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Penn State Hazing Update – One Offender Denied ADR
https://www.schmidtkramer.com/blog/penn-state-hazing-scandal-update-one-offender-denied-adr-20121004.html
WHP TV-21 in Harrisburg is reporting that the trial of a woman being charged with severe hazing at Penn State will go to court. Bianca Jeanty asked to be allowed into the accelerated rehabilitation program, but she was denied. Schmidt Kramer Partner and Harrisburg personal injury lawyer Scott Cooper, who is representing the victim Asya Trowell, explained, […]
Read MorePA Federal Court Grants Motion To Remand Insurance Claim
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Posted on Oct 03, 2012 The Eastern District Order and Memo in Matteo v. Progressive Advanced Insurance Company, NO. 2:12-cv-5012 (E.D. Pa. Sept. 27, 2012) recently dealt with removal to federal court after diversity jurisdiction was not created by any act of the Plaintiff. In this case the third party tort and underinsured motorist claims […]
Read MoreInjured Bus Driver Cannot Collect Insurance Benefits
https://www.schmidtkramer.com/blog/injured-bus-driver-cannot-collect-insurance-benefits-from-personal-policy-when-injured-in-pennsy.html
Today’s Legal Intelligencer is reporting on the following underinsured motorist case involving the ability to recover insurance benefits from your own insurance policy when you are working and injured while operating an employer’s vehicle. Do you think that these benefits should be recoverable? Gina Passarella 2012-10-02 12:00:00 AM In relying on the state Supreme Court’s […]
Read MoreFJD Sees Dramatic Drop in Filings of Mass Tort Cases
https://www.schmidtkramer.com/blog/venue-changes-not-needed-fjd-sees-dramatic-drop-in-filings-of-mass-tort-cases-20121001.html
The Legal Intelligencer is reporting today about 60% drop in mass tort filings in Philadelphia Courts. Is this further proof that there is no need for changes to the venue rules of civil procedure or the continued unconstitutional efforts to legislate any changes? Also, doesn’t this finally prove that the business sponsored surveys of Philadelphia […]
Read MoreDoes The RSLC Owe An Apology For Ad Which Contains Lies?
https://www.schmidtkramer.com/blog/does-republican-state-leadership-committee-rslc-owe-an-apology-for-ad-which-contains-lies.html
Below is the Harrisburg WHP CBS-TV21 report by Christina Butler on a recent campaign AD which was pulled because of lies it contained. The Ad was clearly designed to mis-characterize one candidate in the Pennsylvania State Attorney General’s election by lying about past incidents. After the lies were exposed in public the RSLC pulled the AD […]
Read MoreNew System To Help Patients After Medical Mistakes
https://www.schmidtkramer.com/blog/new-system-to-help-patient-safety-after-medical-mistakes-20120924.html
Posted on Sep 24, 2012 By ROBERT PEAR – New York Times September 23, 2012 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration wants consumers to report medical mistakes and unsafe practices by doctors, hospitals, pharmacists and others who provide treatment. Hospitals say they are receptive to the idea, despite concerns about malpractice liability and possible financial penalties for poor […]
Read MoreAre Hospitals Killing Us?
https://www.schmidtkramer.com/blog/are-hospitals-killing-us-20120924.html
Posted on Sep 24, 2012 Wall Street Journal – When there is a plane crash in the U.S., even a minor one, it makes headlines. There is a thorough federal investigation, and the tragedy often yields important lessons for the aviation industry. Pilots and airlines thus learn how to do their jobs more safely. The […]
Read MoreDover Township Car Accident Injures 2
https://www.schmidtkramer.com/blog/northern-york-regional-police-report-dover-township-car-accident-injures-2-20120920.html
Two people were injured Tuesday evening after a crash at the intersection of Davidsburg Road and Admire Road in Dover Township, according to Northern York County Regional Police Department. Just before 6 p.m., a 2004 Dodge Ram pickup operated by Ethan Williams, 29, of East Berlin was traveling westbound on Davidsburg Road, police said. Westbound […]
Read MoreCharges After North-central PA Car Accident
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Shawn L. Jackson, 19, of 531 Guilick St, Blossburg, was charged by state police recently with accident involving death or personal injury while license is suspended or revoked. The charge was filed after Jackson allegedly crashed his car and injured a passenger. According to documents filed at District Judge James Carlson’s office, Jackson was speeding […]
Read MorePA Superior Court Upholds Verdict Of Over $450k
https://www.schmidtkramer.com/blog/pennsylvania-superior-court-upholds-central-pennsylvania-car-accident-verdict-of-over-450-000-2.html
Posted on Sep 19, 2012 The Pottsville Republican Herald is reporting about a Berks County lumber company which must pay an Orwigsburg woman more than $450,000, as a three-judge state Superior Court panel upheld a jury verdict resulting from a two-day trial in April 2011 in Schuylkill County Court. In an 11-page opinion filed Tuesday […]
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