Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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One Quarter of Oklahoma Bridges Structurally Deficient
Feb 24 2009 // In 2004, a football-sized piece of concrete fell from a bridge and crashed through Yvonna Osborn’s windshield while she was driving home on Interstate 35 in Oklahoma. The 52-year-old Irving, Texas, mother of two died...
Pennsylvania Woman Who Sang about Fire Charged with 7 Arsons
Feb 13 2009 // Police in a Philadelphia suburb say a 19-year-old woman accused of arson was caught on a surveillance camera singing, “The fire department is going to be mad at me.” Police say Amanda Gessner touched off 7...
Twenty-Third Arson of 2009 Declared in Southeast Pennsylvania
Feb 10 2009 // Investigators have declared a 23rd arson in a part of southeastern Pennsylvania that has been plagued by suspicious fires this year. The latest blaze happened in a trailer home just outside Coatesville late Friday night....
Cops Check 4 More Fires in Arson-Plagued Pennsylvania Area
Feb 2 2009 // Authorities said four arson fires reported Saturday “share a commonality” with other intentionally set blazes that have plagued this area outside Philadelphia, but they would not say if they were connected. The...
Latest Pennsylvania Fire Claims 15 Houses; Arson Suspected
Jan 27 2009 // The latest in a string of suspicious fires in this suburban Philadelphia city tore through a block of row houses, heavily damaging 15 homes, displacing dozens of people and prompting local officials to declare a state of...
Retired Pennsylvania Judge Wants Fraud Conviction Dismissed
Jan 26 2009 // A retired Pennsylvania Superior Court judge wants a federal judge to reverse his conviction or entirely dismiss insurance fraud charges stemming from $440,000 he collected in an August 2001 traffic accident. Attorneys for...
Business Moves
Jan 25 2009 // Victoria, Cranbrook Victoria Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Michigan-based USF Insurance Co., has changed its name to Cranbrook Insurance Co. Cranbrook is incorporated in Texas with its headquarters in Farmington Hills,...
Pennsylvania Explosion Caused by Pipe-Stripping Thieves
Jan 13 2009 // Gas company officials say an explosion in a vacant duplex in western Pennsylvania was caused by a leak that resulted from thieves stripping copper piping in the house. Officials with Equitable Gas say the explosion in...
Pennsylvania Hospitals, Docs Sue over Malpractice Fund
Jan 11 2009 // Pennsylvania hospitals and doctors are suing the state to obtain hundreds of millions in unspent dollars they say should be devoted to a state fund that helps doctors pay for medical malpractice insurance. Industry...
Rates Fall for Mine Subsidence Insurance in Pennsylvania
Dec 31 2008 // Staring tomorrow, homeowners and commercial building owners in Pennsylvania can take advantage of substantially lower rates for mine subsidence insurance, making it more affordable to protect against catastrophic damage...
Former Pennsylvania Chiropractor to Serve 4 Years for Fraud
Dec 22 2008 // A former chiropractor behind a $12.1 million health insurance fraud that federal prosecutors called the largest in western Pennsylvania history was sentenced to repay the money and spend four years in federal...
Pennsylvania Hospitals, Docs Sue over Malpractice Fund
Dec 15 2008 // Pennsylvania hospitals and doctors are suing the state to obtain hundreds of millions in unspent dollars they say should be devoted to a state fund that helps doctors pay for medical malpractice insurance. Industry...
Pennsylvania Mother Sues Crocs over Son’s Escalator Injury
Dec 8 2008 // A Pennsylvania woman is suing Crocs Inc. after her 6-year-old son’s foam clog got stuck in an escalator at the National Aquarium in Baltimore in April, injuring his toe. Kerry Burdick of Eagleville, Pa., claims...
Ex-Pennsylvania Judge Found Guilty of Insurance Fraud
Nov 30 2008 // A retired Pennsylvania appellate judge was convicted of mail fraud and money laundering after prosecutors said he lied about neck and back injuries in a fender bender to collect $440,000 from two insurance...
Federal Court in Pennsylvania Hears Case on Carcinogen Exposure
Nov 24 2008 // Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, hearing cases in a federal appeals court last week, asked why the Labor Department does not lower worker exposure to a known carcinogen. The advocacy group Public Citizen wants...
Auditor to Pay $40 Million Settlement in Case of Failed Reliance Insurance
Nov 24 2008 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario has announced a $40 million settlement with Deloitte & Touche LLP in connection with the firm’s auditing services for Reliance Insurance Co., which got into...
Ex-Pennsylvania Judge Found Guilty of Insurance Fraud
Nov 21 2008 // A retired Pennsylvania appellate judge was convicted of mail fraud and money laundering after prosecutors said he lied about neck and back injuries in a fender bender to collect $440,000 from two insurance...
Defense Rests Without Pennsylvania Judge Taking Stand
Nov 14 2008 // The defense has rested without a retired Pennsylvania appellate judge testifying about charges that he faked or exaggerated neck and back injuries to collect $440,000 from two insurance companies. Federal prosecutors in...
Fire Damages 4 Pennsylvania Row Homes, Causes $1M in Damage
Nov 13 2008 // Fire has damaged four row homes in South Allentown, Pennsylvania and caused $1 million damage. Officials say the first firefighters were dispatched about 9:10 a.m. to the city’s Westbrook Park subdivision. The fire...
Pennsylvania Judges Testify in Retired Judge’s Insurance Fraud Case
Nov 12 2008 // Several Pennsylvania judges appeared in a federal courtroom Monday to defend one of their own: retired Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce. Joyce, 59, is being tried on mail fraud and money laundering charges for allegedly...
