Wrongful Death

Should a Pennsylvania police officer be rehired even if some are accusing him of causing the wrongful death of an inebriated and mentally ill man? That's the question being debated in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.A feature story by the Associated Press details...

Whenever a car and truck collide, the chance that a passenger in the car will sustain a serious injury increases. Because the average weight of a commercial truck is over 25 times greater than most cars, the injuries caused by...

Car accidents occur very regularly, of course, but in a sense, there really is no such thing as a typical accident. Every incident is unique in its own way and has facts and circumstances not present in other crashes. A...

The family of a 14-year-old girl, who was killed in a hit-and-run accident in 2004, was awarded $2.9 million after filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the 21-year-old Philadelphia man who was driving the car that hit her. The owner...

According to the police a fatal accident occurred yesterday morning in Westfield Township, Pennsylvania, when a 20-year-old woman was driving her Pontiac Sunfire on State Route 249 in Tioga County. At approximately 9:30 a.m. she entered a curve in the...

Earlier this month we wrote about the guilty plea to the maritime offense of misconduct of a ship operator causing death entered by the pilot of a tug boat. The two deaths occurred when he pushed a barge into a...

Minor car accidents can be stressful. Dealing with property damage and nonlife threatening injuries can be time consuming. When a traffic accident proves to be fatal however, the survivors and loved ones of the deceased must deal with a completely...

After a long winter, most people in Pennsylvania welcome local summer festivals with open arms. The opportunity to be outside socializing with others is for some, what summer is all about. Unfortunately, all it takes is carelessness or negligence on...

Car accidents can happen anytime one is driving, regardless of the time of day or why one is in a vehicle. One is not immune from a car accident because the vehicle they are driving is done in the course...

Two people were reportedly killed after being involved in a motor vehicle accident in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The vehicles involved in the car crash Tuesday evening were a van and a motorcycle. This accident happened on Route 724 in Birdsboro.All...

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the employer of the deceased's spouse and the hospital where he died, in the poisoning death of a man by his estranged wife. Besides the two entities, numerous health-care workers are named...

When people visit the United States from countries abroad, they are often seeking experiences that are not available in their home country. That is likely what prompted members of a church exchange program, visiting from Hungary, to embark on an...