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Personal Injury
- New York state man recovers $200K for fingers lost to lawn mower
- Eight Powerful Reasons to Hire a Local Attorney
- Court Allows Claims For Emotional Distress After Alleged Breach Of Contract To Continue
- Wal-Mart Limits Subrogation Rights Against Workers
- Pennsylvania Worker recovers for fall from ladder bought at Home Depot
Premises Liability: The Slip and Fall
- NYC to pay $2.75M for softball accident in school gym class
- New case law on slilp and fall on icey sidewalks owned by a City
- Worker who lost leg in construction accident receives $13M
- Boy blinded in ATV rollover gets $6M settlement
- ELMIRA ATTORNEY CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE OUTBREAK OF LEGIONNAIRES’ DISEASE AT THE FLANNERY TOWERS
Workers' Compensation
- New York Times article on biased "Independant" Medical Examiners
- No Work Jobs
- Prison Guard receives settlement in MRSA case
- New blog post at the Pa Injury Law blog about the effect Bush had on OSHA
- New post on the Pa Work Injury Law Blog about what to do when you're laid off
Vehicle and Automobile Accidents
- Pennsylvania Car Accident Plaintiff's award of $400,000 Upheld On Appeal
- An unsafe intersection in Athens Township?
- Pennsylvania Superior Court Case Quashing Underinsured Motorist Carrier Appeal
- Pa. Superior Court Allows UIM And Bad Faith To Proceed At Same Time
- People injured in Springfield Township, Bradford County automobile crash
General
- Insurance company denials of benefits in Pennsylvania and New York
- CALL YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND URGE SUPPORT FOR THE ARBITRATION FAIRNESS ACT OF 2009
- Another ATV Death
- Bradford County, Pennsylvania has a new website
- No conflict of interest between Bradford County, Pennsylvania's new Judge and new District Attorney, despite them cousins
Legal News
Judge campaign candidates speak at dinner in Towanda
Judge Beirne unopposed in local race
Attorney General Tom Corbett to visit Bradford County
Beirne will run for full term as judge
Bradford County Employers Laying Off Workers
Death Benefits Not Mandatory for PA Car Insurance
Bradford County: Judge Beirne presiding
Pennsylvania Senate confirms Beirne as Bradford County judge
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Personal Injury
- Questions for Your Doctor In Personal Injury Cases
- Traumatic Brain Injury: By The [Staggering] Numbers
- What is an Independent Medical Examination?
- Common Questions About the Legal Process
- The Wrongful Death Of A Child - Part Two
Premises Liability: The Slip and Fall
- Cracked, Broken or Irregular Sidewalks Causing a Fall
- Dog Bites
- If You Have Been Bitten or Attacked by a Dog, Then You Need to Read This Article
- New Pennsylvania Superior Court Case on Dog Attack
- Lead Poisoning Threatens Pregnant Women
Workers' Compensation
- New York Times article on Independent Medical Exams
- Response to Time Magazine Article: "Doctor's View: Can Health Coverage Cause Pain?"
- Specific Loss Benefits
- Reimbursement for Travel Expenes in Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Cases
- Flow of Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Claim Documents Prior To Litigation
Vehicle and Automobile Accidents
- Reducing The Impact of A Whiplash Injury
- Car Accident Injuries: Neck Pain
- Multi-Truck Accident in Susquehanna County Results in Hospitalization
- Repeat Offender Facing DUI Charges After Accident Lands Passenger in Hospital
- Driver Strikes Mother and Daughter in School Crossing Zone
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- Vehicle and Automobile Accidents
- Pennsylvania Car Accident Plaintiff's award of $400,000 Upheld On Appeal
- An unsafe intersection in Athens Township?
- Pennsylvania Superior Court Case Quashing Underinsured Motorist Carrier Appeal
- Pa. Superior Court Allows UIM And Bad Faith To Proceed At Same Time
- People injured in Springfield Township, Bradford County automobile crash
- District Court Holds That Estate Underinsured Motorist Claim Barred Due To State Of Maine Law
- Pa. Super. Rules Insured Bears Burden To Show Rejection Form Is Forgery
- Truck Driver Rule May Endanger U.S. Motorists
- Federal Judge predicts Pennsylvania Supreme Court will lift ban on uninsured driver recovery
- Road Risks Rise as More Drivers Drop Insurance
- Girl paralyzed by drunken Giants fan gets $23.5 million in settlement with beer vendor
- Two injured in two-car accident in Sayre
- New case law on Pennsylvania Underinsurance Litigation
- Pedestrian in Wyalusing struck by vehicle
- Woman serious after Wysox accident
- SUV's Not Safer for Kids
- Sharply curved highway ramp isn't unsafe, New York judge rules
- Lackawanna County Court Denies POs To Separate Tort and UIM Claims in Post-Koken Case
- Investigating Yamaha Rhino
- Fatal crash caused by tractor-trailer yields $29M verdict
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds That UIM "Other Insurance" Clause Is Void
- Court Denies Unopposed Motion to Dismiss in Lawsuit Arising out of Uninsured Motorist Claim
- Sayre Borough: Improving pedestrian safety
- Superior Court Holds Cab Driver Not Entitled To Underinsured Motorist Coverage
- Defendants agree to pay $2.9M for driver struck in intersection
- District Court Holds that "Listed driver" Is Entitled to UIM Coverage
- Sayre Borough: Mayor urges caution for motorists, pedestrians
- Driver awarded for neck injuries in low speed rear-end accident
- Superior Court upholds case of girl's fire hose death
- Court Holds No Underinsured Motorist Coverage Under Antique/Classic Car Policy Unless Actually Occupying It
- PennDOT construction workers authorized to write police arrest reports
- Court Holds Police Officer Injured Outside His Cruiser Is A Protected Person
- Allstate Finally Gives Up McKinsey Documents in Florida
- Unhealthy neglect of CDL standards in Pennsylvania
- When does ATV riding become illegal?
- Insured Not Allowed UM/UIM Benefits for Accidents Caused By Co-employee
- New Pennsylvania Federal Court Section 1734 Sign Down Case Nullifies Alleged Sign down Of UIM Coverage
- New case law on signing releases in complex cases
- The importance of wearing your helmet while riding an ATV
- Federal Verdict Against GM in Rollover Lawsuit
- Woman awarded $345k for injuries in rear-end automobile accident
- Tech devices leave trail of evidence in trucking litigation
- Teen injured in near-fatal crash gets $14.8M
- School liable for teen's car crash after going to drinking party
- Tractor-trailer rear-ender results in punitive damages award
- New Case Law on stacking of underinsurance by employees in company owned vehicles
- Motorcycle head injuries up sharply since Pa. changed law
- Family awarded $5.1 for man killed by drunk driver at work site
- New Federal case law on what is required in rejecting UIM insurance coverage
- Jury awards boy for hand degloving in crash
- New case law on obtaining UIM from your employer for a work related auto accident.
- New case law on uninsurance when colliding with dirt bike
- New Case Law on stacking of uninsurance and underinsurance by Pennsylvania employees
- Florida Regulator Lifts Allstate Suspension
- Man dies in ATV accident
- Three injured in vehicle rollover, two 'badly', in Ridgebury
- 28 Million Dollar Verdict For A Paralyzed 8 year Old In Philadelphia
- Teen recovers after she's struck by car while crossing road
- Ford pays $6.5M for SUV defect blamed for driver's death
- Premises Liability: The Slip and Fall
- NYC to pay $2.75M for softball accident in school gym class
- New case law on slilp and fall on icey sidewalks owned by a City
- Worker who lost leg in construction accident receives $13M
- Boy blinded in ATV rollover gets $6M settlement
- ELMIRA ATTORNEY CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE OUTBREAK OF LEGIONNAIRES’ DISEASE AT THE FLANNERY TOWERS
- Drunken man paralyzed after fall down stairs gets $17M
- Skiier Injured Exiting Chairlift Did Not Assume Risk
- Former pro football player gets $1.1M for fall in store
- Family of resident who died from sepsis awarded $2M
- Hotel guest injured when chair broke awarded $550,000
- Concierge gets $3.78M for fall at hotel
- Scalded tenant gets $2M from landlord
- Worker recovers for fall caused by 'junk brick'
- Pa. Church Volunteer Who Lost Leg in Accident Awarded $4 Million
- City hit with $3.8M verdict for woman's pothole fall
- Sloppy paint job to blame for worker's slip and fall
- Personal Injury
- New York state man recovers $200K for fingers lost to lawn mower
- Eight Powerful Reasons to Hire a Local Attorney
- Court Allows Claims For Emotional Distress After Alleged Breach Of Contract To Continue
- Wal-Mart Limits Subrogation Rights Against Workers
- Pennsylvania Worker recovers for fall from ladder bought at Home Depot
- $2 Million Verdict for Foreman Injured by Pipe Plug
- Third Restatement of Torts Tops High Court's Agenda
- Ten Worst Toys
- Superior Court Holds that Restitution Is Not Covered By Insurance
- Jury awards $20.5M Obstetrician, CMC held liable in botched birth
- Consumer, plaintiffs' groups seek to end limitations on lawsuits
- U.S. House Report Further Confirms Bush Administration’s Preemption Plot
- Hedge clipper manufacturer not liable for landscaper's loss of fingers, says jury
- 1.6 million cribs recalled after 2 infant deaths
- Bush Rule Changes Could Block Product-Safety Suits
- Forty-one of the fifty-one rules proposed by NHTSA and FDA Contain Federal Pre-Emption Language
- Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2007 are 25% lower than 2006
- Hidden Cameras Catch NY Nursing Home Abuse
- Candy with chemical in Chinese milk found in Conn.
- Can Seller of Defective Used Equipment be Strictly Liable in New York?
- Federal Judge Green-Lights Paxil Suit Over Teen's Suicide
- City settles with pre-teens who had oral sex on school bus
- Government Officials Confirm Cancer Cluster Within 20-Mile Stretch of Pennsylvania
- More news on the Whole Foods beef recall
- 10 Worst Insurance Companies in America
- Equal justice under law must be campaign issue
- I call insurance company rules!
- Three more salmonella cases confirmed in N.J.
- Retailer Sues UL for Certifying Defective Heaters
- Tomatoes linked to Pa. salmonella
- NURSING HOMES AND MANDATORY ARBITRATION
- Interactive Guide to Your Body
- Federal Court Jury Awards 6.2 Million Dollars in TASER-Related Death
- Dough machine maker settles with baker for arm and hand injuries
- Another Step in Stopping Court Secrecy
- When a medical expert testifies "within a reasonable degree of medical certainty"...what does that really mean?
- Plaintiffs Lawyer Lanier to Appeal Vioxx Reversal
- N.J. and Texas Courts Scrap Awards From Early Vioxx Cases
- Playtex Sued Over Chemical's Use in Manufacture of Baby Bottles
- Childhood lead exposure linked to criminal behavior, violence
- New Case Law Defining "Midwifery"
- Why are confidentiality clauses in personal injury settlements dangerous?
- Jury Awards $20.5 Million for Fatal Liposuction
- Mandatory Arbitration Agreements in Healthcare
- Federal Preemption: Working Against Consumers
- County liable for woman killed after making several 911 calls
- DEBUNKING “TORT REFORM”
- Woman gets $1M after car's hatchback lid collapsed on her head
- Athens Township: Delayed emergency response leaves resident questioning readdressing
- “Frivolous Lawsuit” Commercials Distort The Truth
- $38 Million Deal Reached for Minn. Bridge Collapse Victims
- Workers' Compensation
- New York Times article on biased "Independant" Medical Examiners
- No Work Jobs
- Prison Guard receives settlement in MRSA case
- New blog post at the Pa Injury Law blog about the effect Bush had on OSHA
- New post on the Pa Work Injury Law Blog about what to do when you're laid off
- New post on the Pa Work Injury Law Blog regarding unreasonable contest attorneys fees
- Surprising change in Workers Compensation Medicare Set Aside practice and procedures
- Employee Free Choice Act-- Funny Video
- Conveyor's designer pays $1.4M to man whose arm was snared
- I'm in the news....
- Anti-Union Sentiment in Religious Institutions
- Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Judge Book
- The Defense Base Act Protects American Workers Injured in Iraq and Afghanistan
- General
- Insurance company denials of benefits in Pennsylvania and New York
- CALL YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND URGE SUPPORT FOR THE ARBITRATION FAIRNESS ACT OF 2009
- Another ATV Death
- Bradford County, Pennsylvania has a new website
- No conflict of interest between Bradford County, Pennsylvania's new Judge and new District Attorney, despite them cousins
- Made in America: Corporate Gall
- One in three toys contains toxic chemicals according to report
- DOJ study finds plaintiffs won state court civil trials over half the time.
- Jury finds Unum committed fraud in some long term disability cases
- Web site rates hospitals on specific medical procedures
- First female Judge in Bradford County History
- No cough or cold medicine for kids under 4
- The question of merit selection of appellate Judges in Pennsylvania
- Whole Foods recalling possibly contaminated beef
- Study finds settling is better than going to trial
- New Consumer Safety Legislation
- Emergency Unemployment Compensation
- Top Pa. judge: Counties to get longer jury lists
- Toymakers Frustrated by Patchwork of Safety Rules
- Athens attorney Maureen T. Beirne nominated by governor for county judgeship
- Health "Insurance Jive": Do you speak insurance?
- U.S. Supreme Court deals with ERISA disability determinations
- It pays for defendants to settle quickly and easily
- Spotlight on: Carla K. Weldy-- Paralegal Extraordinaire
- 3rd Circuit: Woman Cannot Be Fired for Having Abortion
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court says high-cost loans violated Pa. banking laws
- New post on the Pa Work Injury Law Blog
- Texas Court Overturns Multimillion-Dollar Vioxx Verdict
- Bush Administration Uses Bureaucracy to Limit Lawsuits
- Windham Fire Department 19 re-instated
- INJURY-PROOF CAR?
- Patients often struggle for access to medical records
- What geographic area does C&C Law cover?
- New Pennsylvania Workers' Comp Blog!!!
- Carpenter recovers nearly $40M for paralyzing work injury
- OSRAM's Towanda plant sold to Austrian company
- US Supreme Court to Hear Argument on Long Term Disability Appeals
- Heart risk in ADHD drugs?
- Most Common Fair Labor Standards Act Violations
- Allstate Postings Don't Include Catastrophe Claim Information
- Editorial On the Dangers of Federal Pre-emption
- Medical Malpractice Lawsuits in Pennsylvania Down Again for 2007
- Allstate Gives Up McKinsey Documents In Kentucky
- FDA: Same Salmonella strain in recalled cereal sickens 23 people
- Court Denies Insurer's Motion for Summary Judgment
- Another victory for drug manufacturers in the preemption battle
- The Importance of Pennsylvania's Insurance Commissioner
- New Case Law on Negligence Per Se
- New Pa. Supreme Court Decision re. Paying for Van for Injured Worker
- Walmart: The Evil Empire
- America's Surprisingly Unhealthy Jobs
- No Charges Filed Against Trooper's Stepson After Fatal Crash
- PaAJ Gets Pro-Consumer Action on Insurance Coverage
- PA launches hospital quality web site
- Editorial on the importance of the Presidential race and protecting the Civil Justice system
- Pain lasts long after traumatic injury: U.S. study
- New Case on Witnesses Estimating Speed in an Car Crash
- Phila. Judge Rules Paxil Labeling Suit
- Your Food Industry At It's Best
- $28 Million Dollar Award Against State Troopers Who Shot 12 Year Old
- Editorial on the recent federal preemption US Supreme Court case
- New Products Liability case in the Pa. Supreme Court might redefine the law
- Malingerer Test
- Humane Society sues USDA over beef recall
- F.D.A. and Disk Maker Questioned
- Why did God create Trial Lawyers?
- Health Insurers Concerned Over Nixed Policy Lawsuits
- Insurer fined $9M for dropping cancer patient
- Trial lawyers aren't all bad
- Sears settles suit over allegedly dangerous stoves
- Justices Limit Suits Over Medical Devices
- Horrific school bus crash leaves 4 students dead
- Sayre affected by meat recall Most other local school districts untouched
- Fentanyl patches recalled twice in a week
- A Rip-Off by Health Insurers?
- Medicare to make hospitals pay for serious mistakes
- I'm in the news....
- New Superior Court case re. workers' compensation immunity provisions in personal injury cases
- Direct solicitations of new clients...it's unethical and illegal.
- That Independent Medical Examiner isn't really independant....
- The State of Pennsylvania Civil Justice
- New case re. a Jury awarding money for future medical bills that was later reduced by the Court
- Maternity Care in Pennsylvania
- USDA orders recall of 143 million pounds of beef
- DEP fines Troy hospital $3,000
- Calif. Blue Cross Stops Asking Docs About Patients’ Omissions
- Pa. Workers' Compensation Rate Savings for Employers
- FDA Issues Chantix Public Heatlh Advisory
- New article in the library section on the crib recall
- Insurer asks docs to help cancel patients
- Pa. Jury Awards $10M to Teen Injured Wearing Lap Belt in Crash
- Stealth Arbitration Clauses
- Ford recalling 180,000 SUVs and vans
- More Tainted Beef
- FDA Ignores Congress and Lets Drug Companies Off the Hook
- Tort Reform Zombies....They Eat Brains....
- I'm in the news....
- The Real Issue is Jurors' Rights
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Critique of the President's State of the Union
- Allstate Gives Up McKinsey documents
- Eli Lilly Getting Smacked!
- THE BODY-PARTS SCAM
- New case law on subrogration by employers on employee's settlements
- LEAD IN TOYS CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
- CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY 101
- ALTERING MEDICAL RECORDS
- Wrongful Death article in the Library section
- Workers' Compensation Rates Should Decline in Pennsylvania
- Why are mandatory arbitration clauses so prevalent in consumer credit card agreements?
- ALLSTATE’S McKINSEY DOCUMENTS
- Food poisoning can be long-term problem
- ATV Insurance Issues
- Allstate Sits on Documents Allegedly Tied to Profit Scheme
- Now how are we going to deal with all those runny noses....
- 5 Things NOT to do in the Emergency Room
- Funny....sort of...
- Profits put ahead of insurance claims
- The Relation Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Schizophrenia
- Chemical in formula packaging may harm baby
- Doctors Are Not Leaving Pennsylvania
- Do You Trust the Drug Companies Now?
- Pre-surgery questions could save you some pain
- Good DUI Answer website
- John Mott joins Williamsport law firm
- What To Do at the Defense Medical Examination
- Secrets that are kept from a jury in a personal injury case
- INSURERS MAINTAIN RECORD PROFITS IN 2007
- Why Must Trial Lawyers Continue to Be Reviled?
- Paper Magic closing ‘devastating’
- We Write Letters....
- Canton man killed in crash
- Roller Shoes...
- John Edwards "hearts" Greedy Corporations...NOT
- Supreme Court Reverses Itself
- Pa. High Court: Murder Spree is Single Event under Home Insurance Policy
- A sad story about the greed of insurance companies that you won't find in the main stream media.
- No More Lead in Toys....thanks to a Democractic Congress
- Judge erred in awarding damages in case when jury decided not to, state court rules.
- 7 Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe
- Snarky Letter to the Tort Reform Zombies
- Broken Seat Back Verdict
- BABY VACCINE RECALL
- NEAR-FATAL ATTRACTION
- Lawyers vs. the Grinch
- Cancer not linked to pollution in Towanda area
- Woman remains in critical condition after car crash
- GE microwave recall
- 35 percent of toys contain lead, report says
- Hazardous or Not, Vinyl Shares Lead's Taint
- Ford Agrees to Settle Explorer Rollover Suit Covering 1 Million Owners in Four States
- Power lines trap man after crash
- Company recalls 96,000 pounds of ground beef
- Man injured in tree stand fall in South Creek Township, Pa
- Some numbers to think about when you choose not to wear your seat belt
- Wal-Mart Paid Bills for Mrs. Shank Then Sued for Money Back
- Graco recalling SnugRide infant car seats
- New Supreme Court case on interest owed on medical bills
- California sues 20 companies over toys with lead
- New case law on defense medical expert conceding "some injury"
- OSHA Rules Employers Must Pay Cost of Workers' Safety Equipment
- Traumatic Brain Injuries Associated With Motorcycle Accidents
- Two die in fire in Windham Township
- Strip Club Stripped of Insurance for Bouncer's Assault on Patron
- Another edition of why I do what I do....
- Exercise found to ease chronic pain of fibromyalgia
- Health insurer tied bonuses to dropping sick policyholders
- Family recalls frightening ordeal with contaminated toy
- Video News Story-- Latching On To A Lawsuit
- Insurance Company Arguments
- US officials pull Chinese-made toys with 'date rape' drug
- Nursing Home Negligence
- Fla. Court Overturns $60 Million Verdict Against Ford in Explorer Rollover Cases
- Vermont Judge Permits Murder Victim's Kin to Sue for Damages
- Food recalls likely to become more common
- More on the beef recall by Cargill's Wylusing Plant
- More on the Cargill beef recall
- Man killed in Leroy Township accident
- A glance at the beef products Cargill is recalling
- Another Article re. Cargill's Beef Recall
- Million pounds of beef recalled from Cargill's Wylusing, PA plant
- It’s Halloween: U.S. Warns on Toxic Teeth
- Doctor says grout sealer caused 'chemical pneumonia'
- Multiple Deductibles Apply in 'Popcorn Lung' Lawsuits
- Where do most of our clients come from?
- Bush Administration's Idea of Consumer Protection: Let corporations do what they want
- The World's Worst Products
- Walgreen Ordered to Pay $6 Million to Family of OD Victim
- More progress on the medical malpractice issue
- Children’s cold remedies questioned for years
- Check to see if your employer has workers' comp insurance
- Medical Malpractice Crisis is Over
- Questions the Insurance Adjusters Don't Want You to Ask
- Infection hits Waverly school district
- Taking airbag cases to court can be tricky
- Mothers Split Over a Ban on Children’s Cold Medicine
- Panel: Kids shouldn't use cold medicines
- Home Insurers' Secret Tactics Cheat Victims
- Three N.Y. Siblings Awarded $2.5 Million in Lead Poisoning
- FDA pressed on infant cold medicine safety
- Testing Kids' Toys for Lead
- New York Couple Sues Topps: Punitive damages sought
- We're sort of in the news again!
- New case law on Bad Faith
- Pa. backlash hitting judges - and critics
- We're in the news!!!
- Infant cold medicines pulled off market
- Lead lead everywhere and not a drop to drink!
- 'God' responds to legislator's lawsuit
- Disovery rule barred in products liability claim
- Maryland Jury Awards $4 Million in Boy's Drowning at Country Club
- Judge Mott
- More Toy Recalls
- A news story for the Holloween Season
- More examples of Allstate's "good hands"
- Lab Mistake Results in Double Mastectomy for Woman without Breast Cancer
- Trial Opens in Kentucky Case Against Allstate
- Wal-Mart told to pay Pa. workers $62 million
- Corporations put profit before safety
- Gov't Didn't Act After E. Coli Outbreak
- Nebraska State Senator Sues God
- 3rd Circuit: Some ERISA Cases May Need More Scrutiny
- Insurers Agree to $6 Million Settlement in Deadly Fla. Mobile Home Fire
- THE PRICE OF UNSAFE TOYS WILL FALL ON CONSUMERS
- A Jury of Your Peers....Twelve of Them
- China to Ban Lead Paint in Toys
- Trial Lawyers on the Offensive in Fight Against Preemptive Rules
- Why Lead in Toy Paint? It’s Cheaper
- Disney to test toys
- Accident claims woman's life
- Are Plaintiffs Attorneys Becoming Targets?
- Separated father of boy killed by motorist cannot get UIM benefits because son did not live with him
- Toy Makers Seek Standards for U.S. Safety
- New York City Puts Hospital Error Data Online
- C&C Law's Summer 2007 Newsletter
- Man's Arm Freed From Meat Grinder
- Court Rules Jury Must Decide if Student Assumed Injury Risk in Backpacking Class
- Justices to Hear Key Ski Lift Accident Case
- Doctors Offering No-Interest Loans to Patients
- Federal Judge Orders Wal-Mart to Offer Health Insurance to Workers' Stepchildren
- CEO pay: 364 times more than workers
- Fresh spinach from California recalled
- 3rd Circuit Slashes Punitive Damages Award
- Four injured in Schuyler crash
- Chain-reaction crash snarls I-81
- Scranton has lowest poverty rate of Pa.’s seven largest cities
- Employer can't recover overpaid workers' comp benefits because incorrect agreement to modify did not exist
- Common police myths and misconceptions
- What We Do
- MORE CHINESE PRODUCT RECALL
- Volunteer injured on job entitled to statewide weekly wage despite having been unemployed for decades
- Crash sends three to hospital
- The Cozy Relationship Between the FDA and Big Pharma Exposed
- Two remain hospitalized after Manor wagon accident
- Class Action Suits Seeking Medical Monitoring Filed Over Recalled Mattel Toys
- No Work Poem #1
- ANOTHER STUDY CONFIRMS FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS ARE A MYTH
- A pain in my.....
- Medicare Says It Won’t Cover Hospital Errors
- I'm a Hero!!
- 9 hurt at county nursing home event
- Some Baby Bibs Said to Contain Levels of Lead
- FDA warns about cold medicines for babies
- PennDOT releases list of area's 'structurally deficient' bridges
- Mother Mourning The Deaths Of Her Daughters
- Another Good Article About Dealing With Health Insurance
- 7 Year Old Undergoes Surgery Due to Defective Toys
- China toy group says was aware of problems
- More Toy Recalls from Mattel
- Toy company CEO kills self
- Merck Ordered to Pay 15M Vioxx Judgment By New Jersey Judge
- ConAgra Faces 39 Suits Over Bad Peanut Butter
- More Ranting on Corporations
- Senate bill would remove caps on damages in employment bias cases
- Bid to Root Out Lead Trinkets Falters in U.S.
- Nursing Home to Pay $54M For Resident Who Bled to Death
- Importer recalls 255,000 Chinese-made tires
- Elmira Women Gets New FDA Approved Procedure
- Public Deeply Concerned About Corporate Misconduct and Greed
- Sayre man killed when vehicle crashes, rolls
- NASCAR Races Into 11th Circuit
- You're in "Bad Hands" With Allstate
- Settlement reached against Cargill Meat for $1.1M
- Fla. Jury Awards $6 Million to Man Injured in Ford Rollover
- Activists Threaten Suit Over Lead-Laden Items
- Jury Orders Evenflo to Pay More Than $10M in Car Seat Lawsuit
- Insurers Can Watch NY Steam Pipe Cleanup
- Why New York Medical Malpractice Insurance Jumped 14%
- FDA sets ‘best practices’ for food inspectors
- Bush Threat to Veto Health Insurance for Children
- Great Editorial from PaTLA's President Re. the Failure of Long Term Care Insurance
- Lawyers Find Real Revenue in Virtual World
- Two-vehicle accident on Rte 6
- Officials mum in dog killing
- Odessa girl, 3, killed in Yates County accident
- Enhanced-911 Effort Still Topic of Debate
- More News on the Bradley Hit and Run Case
- Towanda man, critically injured in crash, now in good condition
- Congress Passes Legislation Protecting Victims of Railroad Negligence
- Need for Tort Reform a Lie?
- Lawyer Denied Referral Fee Over Lack of Client Consent
- Court Voids Higher Limits on Truckers’ Hours
- Federal Court Declares New York's New Lawyer Advertising Rules to be Unconstitutional
- Declining Highway Deaths
- Tort Deform Video Explains the History Behind the Tort Reform Movement
- Midge Rendell unhurt in crash
- Deep Rate Cut by Doctor Owned Insurance Company Proves Sky Not Falling on Doctors in PA
- Ex-NFL Player's Workers' Comp Bid Fumbles in Case of First Impression
- N.Y. Federal Judge Strikes Down Many New Attorney Ad Rules
- More Meat Recalled!!
- more product recalls
- Why We Are More Important Than Ever
- PaTLA's Response to Lack of Diversity
- Debunking Tort Reform Letter to the Editor
- Landowners Now Have More Protection From Lawsuits
- State laws now on Web site
- PA. Supreme Court Finally Protects Consumers
- ATV Accident
- Two-vehicle accident reported
- Four injured in Cherry Township accident
- Nonphysical Injury Awards May Be Taxed, Court Rules
- GE Recalls Dishwashers For Fire Risk
- Study Finds that Pa Comp System More Efficient Than Most States
- Another Reporter Getting the Facts Right on Tort Reform
- In Defense of Lawyers
- The Daily Review Editorial on Hospital Infections
- Pants Rant!!
- Tire Recalled Thanks to Pa Lawyer
- Pants Case Dismissed!! Tort Reformers Sad!!
- More news on previous post about diversity in Plaintiff's law firms
- Nice Editorial re. why TortReformers are in bed with Big Business.
- Wiley Rein, Insurer Sanctioned $1.25 Million
- Things Lawyers Say That They Soon Regret!
- Where do most of our clients come from?
- Where are the minorities in Pennsylvania's Plaintiff's Firms?
- Thomas the Train Toys Recalled Due to Lead Paint
- Borked!
- Bork's Version of Tort Reform
- 90 day rule and the employer's doc?
- $67 million Lawsuit for Lost Pants
- Another example of how NOT to give a deposition
- First Post
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- Premises Liability: The Slip and Fall
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News
- Judge campaign candidates speak at dinner in Towanda
- Judge Beirne unopposed in local race
- Attorney General Tom Corbett to visit Bradford County
- Beirne will run for full term as judge
- Bias in Peer Review
- Bradford County Employers Laying Off Workers
- Death Benefits Not Mandatory for PA Car Insurance
- Bradford County: Judge Beirne presiding
- Armenia bans ATVs
- Pennsylvania Senate confirms Beirne as Bradford County judge
- Local unemployment is on the rise
- Attempts to unionize Proctor and Gamble's Mahoopany Plant
- Armenia mulls banning ATVs on roads
- Bradford County Court in the News
- Athens lawyer attends conference
- I write letters...
- Workers compensation claim filed against Sayre Borough
- Athens attorney Maureen T. Beirne nominated by governor for county judgeship
- Press Release: Carrie Carroll Awarded Honor
- CraftMaster offering buyouts to its salaried employees in Towanda, Pa
- Bradford County launches victim notification system
- Bradford County Court House In The News
- CNN: What To Do After A Car Accident
- Windham Township: Department 28 to dissolve
- OSRAM Sylvania fined $6,273 by DEP
- OSRAM's Towanda plant sold to Austrian company
- Food poisoning reported in Sullivan County
- Bradford County: Losinger resigns as warden of jail
- Inmate from Bradford County jail dies at hospital
- Bradford County to repair courthouse air conditioning equipment
- Craftmaster announces permanent layoffs
- Pain lasts long after traumatic injury: U.S. study
- DEP fines Cargill for brine spill in Wylusing, Pa
- Bradford County Court House In The News
- We Lost a Judge Yesterday
- Beef Recalled From Cargill's Wylusing, PA Plant
- Windham supervisors ordered to pay former fire department
- INSURANCE COMPANIES INCREASE PROFITS AT THE EXPENSE OF POLICYHOLDERS
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- Questions for Your Doctor In Personal Injury Cases
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- The Wrongful Death Of A Child - Part Two
- The Legal Process for Child Injury Claims - Part Two
- Children and Traumatic Brain Injury
- What Is a Personal Injury Case?
- The Top 11 Questions You Should Ask When Finding Treatment for Your Brain Injury
- How Do You Determine the Value of A Personal Injury Case?
- What Every Injury Claim Must Have
- How Long Will My Case Take?
- The Personal Injury Law Suit: Surviving Surveillance
- Preemption Report from the American Association for Justice
- Wrongful Death of a Child
- Beware Of Those Who Want To Take Your Personal Injury Recovery Away From You, Part 1
- Plaintiff's Personal Injury Attorneys Are Agonizing Over The New Medicare Reimbursement
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court brief on the application, in product liability cases, of the Restatement (Third) of Torts
- Why Jury Consultants Might be Added to Your Trial Team
- The Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Team: The Neuropsychologist
- What is Mandatory Mediation?
- Myths Your Neighbors, Friends, and Other Lawyers Tell About Long-Term Disability Insurance Claim
- U. S Bans Lead in Children's Toys: Critics Wonder What Took So Long
- 4 Reasons Parents Should Speak to a Child Injury Lawyer ASAP after an Accident
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- The Ten Worst Insurance Companies in America
- Why You Shouldn't Sign a Medical Release for the Insurance Company
- Will My Case Go To Court?
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- 5 Rules to Succeed in Filing an Insurance Claim
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- Lawyer Advertising That Doesn't Make a Bit of Difference
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- Slip and Fall Case Makes it to Supreme Court
- Supermarkets Especially Prone to Slip and Fall Injuries
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- Flow of Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Claim Documents Prior To Litigation
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- Do you really have to see the company doctor? Exploding the Myth of the 90 Day Rule
- Flow of a Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Claim
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- Automobile Accidents and Traumatic Brain Injury
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- One Man is Injured, Will Likely Face Charges after Accident in Tioga County, PA
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