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Violence poses risk to safety of Pittsburgh healthcare workers

Mar 15, 2013

Residents of the Pittsburgh area rely upon health care providers to assist them when they become ill or are injured. What patients visiting area hospitals may not be aware of is that in many situations, while providing that care those workers are putting themselves at risk of suffering a work injury. The risk is due to a variety of things including those in existence at other types of workplaces. In addition however, they are also...

Problem with the way cans were sealed prompts tuna recall

Mar 15, 2013

There are three main reasons that a product may be found to be defective. The first is a defect in the way the product is designed. The second in a defect in the way the product is manufactured. Last, the way in which a product is marketed could be defective as well. While it is of course possible that a product could be defective in more than one way, to have a viable products liability...

Woman injured in fall from cruise ship files lawsuit

Mar 15, 2013

Many individuals, including those from Pittsburgh, seek to break up the monotony of winter by escaping to a warm weather location. For some, that means a Caribbean Cruise. Unfortunately, incidents leading to personal injury lawsuits can occur anywhere, including on the open sea. This point is illustrated in a lawsuit against Carnival Cruise Line, as well as some of its employees, which was filed by a woman who was injured when she fell overboard. Though...

Statistics indicate decline in Pittsburgh workplace fatalities

Mar 15, 2013

Whether we want to think about it or not, death is a part of life. It is likely that most Butler County residents hope for a long life and a peaceful natural death. Unfortunately, as regular readers of this blog are aware, this does not always happen. People's lives come to an end too early, all too often throughout the state of Pennsylvania. There are many ways in which this happens, and while in many...

Pedestrian hit by car driven by Russell Brand files lawsuit

Mar 13, 2013

Russell Brand is known as many things to Pittsburgh area residents, including being an actor, comedian and former husband of pop singer Katy Perry. It appears now however that he can add another thing to that list-defendant in a civil personal injury lawsuit. The funnyman has been sued for an incident that took place in January of last year. Brand was reportedly behind the wheel of a vehicle that struck a man on a road...

Battery used in construction tools could overheat

Mar 13, 2013

There are many ways in which consumers are injured while using products in the way they were intended, each and every day. One that is fairly common where electronic or battery run devices are concerned is the risk of burns due to overheating or fire. While devices subject to these hazards can be found many different places, many tools used in the field of construction today rely on batteries to run. Recently, a battery pack...

Doctors hesitant to report impaired colleagues

Mar 13, 2013

Most Ohio residents can likely recall a time when they made a mistake at work. When errors occur at most places of work, such mistakes may result in additional time and money being spent to rectify the error. When a doctor or nurse has an off day and makes an error, the stakes are typically much higher. In recent years, much has been reported about the prevalence of medical errors within America's hospitals and medical...

Man who ran red light reportedly intoxicated at time of crash

Mar 13, 2013

Drunk driving is of course an issue throughout the nation. Each day, drivers who have consumed too much alcohol make the decision to get behind the wheel of their vehicle and take to the roads. Sometimes their journeys are uneventful and others who happen to be out on the roads at the same time make it to their destinations without any interaction with the vehicles manned by intoxicated drivers. In other instances however, they do...

Medical malpractice claims due to laser surgery on the rise

Mar 13, 2013

While it is possible for a medical malpractice lawsuit to be filed against a health care facility for injuries that result due to physical conditions of the facility, when most people hear the term, they assume the lawsuit is because of the negligent behavior of a physician, nurse or other health care provider. The actions by these individuals occur in a variety of settings including medical procedures or surgery. One area in which the number...

Ohio man critically injured after crashing into dump truck

Mar 13, 2013

Drivers traveling along Ohio's interstates and highways often encounter maintenance vehicles and tow trucks. When in operation, the drivers of these vehicles often make frequent stops to attend to stranded motorists or other potentially hazardous debris. One such dump truck vehicle was recently involved in a serious collision with another vehicle along a portion of Ohio's Interstate 75. The commercial vehicle accident occurred as two ODOT workers pulled their dump truck over to the side...