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Are truck drivers careful enough when making turns?  Should they be extra vigilant? A crash involving a tractor-trailer sent two people to the hospital last night in Lancaster city.  Police and fire officials said the tractor-trailer was traveling east on East Chestnut Street in the right lane and preparing to make a left turn onto […]

The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program was created in 1956. The initial idea for the program was that most people collecting benefits would be older Americans. People who weren’t quite at retirement age but who were too disabled to continue in their jobs. In fact, that’s pretty much how things have worked out. Over […]

Drunk driving is, hands down, the greatest threat to other people on the road. There were 217 alcohol-related fatal traffic accidents in Pennsylvania last year. Overall, there were nearly 11,000 vehicle crashes in 2012 in which one or more drivers had been drinking. So what should you do if you suspect a car is under […]

Few people realize it, but Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) has a handful of vitally important time limits. If those time limits pass, you may find yourself ineligible to receive any more benefits. In fact, there are five different time limits concealed deep inside the program rules. Most SSDI recipients aren’t aware of those time […]

Yesterday, July 19, 2013, the Pennsylvania Superior Court issued a published decision in Swarner v. Mutual Benefit which reverses a trial court opinion and finds that a household exclusion in an insurance policy is not valid, under the facts of the case.  In the case, the Plaintiff Swarner was a passenger on a motorcycle. The motorcycle […]

Posted on Jul 18, 2013 A Schuylkill County man was killed early today after being hit by a tractor trailer, state police said. The accident occurred just after 1:15 a.m. along Route 209, about quarter mile north of Anderson Street.  Sean Malone, of Port Carbon, was crouched over in the southbound lane and was not noticed by […]

Posted on Jul 17, 2013 Police are investigating a car accident which caused the death of 18-year-old Marcelle R. Barber, of Mount Carmel, who graduated from high school last month.  The crash on Snydertown Road also caused injuries to three passengers, Tyler J. Karycki, of Mount Carmel; Brianna L. Bailey, of Kulpmont, and Hasan M. […]

Is there more which can be done to protect workers?  Do companies which violate out safety laws endanger the lives of its workers?  Should workers compensation immunity laws be changed? Domestic Casting has once again been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for safety and health violations.  It […]

Columbia, Lancaster County police are asking anyone with information about the below Central Pennsylvania car accident to contact Leddy or Officer Bryan Keyser at 684-7735. Tipsters also may call Lancaster City/County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-322-1913 or anonymously text LANCS plus a message to 847411 (TIP411). Police identified a pedestrian and a motorist who were killed in […]

Posted on Jul 16, 2013 Police identified a pedestrian and a motorist who were killed in a one-vehicle crash Sunday, July 14, 2013, in Columbia, Lancaster County.  Beverly Jean Altland of Columbia, was standing on Lancaster Avenue when an eastbound minivan veered off the road and struck and killed her in a parking lot, The minivan […]