Posted on August 5th, 2009
In Crafton, a borough council voted 7 to 1 to immediately terminate a police officer who was recently implicated in a hit and run accident. The officer surrendered on July 3, and has been on suspension ever since. He offered to resign, but was fired before the resignation took effect.
The hit and run occurred on July 20, 2007. In the crash, a 24 year old man was killed. Until recently, the driver had not been found. The officer is now charged with involuntary manslaughter and other related charges.
If someone you know has been killed by a hit and run driver, contact the Pennsylvania wrongful death attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams at 215-329-3511.
Posted on July 30th, 2009
Early Wednesday morning, a minivan crashed along the Ohio Turnpike in Loraine County. The driver of the minivan fell asleep around 2:30am and was side swiped by another vehicle. The minivan then rolled over, ejecting three children.
A 10 year old girl was thrown into the path of an oncoming tractor trailer and was dead at the scene. Her 5 year old brother also died when he hit the roadway. The 5 month old brother was also ejected and was critically injured and taken to Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland, OH.
If you have suffered the loss of a child, contact the Pennsylvania wrongful death attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams at 215-329-3511.
Posted on April 15th, 2009
On Tuesday morning, a trucker who was working at the George W Long & Sons Lumber Yard in Cambria County was involved in an accident. The man was loading lumber into his tractor trailer when he fell, causing a forklift to start up.
According to the coroner, the man fell from the truck onto the forklift’s controls, setting the boom into motion. The man’s chest was crushed between the roof and the boom of the forklift, killing him.
If you or someone you know has been injured in an accident, contact the Pennsylvania personal injury attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams at 215-329-3511.
Posted on December 15th, 2008
Former Pennsylvania senator Robert Regola III, his son Bobby, and his wife Janet have all been named as defendants in a lawsuit concerning the 2006 death of their neighbors’ son. Fourteen year old Louis Farrell was found shot to death in the woods near the Farrells’ and Regolas’ homes inn July 2006. The gun used in his death was found nearby: a 9 mm pistol registered in Robert Regola’s name. Although the death was initially ruled a suicide by the coroner, the Farrell family is claiming that Bobby, also a teenager at the time, was present at the time of Louis’s death.
Robert and Janet were out of town on the day of the shooting. Before leaving, they had given Louis keys to their home so he could feed their dogs. According to Bobby, he returned home after some time away to find his father’s gun missing. He contacted his father, who called his brother over to search the home for the weapon and any possible intruders. The missing weapon was not reported to the police.
Bobby has been convicted in a juvenile court of illegal possession of a handgun, but has not faced any criminal charges related to Louis’s death. His father Robert charged with perjury and charges related to letting his minor son have unsupervised access to a firearm, but he has been acquitted. Despite this, the Farrell’s wrongful death lawsuit alleges that Janet, Robert, and Bobby Regolas are all partially responsible for Louis’s death. The parents are being accused of giving their son access to a firearm. Bobby has been accused of bringing the gun with him when he went to meet Louis in the woods, and using the gun in a careless way that led to the teenager’s death.
For more information personal injury and the law, contact Philadelphia wrongful death attorneys Lowenthal & Abrams at 215-329-3511.
Posted on December 12th, 2008
Eight lawsuits have been filed against Lancaster County Prison by inmates and the families of former inmates who died in custody. Seven will be considered in federal courts in Philadelphia, while one has been filed in Lancaster County’s Court of Common Pleas. Three previous suits have been settled by the county in the last year. All of the lawsuits filed have alleged shocking abuse and neglect at the hands of prison guards.
Two lawsuits have been filed by survivors of prisons who committed suicide while incarcerated. One, filed by the widow of James Hodapp Jr, states that Hodapp was denied access to the prescription drugs he needed to treat clinical depression, and that he sustained injuries during multiple cases of excessive force used by prison guards. The second lawsuit related to suicide has been filed by the parents of Joseph Keohane, who claim his repeated threats to commit suicide were ignored by prison staff.
The remaining six lawsuits concern instances of abuse, humiliation, and inhumane treatment allegedly suffered by inmates. Accusations range from injuries caused by violent guards to sexual humiliation suffered during strip searches. Every plaintiff claims that there has been a long history of inexcusable abuse at this prison.
If you or a loved one has been injured by another person’s negligent or malicious behavior, contact Philadelphia personal injury lawyers Lowenthal & Abrams at 610-667-7511.
