Bensalem Man Receives $19 Million Jury Award After Car Crash That Resulted in Leg Amputation

A suburban Philadelphia man who lost a leg following a 2009 car crash has received a $19.1 million award from a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jury. Patrick Hennessey of Bensalem, Bucks County, who was 24 at the time of the incident on July 26, 2009, was severely injured as he helped to push a disabled car to the side of the northbound Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia, according to a May 28 story in The Pennsylvania...

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How Inadequate Auto Insurance Leaves Drivers Financially Vulnerable

Let's say that you're driving along and minding your own business when suddenly your vehicle is struck broadside by another vehicle that ran a red light. The police are summoned as you sit there assessing your injuries and pains, but at least, you think, you have adequate insurance coverage that will take care of your medical care, personal needs and your recovery. The problem with that scenario, though, becomes very real if the other driver...

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Beware When Buying Small SUVs: Many Are Performing Poorly in Certain U.S. Frontal Crash Tests

When you buy a new or used vehicle for your family, you likely shop for good fuel mileage, roominess and perhaps most importantly – safety and crashworthiness. The problem, though, is that your expectations may not meet the real-world safety and crash-worthiness of some of the vehicles out there, especially if you are shopping for a small SUV. In new tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), only two widely-available small SUV models...

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A Limousine, A Wedding Party, 5 Deaths, A Tragedy on A Bridge

It was to be a fun, celebratory, fabulous night celebrating a recent wedding with friends by taking a limousine ride to a gala evening at a local hotel outside San Francisco. Instead, the new bride and four of her best friends died on the night of May 4 when a flash fire broke out inside the moving limousine, causing them to be overcome by dense smoke and flames. The horrific fire spared four other women...

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Maryland Repeals Its Death Penalty: Pennsylvania and Other States Must Follow Maryland’s Lead

Maryland became the 18th state to repeal its death penalty on May 2, after Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a long-awaited bill to rid its criminal code of capital punishment, according to a story in The Baltimore Sun. O'Malley had supported the repeal since 2007 and failed in a previous attempt to overturn the law in 2009. This time, though, state legislators backed the measure and passed it in both the state Senate and House before...

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Motorcyclist Death Rate on U.S. Roads Increases Again: Enough Already

Riding a motorcycle is fabulous. The freedom, the lure of the open road, the beauty of being one with the weather, with the earth, with the world, are all incredible attractions of this enjoyable sport. For some riding a motorcycle is just a way to get to work or school, while for others it is a great vehicle for saving costly gasoline expenses. For others it is just about riding and being alive. As a...

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Man Receives $2.45 Million Settlement After His Arm is Amputated at Work

Five years ago, a Reading, Berks County man was working as a temporary employee in a Berks County recycling plant when he attempted to clear a paper jam in a shredding machine by reaching in to remove the jammed paper. But as he reached in with his left hand to remove the clog, a co-worker put the machine into reverse, pulling the victim's glove and arm into the powerful mechanism, which didn't have a safety...

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Building Fire Deaths Must Spur Us All To Remember Fire Safety

Every hour, every day across the United States, a house or business fire breaks out, causing injuries, deaths and property loss. On April 24, a man died when his rowhouse in the 1200 block of South 46th Street went up in flames, according to a story in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The house had no smoke alarms, according to firefighters. On April 6, a veteran Philadelphia firefighter was killed in the line of duty as he...

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The War on Drugs: My Take

Hello Friends, Rarely do I personally engage in promotion of myself or my enterprises. Those of you who know me personally know that I am somewhat private and am uncomfortable in the spotlight I often find myself in. Despite all of that I must urge each of you to rise early this Sunday morning and perhaps for your first time listen in to the Court Radio broadcast that I host every Sunday with my suave...

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