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As the saying goes, "history repeats itself." In June, we wrote an article about an interview that was done with the imprisoned "serial infector," David Kwiatkowski. If you'll recall, Kwiatkowski is serving a 39-year sentence for infecting nearly fifty people...
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A group of residents in Allegheny County was ushered out of their more than 70 homes on Tuesday morning. Imagine their shock as emergency officials roused them out their beds, interrupted their breakfasts and morning routines. Imagine the fear they...
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The coverage of the recent crash involving a tractor-trailer and a pick-up was scant. Just one Pennsylvania TV station covered the deadly collision and its report lasted just a few seconds. Media interest in these violent events is limited, though...
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Our firm is now reviewing cases for those who may have been exposed to Hepatitis C while being treated at Davis Hospital and Medical Center.The current investigation into how a patient at McKay-Dee Hospital became infected with the Hepatitis C...
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Workers' compensation was set up during a time when most work injuries were trauma-related. Today, deaths from occupational illness far outnumber deaths from work injuries. But the system often fails workers who become ill at work because of acute or...
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In a recent interview, ABC news reported that one of the five thousand, a high school senior in Utah, and his mother are extremely fearful pending the results of his Hepatitis C test. The test was administered after the young...
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The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) of the United States Department of Labor protects American workers' right to work environment where they are unlikely to be seriously hurt or killed by a known hazard. To that end, OSHA has...
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Individuals aren't the only ones who have trouble getting insurance companies to pay after an accident. The retail giant Walmart recently sued two of its insurers--Liberty Insurance Underwriters and Ohio Casualty Insurance-- for breach of contract and bad faith after...
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One person is dead and eighteen are injured after a bus carrying the Lehigh University rowing team collided with a car on Route 22 in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania. None of the students was seriously injured; the driver of the car...
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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...
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At one point or another, all of us have had a bad dream. Some are pretty common, including a dream in which you're in school and the teacher is about to test the class on a subject you have not...
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Here in Pennsylvania, virtually every employee is covered by workers' compensation. That includes part-time and seasonal workers, and it includes employees of nonprofit organizations, and even people who work for a company with a single employee. But plans are in...
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