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The Erie Times News reports that a bicyclist was struck by a car at the intersection of Eighth Street and Sassafrass Street last night about 9:45 pm. The bicyclist was reportedly taken to Hamot for a leg injury as a result of the Erie car accident. Little else has been reported about the Erie car/bike crash. The Erie pedestrian accident…

A substantial Erie car accident has been reported as having occurred at the intersection of 14th and Peach Streets in Erie, PA this morning. The Erie Times News reports that a Jeep Cherokee (apparently being operated by an off duty Erie police officer) was traveling north on Peach Street when it collided with a Chevrolet Malibu being operated by an…

I occasionally will search to see how insurance companies are rated on-line by real-life consumers. Even accounting for the tendency of on-line reviews to be a magnet for the chronically discontent, the on-line reviews are noteworthy for how uniformly unhappy people are who present injury claims to insurance companies. This particular site caught my eye this morning. As you’ll see,…

Matthew Havern owned a pit bull mix that had a history of attacking children. After the first attack (on a four year old in November 2006), Mr. Havern pled guilty to dog law violations and was required to register, vaccinate and take measures to restrain the dog. While Mr. Havern placed the dog in his basement, he otherwise failed to…

A well known Jamaican resort has recently settled a Pennsylvania wrongful death claim arising out of the death of an Erie, Pennsylvania man who was staying at the resort with his family to attend a wedding. Beaches Sandy Bay of Negril, Jamaica, paid $6.5 million dollars to settle the Erie wrongful death case arising out of the death of Jarred…

On July 21, 2010 the Superior Court issued an opinion in the matter of Sackett v. Nationwide Insurance Company. This opinion comes on the heels of two prior Supreme Court opinions in the same case and the opinions have come to be known as Sackett I, II & III. The Sackett saga began with Nationwide’s refusal to pay its own…