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Month: March 2014

On behalf of greg On Friday, March 28, 2014.

Parents send their children to school under the assumption that faculty and staff will take measures to keep students safe. Unfortunately, school officials don’t always uphold their responsibility and students can be seriously hurt. According to a recent report, multiple students were involved in an assault at a Philadelphia elementary school. Police was called to […]

On behalf of greg On Friday, March 28, 2014.

Nursing homes or personal care homes are located all across Pennsylvania, providing care mostly to the elderly. Here in Philadelphia, local readers, whose loved ones live in a nursing home, expect that the nursing home workers and staff will provide the best quality of care for their loved ones. However, that is not always the […]

On behalf of greg On Friday, March 21, 2014.

In certain cases, it is not always easy to define whether sex between two people was truly consensual. In cases of adults having sex with minors, the law makes clear that minors below a certain age cannot legally give consent. In most of the U.S. the age of consent is between 16 and 18 years […]

On behalf of greg On Thursday, March 20, 2014.

The purpose of workers compensation in any state, including Pennsylvania, is to provide benefits to workers who sustain injuries in the performance of their work duties. Workers’ comp typically covers medical expenses and lost wages, allowing workers to recover without financial worries so they can rejoin the workforce. Recently, a gas explosion and subsequent fire in […]

On behalf of greg On Friday, March 14, 2014.

The Jerry Sandusky scandal is still fresh in the minds of most Pennsylvanians. With Sandusky now in prison and most victim lawsuits settled or otherwise resolved, the focus now turns to the former Penn State officials who allegedly failed to intervene after receiving disturbing accounts of Sandusky sexually abusing at least one of his victims. Those accounts […]

On behalf of greg On Friday, March 14, 2014.

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a minivan driving on the wrong side of the road collided with a parked car and a police vehicle, injuring the driver and a police officer in the process. According to police reports, the early morning accident occurred when the wrong-way driver struck a parked car. The force of the collision pushed […]

On behalf of greg On Friday, March 7, 2014.

Even with their benefits, almost all medications present some health risks. Although many drug manufacturers claim their products have minimal side effects, certain drugs on the market have histories that undercut and challenge the truth of these claims. Xarelto, for instance, an anticoagulant marketed as a one-size-fits-all drug, is now the subject of lawsuits across […]

On behalf of greg On Thursday, March 6, 2014.

Some of our recent posts have focused on school teachers in Pennsylvania and around the U.S. who have been accused of sexually abusing students. For all of their efforts to screen job candidates, school districts cannot ensure those child molesters will not be hired. It may be even more difficult to properly screen athletic coaches […]

On behalf of greg On Sunday, March 2, 2014.

When most people hear about a condition like post-traumatic stress disorder, a particular image frequently comes to mind: war. We associate PTSD with returning veterans, because the horrors witnessed and experienced in a war zone leave many soldiers with long-lasting or even permanent psychological scars. But PTSD also exists right here in the United States […]