Blog: Firm News

Mercer County $2.2 million car accident verdict awarded

Oct 26, 2015

The Pittsburgh car accident attorneys at Dallas W. Hartman, P.C. have reached a verdict of $2,200,000.00 for a Mercer County woman injured in a car accident. On Friday, October 23, 2015, a Mercer County Court of Common Pleas entered a jury verdict that awarded the seventy-five-year-old victim of a 2009 car accident $2.2 million. In 2009, a Stoneboro, Pennsylvania woman was driving south on State Route 173 between Grove City and Mercer, Pennsylvania. At that time,...

Support the Mark Kirkwood Foundation to help him beat cancer

Apr 29, 2015

In March of 2015, the Kirkwood family received terrible news. Mark Kirkwood was diagnosed with a rare form of Renal Cell Carcinoma. Mark Kirkwood is a pillar in the Lawrence County community. Now, the community has a chance to help return all the good he has done by assisting him on his long journey to beat cancer. To help, click the link here to the Mark Kirkwood Foundation funding page or copy and paste the...

Help local family modify their home for daughter

Apr 2, 2015

On August 14, 2014, Ciana Cahill was in a devastating motor vehicle accident that has left her permanently injured. On I-79 South near Neville Island, a semi-truck rolled over causing a 2 mile traffic backup. Ciana was forced to stop her vehicle in traffic as a result of the tractor-trailer rollover. After Ciana came to a stop, she was rear-ended by a Mercedes SUV. She was subsequently transported to Allegheny General Hospital in critical condition...

Dallas Hartman and wife Kristina recognized at Penn State

Jan 21, 2015

On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, Attorney Dallas Hartman and his wife Kristina Hartman were recognized in the Lartz Memorial Library on the campus of Penn State Shenango in Sharon, Pennsylvania. The event was to honor the naming of the campus' occupational therapy lab classroom to Dallas W. Hartman, P.C. and Dallas W. & Kristina Hartman. Dallas has been a supporter of Penn State Shenango for many years. His most recent donation of $150,000 is what...

ATV accident causes injuries to two Neshannock residents

Oct 28, 2014

An ATV accident in Neshannock Township has caused two New Castle, Pennsylvania people to be taken by helicopter to Pittsburgh area hospitals. A nine year old passenger and the 32 year old driver of the ATV were both injured as they drove through a pile of leaves and collided with a tree. The nine year old was taken to Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh and the adult driver was taken to UPMC-Presbyterian in Pittsburgh. Over the...

Woman files suit after her son, an inmate, dies from negligence

Sep 23, 2014

Society is judged by the treatment of its most vulnerable citizens. A man who was jailed for coming up $80 short on restitution costs for "supplying minors with alcohol" died in November of 2012 because prison medical staff did not provide him with the proper treatment. His mother is now filing a federal wrongful death lawsuit against the Butler County Jail warden, the jail's medical staff, Butler Memorial Hospital, Butler County, Butler County commissioners, and...

Courts approve $18 Million Settlement for crash victim

Mar 12, 2014

Courts in Lawrence County have appropriately approved $18 million in settlement monies to a motor vehicle accident victim and his family. The amount promised is a victory that is hopefully enough to take care of the young man for the rest of his life. Attorney Dallas Hartman told reporters that he and his firm are "very pleased with this result." The case, which has been ongoing for nearly a decade, has rendered a result that...

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...

Dallas Hartman speaks in honor of retired Penn State Chancellor Fred Leeds

Jan 16, 2014

Dallas Hartman of Dallas W. Hartman, P.C. joined other Penn State alums, friends, and family as they gathered to honor former professor and chancellor, Fred Leeds, after his retirement on New Year’s Eve. Former students of Leeds and other Penn Staters have begun the Dr. Fredric M. Leeds Trustee Scholarship in an effort to recognize Dr. Leeds for forty-two years of selfless service to the university, its students, and other faculty. Director of development and...

Judge enters consent order of $2 Million in damages for Estate of slain Corrections Officer

Sep 5, 2013

Yesterday, in Crawford County, President Judge Anthony Vardaro entered a Consent Order in the case of Estate of Chapin v. Brown in the amount of $2 million dollars. The wrongful death award consists of $1 million dollars in compensatory damages and $1 million dollars in punitive damages awarded to the Estate of Gary Chapin and Mary Janis Chapin, the widow of slain Crawford County Corrections Officer Gary Chapin. Attorney Peter C. Acker, Esq. of Dallas...