Posted on June 29th, 2010
Five were killed and two were injured in a tragic motorcycle accident this past Sunday evening in Lancaster County.
The accident occurred when three Harley Davidson motorcycles collided with a van on Route 72. Officials are unsure of the order the motorcycles hit the van, but they believe all were traveling north, despite hitting the van in southbound lanes. They are unsure of which direction the van was traveling but will continue investigating.
Three men and two women riding the motorcycles were dead at the scene, while another female motorcyclist and the driver of the van were taken to the Lancaster General Hospital. The surviving motorcyclist was in critical condition and the driver of the van was described as in fair condition.
Police officials say that some of the motorcyclists were wearing helmets but found some strewn about the scene, indicating that some of them probably came off in the accident.
Our utmost sympathies go out to the friends and families of the motorcyclists.
Posted on June 25th, 2010
Pennsylvania native John Anczarski was bicycling across the country beginning in his hometown of Ringtown, Pennsylvania to California to raise money for breast cancer research when he was involved in a tragic accident. The 19-year old was struck by a car in a reservation in Laguna, New Mexico about fifty miles west of Albuquerque.
Anczarski’s friends were with him when a sport utility vehicle hit him yesterday, leaving him with serious head injuries. Anczarski later passed away at a nearby hospital.
The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs will handle the investigation because the accident occurred on tribal lands. The driver was said to be an older male member of the reservation, but his identity has not yet been released.
Anczarski’s friend who were with him at the time of the accident are speaking out to inform the public of their friend’s wrongful death and the terrible costs that careless driving mistakes can have.
Our sincerest sympathies go out to Anczarski’s family and friends.
Posted on June 23rd, 2010
The Philadelphia Flyers star and center Daniel Briere and his son were injured in a car accident last week.
Briere and his son were driving on Interstate 81 just north of the Pennsylvania border at the time of the accident. Law enforcement officials say Briere was drousy when he decided to try and pass a tractor-trailer on the left. Briere’s Land Rover then drifted into the right lane too early and side-swiped the tractor-trailer, causing it to flip. Briere’s vehicle continued into a guard rail until it came to a stop.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured, but Briere and his son were transported to Wilson Hospital to be treated for minor injuries.
If you or someone you love has been injured in a car accident, contact the Pennsylvania auto accident lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 800-876-LAWYER to learn more about your rights.
Posted on June 22nd, 2010
Last Friday morning, two men were injured in an industrial accident at a natural gas well in northern Pennsylvania.
The accident occurred at an Ultra Resources well in Gaines Township, Pennsylvania. Officials described a pipe coupling coming apart as the cause of the accident that injured the two men. A piece of metal hit one of the men in the head and caused skull lacerations. The other man suffers from broken ribs. Both men were transported to Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, but their conditions were not released.
The well was shut down after the accident and will be investigated by the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
If you or someone you know has been injured in the workplace, contact the Pennsylvania workers’ compensation attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 800-876-LAWYER to learn more about your rights.
Posted on June 15th, 2010
A Philadelphia judge threw out the case against Johnson & Johnson after believing Pennsylvania prosecutors did not have enough evidence against the drug company.
Johnson & Johnson was suspected of hiding some health risks of their Risperdal antipsychotic and tricking officials into paying much more than they should have for the medicine. Pennsylvania was seeking $289 million to compensate for alleged overcharges of the drug.
The Pennsylvania lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson is only the first of ten states’ cases against Risperdal. The company also faces many charges from individual consumers complaining they overstated the drugs benefits and understated its risk of causing diabetes and other side effects.
If you or someone you know has been hurt by a prescription drug, contact the Pennsylvania product liability lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 800-876-LAWYER to learn more about your rights.
