape again before he was stopped. One Pittsburgh Police officer fired a shot at the Pontiac,...Read More - Dangers posed by unsecured loads and improperly maintained trucks
Oct 18, 2013
We've previously discussed the devastating injuries often suffered by those drivers and passengers involved in accidents with large trucks and commercial vehicles. While the majority of these truck accidents result from an actual collision or crash, large trucks carrying unsecured loads or those that are not properly maintained also pose many dangers. Semi trucks and tractor trailers often carry heavy loads that may be difficult or awkward to secure. While traveling on highways at high...Read More - Erie court upholds child abuse sentencing
Oct 18, 2013
A judge from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a prison sentence after a convicted child abuser attempted to have it reduced. Police in Erie found the woman's four-year-old naked and terribly bruised at her Chestnut Street apartment two years ago in October 2011. Police said that she was shivering and had a black eye and other bruises on her back, stomach, and legs. Police had gone to the residence after the toddler's grandmother asked...Read More - Rolling stop ends in two car collision
Oct 18, 2013
A man had to be rescued from his car following a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Crane Road and Lay Road last Friday, October 18, around 9:30am. He was taken to UPMC Hamot to be treated and did not appear to be seriously injured. The man taken to the hospital is reported to have not fully stopped at the intersection and failed to look both ways before turning from Lay onto Crane. The other...Read More - Tractor trailer accident shuts down Route 11 southbound
Oct 18, 2013
A tractor trailer traveling southbound on Route 11 overturned in Trumbull County this morning. The accident took place around 6:30am in Bazetta, Ohio between the Route 305 and King Graves exits. The tractor trailer slid to a perpendicular stop and closed both southbound lanes as crews were called in to clear the scene of the accident. According to an Ohio State Police Patrolman, the tractor trailer slid off the road into the median after steering...Read More - Hospital sued after admitting medical equipment not sterilized
Oct 18, 2013
In recent years, there has been growing concern among many health care and safety advocates about the increase in hospital-borne infection rates. In response, hospitals across the U.S. and in states like Ohio have taken measures to improve sanitation and safety procedures. Patients who seek medical care, however, are often unaware of a hospital’s sanitation procedures and may unknowingly be exposed to potentially dangerous bacteria or diseases. The parents of a minor-aged boy recently filed...Read More - Nursing home care remains substandard in many states
Oct 17, 2013
When you realize that it is too difficult to take care a family member for whom you love a great deal, it can be a worrisome decision to have them placed in a nursing facility or assisted living complex. But when we do decide on what we think is the best care provider, we place a great deal of trust and responsibility in those who will be looking after our loved ones. Unfortunately, however, the...Read More