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- Routine procedure results in 19-year-old’s severe brain injury
May 29, 2013
In an effort to properly diagnose patients, doctors often rely upon so-called routine procedures. One such procedure that is readily used to aid in the diagnosis of stomach ailments, is an endoscopy. When an endoscopy is administered, doctors snake a small camera down the throat of a patient in order to view possible obstructions or problems. Although considered routine, the procedure requires patients to be sedated. The parents of a 19-year-old girl recently filed a...Read More - Truck accident on Route 534 leaves 2 dead
May 29, 2013
The holiday weekend that so many in Western Pennsylvania looked forward to, ended in tragedy for two individuals travelling in a road in Berlin Township. The crash, which occurred before midnight on Route 534, involved two trucks, a tractor trailer and a smaller Freightliner straight truck. The collision left the two occupants of the latter truck dead. The cause of the truck accident appears to be movements the Freightliner truck took. As it travelled south...Read More - $38.5M award for potentially unnecessary medical procedure
May 28, 2013
A man who was seriously injured when a medical procedure went wrong was recently awarded $38.5 million by a jury. The award came at the end of a four-week jury trial regarding the incident that left the man in a vegetative state. The lawsuit was filed in early 2009, not long after the man sustained the serious injuries. Though the case did not take place in Pennsylvania, it certainly could have. At the time of...Read More - Nursing home negligence alleged in death of elderly woman
May 28, 2013
Incidents prompting wrongful death lawsuits can take place at virtually any location and involve individuals of all walks of life. Those who unexpectedly die, in Pittsburgh and beyond, as a result of negligent behavior of another, do not need to be engaging in a risky behavior for this to occur. Even the death of an elderly person, many of whom are not very mobile, can lead to such a civil lawsuit. This is illustrated in...Read More - Safer saw technology available, not being used
May 28, 2013
Virtually everyone who uses power saws knows the dangers that the tool presents. When fingers or other body parts get in the way of a spinning blade, the result can be serious injuries including amputations. Despite users recognizing the dangers and taking extra steps to try to stay safe, incidents still occur. But what if saws could be made in such a way to drastically reduce such occurrences? Apparently at least one such a device...Read More - Criminal charges against driver who was texting before accident
May 25, 2013
By now it is fair to say that most drivers in Western Pennsylvania are aware that texting while driving is a risky action. Nonetheless, individuals behind the wheel are regularly unable to avoid the practice. In the worst cases the action leads to a motor vehicle accident that claims the life of another. A woman from this part of the state is all too aware of this. Earlier this month she was behind the wheel...Read More - As hospitalists practices grow, so too do med mal cases
May 24, 2013
In the medical field there are many things that could happen in a hospital that could ultimately lead to a medical malpractice claim. There are also a variety of individuals who might be responsible for providing care to patients. Over the course of the last decade, individuals referred to as hospitalists have been added to that group. Last year, the number of hospitalists was estimated to be 35,000. Perhaps not surprisingly, as this group of...Read More - Falling object kills Pennsylvania worker
May 24, 2013
We all know that no one lives forever. Having said that, it is likely that most Pittsburgh area residents do not spend a lot of time thinking about when and how they will die. In addition to there being very little that someone can do to avoid death, it is, in many ways a waste of time. There are many ways these deaths can occur including while in the process of completing tasks related to...Read More - New technology aims to stop truckers from using mobile devices
May 24, 2013
We've written a lot in this blog about the many dangers associated with distracted driving. In fact, an estimated nine individuals die each day in the U.S. as a direct result of distracted driving and an additional 1,060 are injured. Some believe current statistics related to distracted driving to be severely underreported and that the true numbers of drivers, passengers and pedestrians hurt or killed by distracted drivers is actually much higher. Cellphones are a...Read More - Dallas Hartman named on of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Pennsylvania
May 24, 2013
Attorney Dallas W. Hartman, founder of the firm, has been selected by his peers as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Pennsylvania as published by Super Lawyers. He was one of only ten lawyers from Western Pennsylvania selected in the Top 100 for Pennsylvania and the only attorney from New Castle to ever receive the honor. In addition he was listed as one of the Top 50 Lawyers in Pittsburgh for the second year...Read More