Posted on Jan. 25th, 2012 | in News
We established this blog to share stories and information about topics relevant to our practice. Our intent is to highlight local stories, as well as national subject matter, that we think you will find interesting. We will regularly update this blog and encourage you to share your thoughts on these posts.
Posted on Dec. 9th, 2011 | in Motor Vehicle Accidents, News
News reports today indicated that while most states are seeing fewer and fewer deaths on the highways, Pennsylvania was one of the few states that saw deaths rise during the past year. More than 1,300 people died on Pennsylvania highways last year. It is not clear why Pennsylvania was out of step with most other… read more
Posted on Dec. 8th, 2011 | in Medical Malpractice, News
Over the past few years, several hospitals in the Pittsburgh area have invested millions of dollars to “spruce up” their emergency rooms. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11342/1195428-455.stm While some of this may be motivated by legitimate need, there is no question that marketing and public relations play a role in improving the atmosphere, emergency rooms are high volume, and… read more
Posted on Dec. 7th, 2011 | in Industrial Accidents, News
The new owners of the Upper Big Branch Mine will pay a huge fine and also offer to pay millions of dollars to the families of the victims of an April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners in West Virginia. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11341/1195085-455.stm Under the plan, the company offered $46 million dollars to the families of the… read more
Posted on Nov. 18th, 2011 | in Lawsuits, News
Although no civil law suits have yet been filed against Penn State in the growing sex abuse scandal, there is certainly no doubt that they will be coming down the road. People have asked legal questions about these cases, and we try to answer some of the most common questions here. 1. What is the… read more
Posted on Nov. 14th, 2011 | in Aviation Accidents, News
A Pittsburgh area newly-wed couple died in a helicopter crash in Hawaii last week. The new bride and groom were on a sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the side of a mountain. It is routine in situations like this that the NTSB would have a team of investigators on-site within a day or two of… read more
Posted on Nov. 11th, 2011 | in Lawsuits, News
John Gismondi is quoted in the KDKA article on the Penn State sexual assualt scandal.
Posted on Nov. 11th, 2011 | in Lawsuits, News
The Penn State sexual abuse case reminds us of a similar case we handled a few years ago involving a local coach who engaged in a pattern of sexual abuse with young boys on his team. In that case, as in the Penn State situation, we argued successfully that the school had prior knowledge of… read more
Posted on Nov. 11th, 2011 | in Lawsuits, News
Click here to read the article in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette today, “Civil suits could weigh heavily on PSU.“
Posted on Nov. 10th, 2011 | in Brain Injuries, News
A recent story in the New York Times indicated that doctors at two hospitals in Europe detected signs of awareness in three severely brain-injured people who supposedly were in a “vegetative state.” A vegetative state generally means that someone has no awareness of their surroundings. The doctors used brain wave patters on an EEG test to… read more
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