Medical Malpractice: Death of 17-Year-Old Girl After Tonsillectomy Highlights Dangers of Surgical Procedures

It was to be a routine tonsillectomy, just like most of the more than half-million such procedures done each year in the United States. But something went very wrong following 17-year-old Mariah Edwards' surgery on March 20, 2012 at the Abington Surgery Center in Montgomery County, according to a recent story in The Legal Intelligencer. The teen was apparently left unmonitored in a recovery room following her tonsillectomy, and she went into respiratory distress which...

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$2.9 Million Settlement for Truck Driver Injured by Falling Warehouse Door

A truck driver who was seriously injured when a large piece from an overhead warehouse door struck him in the head while he waited for the door to be opened has reached a $2.9 million damage settlement in the case. The truck driver, Carlos Ramos, a produce delivery truck driver working for J.L. Cruz Transportation, had backed his truck up to the loading dock of the Procacci Brothers produce warehouse in South Philadelphia on June...

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As Snowstorm Nemo Approaches, Keep Winter Sidewalk Safety in Mind

As the powerful Storm Nemo, which is being called a blizzard as it approaches New England, heads through Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley this weekend, it's not expected to bring us the same high winds and heavy snows that are forecast for New York City, Boston and further north. But whatever snow, ice, slush and messy stuff it does dump here from the skies, we'll all have to clean it up with shovels, snowblowers, ice...

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Construction Site Accidents: Workers Continue to Be Killed and Injured on the Job

Every day in America, about two construction workers are killed in their workplaces as they build structures, operate powerful and dangerous equipment and perform many other jobs in their work sites. It happens all the time. On Jan. 28, one worker was killed in Frisco, Texas, when a trench collapsed while he was working in it, according to a story on StarLocalNews.com.  The worker was helping to install a water line in the trench under...

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Child Killed on Ohio Highway Standing on Median After 87-Vehicle Pileup: Lessons Learned

A 12-year-old Ohio girl was killed tragically on Jan. 21 as she stood on a highway median strip following an 87-vehicle pileup caused by icy roads and poor visibility due to a snow squall that enveloped an area of westbound Interstate 275 in Cincinnati, Ohio. "Hamilton County sheriff's deputies said the trouble started when vehicles spinning out of control set off a chain reaction of collisions," according to a story on Cincinnati.com "By the time...

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Winter Driving Safety: Slow Down, Drive More Safely

Snow, sleet, ice, slippery roads, blinding snowfall, hazardous conditions all are possible on area roads now that it's January and the winter driving season is upon us here in eastern Pennsylvania. Yes, old man winter is back. And with that, we here at MyPhillyLawyer prepared this handy guide to remind all of us about the importance of winter driving safety when we take our cars, SUVs and trucks out onto area roads when conditions are...

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It’s Time to Re-Evaluate Assault Weapons on the Streets of America

The recent mass killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., both rattled the senses of America in 2012. Twenty-six people – 20 first-graders and six teachers and school officials in Newtown, were murdered in the elementary school on Dec. 14 when a troubled 20-year-old man shot his way into the building and systematically blasted students and staff with an assault rifle. In Aurora, 12 people...

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Federal Rules for Rearview Vehicle Cameras to Prevent Backup Fatalities Delayed Again

In early December 2011, a 53-year-old mother in West Richland, Wash., drove her 9-year-old daughter to a bank with another child so her daughter could deposit her $5 weekly allowance. But as they each got back into the woman's large, boxy 2006 Cadillac Escalade SUV, the woman saw the neighbor boy sitting in the backseat and assumed her daughter was sitting in the seat right behind the driver's seat, according to a story from The...

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Pennsylvania’s Underage Drinking Fines Soar in Attempt to Curb Teen Drinking

Starting Dec. 24, the fines for underage drinking in Pennsylvania rose from $300 for a first offense to $500, and for subsequent offenses the fine soared to a cool $1,000, all in a new attempt to reduce underage drinking in the Commonwealth. The law, which was passed by the state Legislature and signed by the governor earlier this year, was introduced by state Rep. Jake Corman, who represents State College, the home of Penn State's...

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