Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Pennsylvania Homeowners Sue Gas Driller over Water Well
Jul 13 2011 // A western Pennsylvania couple has sued a natural gas driller claiming its activities contaminated their water well. The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat reports that Chester and Edith Slesinger are suing T&F Exploration LP...
Pennsylvania Flood Damage Could Top $1M
Jul 8 2011 // As cleanup efforts in northeastern Pennsylvania continued, state and federal officials crunched numbers to get a dollar amount on damages from flash flooding that damaged homes and washed out bridges and roads. Damages...
Pennsylvania Lawsuit Seeks GM Repairs of 400,000 Impalas
Jul 7 2011 // General Motors Co. has been sued by a Pennsylvania woman seeking to force the U.S. automaker to fix rear-end problems on more than 400,000 Chevrolet Impala vehicles for 2007 and 2008 model years. In 2008, GM told dealers...
Suspect in Insurance-Scheme Shooting Killed by Police in Pennsylvania
Jul 6 2011 // A career criminal suspected of shooting five people, two of them fatally, inside a suburban home over an alleged insurance-fraud scheme was killed by SWAT team members after a six-hour standoff Monday, authorities in...
Pennsylvania Governor Signs Workers’ Comp Bill
Jul 1 2011 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has signed a change to the state’s worker’s comp laws that will allow insurers to write coverage for owners and partners of small businesses. Agents in state have long backed the...
Pennsylvania Governor Signs ‘Fair Share’ Civil Liability Reform
Jun 28 2011 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has signed legislation that is one of his top priorities, a bill that limits the liability for negligence of defendants in some civil court cases. The state House voted 116-83 on the bill on...
Pennsylvania Woman’s Lawsuit Claims Dunkin’ Brew is Too Sweet
Jun 20 2011 // A Dunkin’ Donuts employee mistakenly put sugar rather than artificial sweetener into a diabetic woman’s coffee, triggering a reaction that sent the woman to the hospital, according to a civil lawsuit filed...
Fire Destroys Pennsylvania School District’s Buses
Jun 16 2011 // About a dozen school buses are damaged or destroyed after a fire tore through the garage holding a northwestern Pennsylvania district’s vehicles. A state police fire marshal is investigating the cause of the blaze...
Pennsylvania Hospital Sued over Exhumation
Jun 14 2011 // A woman is suing a northwestern Pennsylvania hospital, saying she was subjected to emotional distress because the facility didn’t order an autopsy of her daughter, forcing the body to be exhumed 43 days later. Kelli...
$3.75M Settlement Reached over Pennsylvania Coal Discharges
Jun 8 2011 // A power company will pay $3.75 million as part of a settlement for fouling a western Pennsylvania river with metal discharges from a coal-fired plant. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports GenOn Northeast Management Co. will...
Pennsylvania Woman’s Lawsuit Claims Dunkin’ Brew is Too Sweet
Jun 7 2011 // A Dunkin’ Donuts employee mistakenly put sugar rather than artificial sweetener into a diabetic woman’s coffee, triggering a reaction that sent the woman to the hospital, according to a civil lawsuit filed...
Prosecutor: Prolific Arsonist Jailed in Pennsylvania
Jun 7 2011 // A northeastern Pennsylvania man suspected of setting more than 20 fires is behind bars on arson charges. Investigators in Lackawanna County say 48-year-old Stephen Giacobbe is the most prolific arsonist in the...
Malpractice Suits in Pennsylvania Drop for Sixth Straight Year
Jun 6 2011 // The number of medical malpractice lawsuits filed against doctors and hospitals in Pennsylvania dropped last year for the sixth year in a row. A total of 1,491 malpractice lawsuits were filed in 2010, according to a report...
Pennsylvania Malpractice Suits Drop for 6th Straight Year
May 24 2011 // The number of medical malpractice lawsuits filed against doctors and hospitals in Pennsylvania dropped last year for the sixth year in a row. A total of 1,491 malpractice lawsuits were filed in 2010, according to a report...
Pennsylvania House OKs Workers’ Comp Changes
May 16 2011 // Pennsylvania House lawmakers have approved new legislation that would allow insurers to write workers’ comp coverage to owners and principals of businesses. Agents in the state had sought the change to correct a...
2011 Super Regional Property/Casualty Insurers™
May 16 2011 // Alphabetical listing Acuity a Mutual Insurance Co. AIU Insurance Co. Alaska National Insurance Co. American Commerce Insurance Co. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. American Hallmark Insurance Co. of TX American...
Man Arrested for Setting 14 Fires in Pennsylvania
May 11 2011 // A man wanted for setting more than a dozen fires in central Pennsylvania has been arrested in Ohio. Lancaster police say 31-year-old Anthony Harnisch was arrested last week in Painesville, Ohio on a warrant issued by...
Pennsylvania House OKs Workers’ Comp Changes
May 10 2011 // Pennsylvania House lawmakers have approved new legislation that would allow insurers to write workers’ comp coverage to owners and principals of businesses. Agents in the state had sought the change to correct a...
Pennsylvania Diner Co-Owners Charged with Torching Building
May 10 2011 // Two central Pennsylvania diner owners allegedly set fire to the business to collect insurance money because of financial problems. East Hempfield Township police say 32-year-old Adel Hassan and 37-year-old Ahmed Elbeheri...
Pennsylvania Lawsuit Accuses Rental Firm of Spying on Customers
May 6 2011 // A major furniture rental chain has software on its computers that lets it track the keystrokes, screenshots and even webcam images of customers while they use the devices at home, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The...
